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Washington D.C.– I wanted to cry when I read about the recent widely publicized report from the Council of Great City Schools about the underachievement of African-American males in our schools. Its findings bear repeating: African-American boys drop out at nearly twice the rate of white boys; their SAT scores are on average 104 points […]

I’ve been dreaming of opening a place like Red Rooster in Harlem for years, since even before I moved to the neighborhood. Harlem has been a hub of culture and entertainment for decades, and I couldn’t help but be tempted by its allure. A place so alluring, I’ve made it my home. Harlem is legendary. […]

Houston- At least four women are sexually assaulted in the greater Houston region every day — attacked in their homes and in their beds, in parking lots and on public streets, their assailants armed with pistols, knives, drugs and fast-flying fists. But of the more than 1,700 cases reported in 2009 alone, only 42 percent […]

BRIDGEPORT — Two reputed white supremacists and a black associate collaborated on a plot to sell grenades and guns to a member of a national white supremacist group, according to prosecutors who put the men on trial this week.

CHICAGO (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun kicked off her campaign for Chicago mayor Saturday by reintroducing herself to voters, some of whom weren’t even born when she last won election in 1992.

NEPTUNE TOWNSHIP – Rev. Cedric Miller, a pastor who said Facebook was a “portal to infidelity” and told married church leaders to delete their accounts or resign once testified that he had a three-way sexual relationship with his wife and a male church assistant.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The ethics trial of Rep. Maxine Waters was postponed Friday, as the House ethics committee found new documents connected to charges that she improperly tried to help a bank in which her husband owned stock.

NEW YORK (AP) — Civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton and New York police Commissioner Ray Kelly are teaming up to help get guns off city streets.

Kansas (TheGrio)–The police chief of the small town of Nickerson, Kansas has resigned in protest after city council members refused to allow her to hire an African-American officer.

Brooklyn (NYDailyNews)– A Brooklyn mom sued a Long Island hospital Thursday, claiming doctors botched a simple procedure that left her a double amputee.