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First Lady Michelle Obama and France’s first lady Carla Bruni met in Strasbourg, France in April 2009. What does Michelle Obama think about being First Lady? She calls it “hell.” At least, that’s what Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the first lady of France, claims. The former model and wife of French President Nicholas Sarkozy makes the revelation […]
The number of people living in poverty has climbed to 14.3 percent of Americans, the highest rate since 1994. The Census Bureau said in a statement on its website that about 43.6 million people, or 1 in 7, were in poverty last year. That’s up from 39.8 million, or 13.2 percent, in 2008, in the […]
Rep. Charles Rangel overcame a primary challenge Tuesday night, but with a House ethics trial looming in his future, it fell short of the show of strength he hoped for. Rangel dispatched his most potent rival, Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell 4th, 50%, to 23%, in a six-way Democratic primary that proved his toughest battle since he […]
Katherine Jackson, the mother of late pop star Michael Jackson, is suing AEG Live, claiming the company breached their agreement to provide physical care for her son. The suit also says AEG Live was negligent in their hiring of Conrad Murray as MJ’s doctor. In the meantime, Murray’s attorney’s have asked a federal judge to […]
The U.S. Department of Education has released preliminary data on degree attainments during the 2008-09 academic year. That year more than 467,000 African Americans were awarded higher education degrees. The survey reports that 94,409 associate’s degrees were awarded to blacks. Blacks accounted for 12 percent of all associate degree awards. In the 2008-09 academic year, […]
The parents of a Prairie View A&M University student who died in a hazing incident last year have settled their wrongful death lawsuit against the fraternity their son was pledging. Read more:
Shaquille O’Neal is fighting allegations from a former employee who says the NBA star stole his personal information and attempted to frame him for using child porn. Read more:
If you don’t know the name Ernest Withers (pictured above), I can guarantee that you know of his work. Remember the famous and horrible picture of Emmett Till (pictured below)? Withers took that one. Think about nearly every well-known picture of Dr. Martin Luther King you can think of. Well, Withers probably took that […]
WPIX is reporting about an incident where an aide payed to look after an elderly woman was caught on camera physically abusing her. A home health aide in Jersey City — who cared for an elderly woman eight hours a day, five days a week for the last 11 years — was caught on tape […]
African-Americans are increasingly seeking degrees and post-graduate education, especially online, and especially at for-profit colleges and universities. Overall, about 43 percent of the students at for-profit colleges are members of minority groups, with the University of Phoenix leading the way. It leads the country in number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to African-Americans and has reported […]
This just in: Houston has a lot of really, really big churches.
A state-appointed school board has ordered the closure of Benji’s Special Educational Academy in Houston’s Fifth Ward, arguing it is nearly bankrupt, but the school’s founder suggested Tuesday night that she would defy the mandate and said the school would be open today for its 550 students. Read more:
