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Only 12 percent of black fourth-grade boys are proficient in reading, compared with 38 percent of white boys…
OPINION – Jackson would send “copies of one of [P.T.] Barnum’s many biographies to his staff, saying, you know, ‘I want my life to be the greatest show on earth.'”…
OPINION – The most salient factor nowadays revolves around a sense that parents have nearly abrogated their responsibility to nurture their kids…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Hundreds looked on as an angry mob dragged a black University of Missouri janitor from his jail cell in April 1923, publicly lynching him before he stood trial…
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Two reputed gang members have been charged with murder for a Los Angeles Halloween shooting that killed a 5-year-old boy as he showed off his costume…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Adam Kinzinger of Illinois and Tim Scott of South Carolina, who won endorsements by Sarah Palin and support from tea party activists, are part of a newly named 22-member team…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Police arrested 152 protesters, including seven juveniles, on suspicion of crimes including vandalism, unlawful assembly and disturbing the peace…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – A defiant Stephen Jackson called the punishment undeserved and is considering an appeal…
CHICAGO (AP) – Michael Jackson’s children and mother said on Monday’s episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” that they’re still learning to cope with his death…
The first track, “Breaking News,” from the forthcoming Michael Jackson album Michael– reportedly recorded at the home of producer Eddie Cascio in 2007…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Not all members of the CBC were falling in line behind Clyburn. Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., released a statement on the Hoyer-Clyburn race endorsing neither one…
DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. (AP) – Four have been charged with murder. The fatal beating happened after a fight broke out between two females and two males…
HOUSTON, Texas (AP) – This number is inseparable from the work of Dr. Natalie Carroll, an obstetrician who has dedicated her 40-year career to helping black women…
CHICAGO (AP) – Katherine Jackson says she even once asked her son’s surgeon to pretend that he’d operated on the pop singer’s nose if he ever asked for another surgery…
We’re all super pumped about the results of the 2010 Census. Who isn’t dying to find out that white people still live on the Upper East Side?…
NEW DELHI (AP) – Michelle Obama strolled with 15 schoolgirls and took turns holding each one’s hand during a field trip Monday through a museum of Indian craft work…
GREAT BARRINGTON, Massachusetts (AP) – Since Du Bois’ death in Ghana in 1963, the civil rights activist and scholar has drawn praise for his writings but scorn from residents…
VIDEO – In his first televised interview since leaving office airing tonight, former President George W. Bush sits down with NBC’s Matt Lauer to discuss his presidency…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. still faces a significant gap in residential broadband use that breaks down along incomes, education levels and other socio-economic factors…
OPINION – You let them. You love them. You encourage their creativity, quest for individualism and bravery…