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Russell Simmons Wants To Bring Yoga, Meditation To Chicago Schools
Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons had a surprising message for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel during his Thursday appearance on HuffPost Live. Simmons, who said he has…
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04:15 PMLil Boosie: Prison Term Of The 1,000 Songs
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updated 03:58 PMBlack Twitter Growing Into Online Force
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NATIONAL NEWS
Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday called the increase in heroin-related deaths an “urgent and growing public health crisis” and said first responders should carry…
The Obama administration says it’s pulling the plug on proposed changes to the Medicare prescription program that ran into strong opposition on Capitol Hill. Among…
WORLD NEWS
An activist group says the global telecom company Orange has withdrawn advertising from a Ugandan tabloid newspaper that printed the names of 200 suspected homosexuals…
Hunched over, vomiting into a bucket by his feet and retching loudly, Oscar Pistorius was vividly reminded at his murder trial Monday of the gruesome…
ENTERTAINMENT
Rapper Lil Boosie says serving prison time in a Louisiana prison was life changing and it’s made him a better person and ultimately, he hopes,…
Picture it: a futuristic Chicago that resembles something out of a Mad Max movie. Society is broken into five groups of people, or “factions” as…
POLITICS
District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray was aware of an off-the-books “shadow campaign” to support his 2010 bid and personally requested the funds from an…
WASHINGTON (AP) — One by one, President Barack Obama’s warnings to Russia are being brushed aside by President Vladimir Putin, who appears to only be…
BUSINESS
U.S. stocks are closing slightly lower following disappointing economic news from China and Japan. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index edged down a point to…
Brutal winter weather snarled traffic, canceled flights and cut power to homes and factories in February. Yet it didn’t faze U.S. employers, who added 175,000…
SPORTS
The Minnesota legislator whose tweet about the NBA aroused cries of racism is known as a feisty lawmaker who has long enjoyed ribbing his liberal…
Joakim Noah’s father couldn’t give ESPN’s Lisa Salters his undivided attention while he watched his son play against the Heat on Sunday. As Salters tried…
HEALTH
Uninsured Americans face an important deadline at the end of this month, and many don’t realize it. March 31 is the last day to sign…
With just three weeks left to sign up under President Barack Obama’s health care law, a major survey tracking the rollout finds that the uninsured…
EDITORS PICKS
Ever wince when someone else stubs their toe? It turns out that the empathy we feel actually can be influenced by racial bias, and it…
FEATURES
Race issues on college campuses have seemed to prevail over time with disregard to the humans who are deeply impacted by it, the students. Students…
FAITH
Our favorite singing sisters Mary Mary are back for Season 3, premiering Thursday February 27th at 9|8c on WE tv. Click through the below stunning…
“Winners lose much more often than losers. So if you keep losing but you’re still trying, keep it up! You’re right on track.” – Matthew…
FOCUS
Last month, Thomas Sugrue, the scholar who literally wrote the book on Detroit, traveled to the Motor City to deliver a tough message to business…
Elroy Sailor, CEO of the lobbying firm J.C. Watts Companies, said Republicans shouldn’t fear talking about abortion to African-Americans in their districts because the issue…
CULTURE
The Rev. Al Sharpton led several hundred people on a march Monday to the state Capitol, where they rallied against Florida’s “stand your ground” law.…
The family of Martin Luther King Jr. has warned Georgia’s governor it wants input on any monument to the slain civil rights icon that might…
VIEWS
First, let’s stop talking about boys and young men “of color.” Japanese-American boys and young men do not have problems finding good schools. They…
In the face of critics who are already writing brainless articles about why the new Annie will “probably be terrible,” I am ecstatic. In the…
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