While being interviewed by CNN’s Gloria Borger, Ron Paul walked away from the interview after being asked about the racist newsletters that were put out in his name in the 80s and 90s. After Paul gave the same implausible explanation that he didn’t write them and never looked over them and was not aware of […]
LONDON (AP) — For the first time in the long history of English soccer, a player is being prosecuted over words spoken on the field. SEE ALSO: Man Acquitted Of Sexual Assault Charges Because Of Oysters Prosecutors said Wednesday that John Terry, one of the country’s best-known athletes, racially abused an opponent during an October […]
Has the narrative of poverty been so interwoven with images of blackness for so long that we have forgotten that white Americans are poor, too? SEE ALSO: Is Unconditional Love A Lie? TheRoot published an article recently that says the national conversation around poverty has been discussed as if its just a black issue. White […]
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Hospital officials in northern Brazil say a woman have given birth to conjoined twin boys with one body and two heads. Obstetrician Neila Dahas of the Santa Casa de Misericodia Hospital in the city of Belem says the twins were born Monday by Cesarean section. She says on the hospital’s website […]
Men tend to get all of the credit for everything, especially the Civil Rights Movement. While Dr. Martin L. King Jr. and Malcolm X are known as the faces of the movement, black history is brimming with women whose contributions are equally noteworthy. Here’s our list of black women who helped to advance the race […]
Lower marriage rates among Back people has nothing to do with race, and everything to do with educational and income disparities between races, new research indicates.
NEW YORK– Eight U.S. soldiers have been charged in the death of a fellow GI, a Chinese-American who apparently shot himself in Afghanistan after being subjected to what a community activist said were assaults and ethnic taunts from his comrades. SEE ALSO: Man Acquitted Of Sexual Assault Charges Because Of Oysters Pvt. Danny Chen, a […]
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — White Castle, a 90-year-old hamburger chain known for its square “slider” burgers, is sipping on the idea of offering alcoholic beverages as it tests beer and wine sales at a restaurant in Indiana. SEE ALSO: Dutch TV Hosts Eat Each Other’s Flesh The food famously craved by stoners in the 2004 […]
Jerome “Jerry” Isaac, the Brooklyn man accused of setting a 73-year-old grandmother on fire in her building’s elevator, harassed his victim for months, family members say. SEE ALSO: How Racism Created Poverty According to reports, Issac stole keys to Delores Gillespie’s apartment and repeatedly jammed the locks every time she changed them. Issac claims she […]
Lloyd gets into the holiday spirit with his new video “She’s All I Want For Christmas.” Featuring lots of funky horn-blowing and banging of steel drums, Lloyd channels Michael Jackson in sound (with high notes) and appearance (with classic, trademark dances)! In the clip, Lloyd works as a handler on a Christmas tree lot when […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is due to take a plea deal in Las Vegas to avoid trial on felony allegations that he battered his ex-girlfriend. RELATED: Why Isn’t God Not Listening To Tim Tebow? The 34-year-old Mayweather is expected to plead guilty Wednesday in Las Vegas Justice Court to misdemeanor battery […]