By R. L’Heureux Lewis | TheRoot.com
By traveling abroad, men have found a way to get their groove back. And it’s not just through sexual encounters, but also a new sense of manhood and satisfaction.
July 3, 2008–I recently traveled abroad to the Dominican Republic with some of my closest male friends.
Before I left, I read Don’t [...]
By Monique Fields | TheRoot.com
RACE IN AMERICA IS WONDERFULLY COMPLEX, UNLESS OF COURSE, YOU’RE 3
Carrie Pratt
White girl, black girl: Simone and Monique will be talking it out for a while.
July 29, 2008–Simone snuggled up beside me and pointed to my face. “Mommy,” she said, “is a black girl.”
How observant, I thought, for a 3-year-old to [...]
THE COUNTY HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION REPORTS A 28% INCREASE LAST YEAR, WITH ASSAULTS AND VANDALISM THE LEADING CATEGORIES
By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
July 25, 2008
Hate crimes in Los Angeles County rose to their highest level in five years last year, led by attacks between Latinos and blacks, officials said Thursday.
The annual report by [...]
By CHRISTOPHER WILLS and KEVIN FREKING – July 27, 2008
CHICAGO (AP) — Presidential candidate John McCain on Sunday endorsed a proposal to ban affirmative action programs in his home state, a policy that Democratic rival Barack Obama called a disappointing embrace of divisive tactics.
In the past, McCain has criticized such ballot initiatives.
In an interview that [...]
POLICE OFFICER SUSPENDED AFTER VIDEO SHOWS HIM ‘BODYSLAMMING’ A BICYCLIST
Staff Reporter | Posted July 29, 2008 2:41 PM – The Daily Voice
Police in New York have reportedly stripped an officer of his gun and badge after a videotape surfaced showing him shoving a bicyclist to the ground last week.
Patrick Pogan of the Midtown South police [...]
Staff Reporter | Posted July 29, 2008 7:10 PM – The Daily Voice
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a historic resolution apologizing to African-Americans for slavery and segregation.
The nonbinding resolution, introduced by Rep. Steve Cohen, marks the first time a branch of the federal government has apologized for slavery.
Cohen is a white member [...]
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May Mya rest in peace, and may her killer be apprehended and brought to justice. She was just a little girl full of hope and promise, when her innocent life was savagely taken from her. Here is her story.
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MYA LYONS INVESTIGATION: FATHER TAKES POLYGRAPH
Friday, July 25, 2008
by Kathy Chaney
The father of a murdered 9-year-old girl took [...]
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
by Jesse Muhammad – Chicago Defender
DALLAS–State and federal investigators have been gathering evidence in what has been called the last documented mass lynching in the United States: the slaying of four Black people that has remained unsolved for more than 60 years.
Several items were collected on a property in rural Walton County, [...]
J. Miles Cary/Knoxville News Sentinel, via Associated Press
The police leading Jim D. Adkisson, 58, to a squad car on Sunday. Mr. Adkisson was charged with first-degree murder in the shootings at a Unitarian Universalist church in Knoxville, Tenn.
By SHAILA DEWAN
Published: July 28, 2008
A man who the police say entered a Unitarian church in Knoxville during [...]
