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Derrick Deacon was convicted of murdering teenager Andrew Wynn in 1989. It wasn’t until 2012 he was given a re-trail, then in 2013 was finally…

Women have periods. Many women are homeless. Women make up almost 32 percent of the homeless population in the United States. Those women have periods…

Prince Williams / Getty Last night on the Bet Hip-Hop Awards, Hip-Hop legend Doug E. Fresh was honored with the “I Am Hip-Hop Award”.  The beat boxing King’s acceptance speech was one that had many people in the audience and at home in tears.  The rapper payed homage to his mother whom he lost a […]

If you missed the second day of the National Action Network 2014 Convention, catch some of the highlights of what might have been the day’s hottest…

There is a new game out unfortunately called “The Knockout Game”. Here is how you play: You walk up to a random innocent person & you punch them in the face as hard as you can & then you run away! Sounds crazy right?! Well it’s really happening so be careful. Watch the video below […]

After all these years Uncle Charlie’s still got it! Check out his live performance with Kanye West on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”.

A University of Iowa study suggests that African-American women have great odds of obtaining loans from lenders, and their rate of success is comparable to…

There was a time when New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg attended a meeting at the White House, where President Barack Obama asked Rev. Al Sharpton…