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By USA Today Wire Services: Posted on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 5:43 PM
 NORTH CAROLINA -- A record 40% of households with children include "breadwinner moms," according to a new report released Wednesday.
The analysis looked at data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
"The share of households with children where there is a mother who is the sole or primary breadwinner is up about fourfold from 1960, when it was only 11%," says report co-author Kim Parker, associate director of Pew Research Center's Social & Demographic Trends project. |
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By Your Black World: Posted on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:34 PM
 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Right after the devastation of the tornado that hit Oklahoma City, President Barack Obama promised that he would do all that he could to ensure that disaster relief was sent to the storm victims as soon as possible.
“As a nation, our full focus is on the urgent work of rescue and the hard work of recovery and rebuilding that lies ahead,” and said, “You face a long road ahead, but you will not travel it alone. Your country will travel it with you.”
But Senator Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, is under fire for standing in the way of getting disaster relief to the victims of this terrible storm. |
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By BP Wire Services: Posted on Monday, May 13, 2013 4:47 PM
 CLEVELAND -- During interrogation with police, Ariel Castro, the man charged with kidnapping and raping three women over roughly 10 years, referred to himself as "coldblooded," addicted to sex and unable to control his impulses, WKYC Channel 3 News has learned.
With exacting detail, Castro recalled the abductions of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, explaining how he met each victim and even what he was wearing that day, according to sources.
Berry, 27, and DeJesus, 23, were abducted in separate incidents almost a decade ago. |
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By Dashiell Bennett, The Atlantic Wire: Posted on Sunday, May 12, 2013 9:24 PM
According to the family of Gina DeJesus, who spoke to local CBS affliate WOIO, one the women who was held captive for nearly a decade, say that she actually knew Ariel Castro,
the owner of the house where the women were found, because he was a
relative of one of her friends. |
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By BP Wire Services: Posted on Wednesday, May 01, 2013 9:02 PM
 GEORGIA -- Kendrick Johnson was a 17-year-old boy from Valdosta, Georgia, whose death was ruled accidental.
Take a look at this picture of him alive next to a picture of him dead and you be the judge.
Many people suspect foul play, as his face appears to be beaten.
The teen was found upside down in a rolled up mat inside the gym of Lowndes High School.
Authorities states he fell into the center of the mats accidentally reaching for his shoe claiming he died because his blood rushed to his head after being in an upside down position for too long. |
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By Chawn Saddam Kweli: Posted on Monday, April 08, 2013 8:58 PM
 SOUTH AFRICA -- "A long overdue family reunion", is the way Attorney Malik Zulu Shabazz, National Chairman and organizer of the New Black Panther Party(NBPP) describes the historic meetings of his organization, based in the United States, with 30 national chapters and several international bases, and the revolutionary Pan- Afrikanist Congress of Azania( PAC), whose President is Letlapa Mphahlele, with a steady seat in Parliament of Azania, known by the criminal settler name of South Africa in the Western hemisphere and many parts of the world. |
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By Steve Almasy, CNN: Posted on Sunday, March 17, 2013 6:29 PM
 OHIO -- Two high school football players were convicted Sunday in an Ohio rape case that gained worldwide attention through, and then focused on, social media.
In a trial that divided the football-crazed Rust Belt town of Steubenville, Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'lik Richmond, 16, were found guilty of raping a drunk 16-year-old girl.
The case attracted the attention of bloggers -- and even the loosely organized hacking group, Anonymous -- who questioned everything from the behavior of the football team to the integrity of the investigation. |
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By Matthew DeLuca, NBC News: Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2013 9:44 AM
 NEW YORK -- An overnight police standoff in upstate New York ended Thursday after the man suspected of killing four people and injuring two more in a shooting spree was shot and killed by law enforcement officials.
The suspect, identified as area resident Kurt Myers (pictured), opened fire on a canine unit at about 8 a.m. this morning, New York State Trooper Jack Keller told NBC News, killing a dog.
Police returned fire, killing the suspect and bringing an end to the nearly 19-hour confrontation. |
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By BP Wire Services: Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 9:57 AM
 NEW YORK -- ProfessU.com is where hip hop and pop culture meet education.
The web site was created by educators Dr. John P. Hamilton (left) and Dr. John Spruill III (right), and their goal is to capture the positive essences of hip hop and pop culture in trending news, and create original content in the same vein.
ProfessU "flips the script" to give the world a glimpse of conversations with your favorite high profile individuals which allows them to discuss their lives, dreams, and perspectives on the industry or world events. |
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By Stephen Hudak and Denise-Marie Ordway, Orlando Sentinel: Posted on Wednesday, March 06, 2013 10:15 PM
 ORLANDO -- Prosecutors have upgraded to manslaughter the charges facing former FAMU band members in the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion.
They also charged two more ex-band members, Henry Nesbitt, 26, and Darryl Cearnel, 25, in the fatal hazing.
The Orange-Osceola State Attorney's Office sent an e-mail to attorneys for the former band members on Monday afternoon notifying them that their clients will be charged with manslaughter in addition to the felony hazing charges for which they were arrested last spring. |
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By Your Black World: Posted on Wednesday, March 06, 2013 8:51 PM
 NEW YORK -- Jason Sharp is the kind of cop who probably won’t be getting anymore accolades anytime soon.
The 37-year old detective was arrested after getting into a fight with his wife and allegedly punching his three-year old son in the face.
The officer, who works with the NYPD gang unit sent the poor baby to the hospital with bruising on his right eye, cheek and nose.
Sharp has been suspended for thirty days pending the outcome of the investigation.
Records say that the officer was under the influence of alcohol when the incident took place. |
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By BP Wire Services: Posted on Tuesday, March 05, 2013 12:17 AM
 NEW YORK -- Right-wing media are falsely suggesting that First Lady Michelle Obama's Academy Awards appearance is unprecedented, ignoring that former presidents and former First Lady Laura Bush have previously participated in the ceremony.
Last Sunday, Obama made a surprise appearance via satellite at the 85th Academy Awards where she helped announce the Best Picture Oscar winner. According to a spokesman for Obama, the Academy contacted the first lady about being part of the ceremony. |
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By BP Wire Services: Posted on Sunday, March 03, 2013 12:13 PM
 GEORGIA -- Michael Jordan has been sued by a woman who claims he fathered her 16-year-old son ... and she wants a paternity test to prove it. Pamela Smith claims in her paternity suit -- filed February 6 in Fulton County, GA and obtained by TMZ -- she became pregnant after having sex with Jordan in 1995.
 Pamela gave birth to Grant Pierce Jay Jordan Reynolds -- aka Taj -- in June 1996. BTW, Jordan was married to Juanita Vanoy at the time he allegedly had sex with Smith. |
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By BP Wire Services: Posted on Sunday, February 10, 2013 6:09 PM
 NEW YORK -- A recent test given to doctors and nurses showed that 2/3 of them are unconsciously biased against their African American, Hispanic and other minority patients.
During the study, which was published in Annals of Family Medicine, more than 130 primary care doctors and nurse practitioners in the Denver, Colorado area took psychological tests that measure implicit bias toward different racial and ethnic groups.
The results were quite shocking!
Just how legit was this test? Very legit! |
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By BP Wire Services: Posted on Thursday, February 07, 2013 5:27 PM
 NEW YORK -- The Lifetime Movie Network has been known for making sappy chick flicks that tug at the heartstrings and get the tears flowing.
This is not so for one of their latest movies, Betty and Coretta.
It was a biographical film that showed the friendship of the widows of Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. The movie however, according to Malcolm X’s daughter, was more fiction than fact and her mother was not portrayed correctly.
The movie featured a great cast including Angela Bassett, Mary J Blige, and Ruby Dee. |
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com: Posted on Friday, January 18, 2013 4:29 PM
 PENNSYLVANIA -- Convicted child abuser Gerald Sandusky and his homeowners’ insurer, State Farm, settled a lawsuit brought by the insurer to have a judge declare the company has no obligation to defend the former Penn State University assistant football coach.
Sandusky had looked to his State Farm homeowners’ policy for defense and indemnity costs related to his criminal trial and a civil lawsuit filed against him.
According to court records, U.S. District Court Judge Yvette Kane in the Middle District of Pennsylvania dismissed the suit after Sandusky and State Farm filed a consent motion to dismiss the case. |
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By Kristina Betinis: Posted on Monday, December 17, 2012 10:39 PM
 CHICAGO -- Angry protests erupted after Chicago police shot and killed 23-year-old Jamaal Moore on the morning of December 15.
Area residents, including some of Moore's family members, reacted with fury to the killing.
Gathering near the intersection of Ashland and Garfield shortly after the young man was killed, people threw bottles and rocks at police cars and physically confronted police.
Police officers were seen fighting with residents.
Dozens of police brigades were brought in to shut down the street and subdue the residents. |
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By BP Wire Services: Posted on Monday, December 17, 2012 5:28 PM
 PHOENIX -- In recognition of International Migrants Day on December 18, 2012, the BLACK IMMIGRATION NETWORK, a national network of African American and black immigrant organizations announce its collaboration to uplift black voices in the immigrant rights debate.
The network cites the need for an understanding of racial justice as a key principle for immigration reform and for the contemporary struggle for racial equity for all people of color.
The BLACK IMMIGRATION NETWORK (BIN) was conceived through the efforts of Oakland-based organization Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), the Chicago-based Center for New Community’s Which Way Forward (WWF) Program, and American Friend Services Committee’s Third World Coalition (TWC) with particular help from their Northeast Regional offices. |
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By Your Black World: Posted on Monday, December 17, 2012 10:50 AM
 NEW YORK -- In case you were otherwise disposed last night, you know that Sunday night football was preempted when President Obama spoke at the Newton Memorial for the Sandy Hook victims.
The President spoke as a way of beginning the healing after one of the worst tragedies in American history, but obviously, some folks were more interested in watching football than listening to anything President Obama had to say, and blasted Obama on Twitter.
Deadspin captured the following tweets: |
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By Steve Szkotak, The Associated Press: Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2012 7:05 PM
 RICHMOND -- One student has been expelled and three others are being punished for their roles in a racially charged uproar on a Virginia college campus the night of President Barack Obama's re-election, the school said Thursday.
They were among approximately 40 students who gathered outside the Minority Student Union at Hampden-Sydney College on the night of Nov. 6 within minutes after Obama won a second term.
Some shouted racial slurs, tossed bottles, set off fireworks and threatened physical violence. |
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