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MLB Baseball Commisioner Bud Selig Creates On-Field Diversity Task Force
Posted on 10 April, 2013 | No CommentsBaseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig today announced the creation of an On-Field Diversity Task Force to address the talent... -
A Close-up Look at ‘The Good Negro’
Posted on 19 February, 2013 | 3 CommentsHOLLYWOOD-The Civil Rights Movement brought a lot of victories in the struggle for equality for African Americans. Without the relentless... -
NFL Hires Do Not Reflect King’s Dream
Posted on 22 January, 2013 | No CommentsDr. Martin Luther King Jr. fought for peace, stood for racial equality and brought hope to the notion that we... -
New Constitutional Amendment Needed to Protect the Right to Vote, Advocate Claims
Posted on 11 October, 2012 | No CommentsNew America Media, Question & Answer, Khalil Abdullah Editor’s Note: The struggle over state-sponsored legislation limiting or redefining how and when citizens... -
Mitt Romney’s “47 Percent” Remarks Not Very Presidential
Posted on 25 September, 2012 | No CommentsMitt Romney makes Sarah Palin look like the smart one. That makes it two presidential elections in a row for... -
Voters Face Elimination by ID Laws
Posted on 12 September, 2012 | No CommentsWASHINGTON – Election turnout among young people of color, including African Americans, Latinos and Native Americans, may drop by nearly 700,000... -
Gary Franks Denounces Joe Biden’s “Back in Chains” Metaphor
Posted on 28 August, 2012 | No CommentsVice President Joe Biden is under scrutiny for a metaphor that he used on the campaign trail. Gary Franks, a... -
Blacks Still Back President Obama
Posted on 23 August, 2012 | No CommentsLOS ANGELES-With many citing the economy as the most important issue for the 2012 presidential election, Loop21.com, a leading digital... -
NAACP Leader Was A Giant Among Men
Posted on 30 July, 2012 | No CommentsHeroes sometimes relinquish their immortal status and become human. Once they become human they become mortal like the rest of... -
Re-electing Obama Trumps Black Resistance to Same Sex Marriage
Posted on 30 May, 2012 | 1 CommentOp-Ed by Cleo Manago, CEO and founder of the Black Men’s Xchange (BMX) For the last few weeks since President... -
Obama Backs Same-Sex Marriage, Risks Black Vote
Posted on 10 May, 2012 | No CommentsPresident Barack Obama made history again. Nearly four years after being elected as the first African American to become the... -
Los Angeles Riots a Pivotal Moment in History
Posted on 28 April, 2012 | No CommentsTwenty years ago on April 29, I sat in my car at a red light at the corner of Manchester... -
Tebowmania: Media Fixation or Chosen One?
Posted on 26 March, 2012 | No CommentsFor at least the last 15 years, athletes of faith have openly shared their belief on the football field, praying... -
The Devaluation of Black History Month
Posted on 1 March, 2012 | No CommentsOp-Ed By Dennis J. Freeman Black History Month used to mean something. To me, it still does. But there was... -
Watkins Award Salutes Male Black Student-Athletes
Posted on 28 February, 2012 | No CommentsFamily and friends of some of the more distinguished scholar-athletes in the country gathered at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in... -
Preterm Black Babies Numbers Causes Alarm
Posted on 23 February, 2012 | No CommentsNEWARK, New Jersey– African American babies born prematurely continue to be a hot button topic for the medical profession. Now a... -
‘Slavery by Another Name’ Hits Right Note
Posted on 14 February, 2012 | 7 CommentsAuthor Douglas A. Blackmon took a column he wrote a decade ago about slavery in this country and ran with... -
Phi Delta Kappan Does Disservice to Blacks
Posted on 9 February, 2012 | No CommentsCommentary By Amy Wilkins America’s Wire Writers Group WASHINGTON—Tracey and Abby Sparrow, one a teacher and the other a nonprofit’s vice... -
Black Stars Vocal in Fight Against HIV/AIDS
Posted on 8 February, 2012 | No CommentsBlack celebrities appear to be going all out in the fight against HIV/AIDS. By these individuals lending their names through... -
Black History Month Retrospective…The Killing of Emmett Till
Posted on 7 February, 2012 | No CommentsOfficially known as the month of February, Black History Month has been set aside to remember the historical content of... -
The NFL’s Blackout on Super Bowl Sunday
Posted on 6 February, 2012 | No CommentsThe NFL has failed its Black History Month moment test. That’s because the NFL production called the Super Bowl has... -
Aviators Enjoy “Red Tails” Big Flight
Posted on 26 January, 2012 | No CommentsLos Angeles, CA-The George Lucas epic “Red Tails,” a film inspired by the legendary and historic exploits of the Tuskegee...