Month: April 2012

Pictures show how the continent’s image is out of date

According to a news release from the NAACP chapter in Durham, the campaign will place ads in African-American newspapers, statewide radio spots, mailers, brochures, and robocalls to tens of thousands …

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Until Thursday, the city had been reluctant to talk about a federal discrimination lawsuit against the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department since the U.S. Department of Justice’s findings were revealed …

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CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux reports on the high divorce rate among those 50 and older.

Students from an Ohio high school are trying to save history and honor the memories of black war veterans buried in a local cemetery.

At least six people are killed in bomb attacks on newspaper offices in two Nigerian cities, witnesses say.

Last week, news broke about two African American men, Christopher Johnson and Nathaniel Claybrooks, where filing a class action lawsuit against the producers of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.

Rep. Phil Gingrey lambasted President Obama this week for creating a voter outreach group called ” African-Americans for Obama ,” calling the move “worse than sad.” Gingrey’s comments came on …

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Anger in Liberia and celebrations in Sierra Leone over Taylor trial

African Union forces in Somalia set up a hospital offering free medical treatment to patients in Mogadishu.

I’d be lying if I said I didn’t wish for a miracle when I was staring down a catastrophic illness almost five years ago.

The final list of candidates in Egypt’s first post-Mubarak presidential election is published, with 13 candidates allowed to stand.

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