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Two white female students claim that black athletes raped them.  But the way the story is presented is racially-disturbing. click to re...

  Startling statistics as reported by Dr. Boyce Watkins , who is leading an initiative to fight against mass incarceration. click to r...

A scholar, Duchess Harris , explains the dynamics of race in America with an exciting new book. click to read Technorati Tags: miriam ...

  Is this pastor a crook or a victim?  Why he got 10 years in prison. click to read   Technorati Tags: pastor onslow ross , black ...

Your Black World reports Michael Jackson’s mother Katherine was on The Today Show discussing her son’s death and the man accused of kil...

  Your Black World Reports Notice how Michelle Obama purses her lips as she does all the latest dances in the name of fitness.  Yes, ...

  by Dr. Boyce Watkins , Your Black World – Scholarship in Action   Life is good in the White House this week, as a recent CBS/New Yo...

Your Black World Reports Kenya Bell, formerly Miss Michigan USA and wife of NBA player Charlie Bell, released a statement about the all...

From Newsone.com When Donald Trump began his race-baiting political game by demanding that President Obama release his long...

Your Black World Reports A group of protesters met outside the Cobo Center in Detroit to protest the NAACP’s decision to give an award t...

  by Dr. Boyce Watkins, YourBlackWorld.com – Scholarship in Action   It looks like Washington Redskins star Albert Haynesworth is ha...

Frankie Lons, the mother of superstar Keyshia Cole, was arrested for "misdemeanor possession of drug-related materials" and ...

“The President invited the living participants in the Memphis Sanitation Strike to honor their courage, and their fight on behalf of all w...

  by Dr. Boyce Watkins, YourBlackWorld.com – Scholarship in Action Republican State Rep from Oklahoma Sally Kern seems to think that ...

*A federal judge has sided with NFL players and granted their request for a preliminary injunction to lift the lockout imposed by team ow...

  by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Your Black World – Scholarship in Action   Jestina Clayton is a woman in Utah who is originally from Sierra Le...

Your Black World Reports Jason Hunter of the Denver Broncos was stabbed by his girlfriend Wednesday morning, according to police.  Hunte...

by Janell Ross, Huffington Post   CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- In the decade leading up to the Great Recession, Wanda Nolan grew accustomed to ste...

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Eye-level watermarks, gutted buildings and rows of mobile classrooms linger as reminders of the flooding from Hurricane...

From the Associated Press Rapper Jim Jones has made a return to a venue he'd rather avoid: a New York City courthouse. "I...

Your Black World reports President Barack Obama has officially released the long form of his birth certificate in response to the quest...

  Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama will name CIA Director Leon Panetta as his nominee to succeed Robert Gates as defense secr...

NORWALK, Conn. -- A homeless single mother arrested for allegedly enrolling her son in the wrong school district is set to make her first ...

PRESS RELEASE: (For Immediate Release) CONTACT PERSON: Scot X. Esdaile: tel. 203-668-4562 WHAT: Press Conference Where: Crosland A...

From NBC Connecticut A homeless, unemployed mom from Bridgeport has gained a lot of attention after she was arrested for sending her 6-y...

From Yahoo News Education activists are rallying around a homeless woman who may face jail time for enrolling her son in kindergarten un...

The Obamas celebrate Easter Sunday at the historic Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington, DC.

by Dr. Boyce Watkins , Your Black World   It appears that Jalen Rose of ESPN (and the Fab Five at Michigan) wasn’t aware that he was bei...

by Dr. Boyce Watkins , Your Black World – Scholarship in Action   The story of Rasul "Rocky" Clark is a cautionary tale to all t...

by Helena Andrews, TheRoot.com Start typing "mother arrested" into Google, and the Internet wastes no time filling in the rest...

Alabama — The problem with being a viral star is that everyone knows when you get in trouble, too. Antoine Dodson, the viral sensation w...

From CNN (CNN) -- The wife of Miami Dolphins star receiver Brandon Marshall has been charged with stabbing him in the abdomen with a ki...

Your Black World Reports During a campaign speech in San Francisco, a group of left-wing hecklers interrupted President Obama with a sp...

  From the Connecticut Post The response by Norwalk officials, from top to bottom, in the matter of Tanya McDowell and the son they y...

Tanya McDowell says she enrolled her son at Brookside because she wants the best for him. Photo credit: Moina Noor Tonya McDowell thou...

From the NY Times CHARLESTON, Mo. — More than a decade ago, a 14-year-old boy killed his stepbrother in a scuffle that escalated from go...

From The New York Daily News WASHINGTON - President Obama remains committed to comprehensive immigration reform despite the incendiary...

  From Yahoo News What does a chicken sandwich have to do with Jesus? Gay students on a few college campuses apparently believe Chick...

Your Black World reports The Michigan State Police are planning to use a gadget that works with a “Universal Forensic Extraction Device...

by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Your Black World – Scholarship in Action   A 7-year old special ed student became upset while decorating an easter...

  Your Black World reports Three kindergartners were wounded today in a Houston elementary school after a loaded gun fell out of the po...

  Please click here to join our coalition to help Ms. McDowell by Dr. Boyce Watkins , Your Black World – Scholarship in Action   Whe...

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  A valet is suing the mother of NBA superstar LeBron James after she allegedly assaulted him both physically and verbally.  The lawsui...

  WASHINGTON (WUSA/AP) -- U.S.Capitol Police say they arrested 41 people on Constitution Avenue in front of the Hart Senate Office Build...

by Dr. Boyce Watkins , Syracuse University – Scholarship in Action   In the video below, Jeff Johnson, Al Sharpton and Ben Jealous dis...

Media Release from the NAACP Conservative voices Keene and Norquist join NAACP President & CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous, Former Secreta...