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DeVry University Students to Benefit from $100 Million FTC Settlement

January 13, 2017 Staff 0

By Charlene Crowell For the third time in two years, a large for-profit college has faced charges of defrauding its students. This time the charges stem from promises of jobs and incomes that never materialized. […]

National

IRS Warns Tax Refunds Delayed for Low-income Americans

January 13, 2017 Staff 0

Tax refunds will be delayed this year for some 40 million Americans. By Ben Popken, nbcnews.com If your refund is delayed this year, you can thank the IRS — and identity thieves. Millions of low-income […]

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Why Black Women Must Be Involved in the Women’s March on Washington

January 9, 2017 Staff 0

by Julianne Malveaux “Ain’t I A Woman,” railed Sojourner Truth, “I have ploughed and planted and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain’t I a woman! I could work as much […]

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Why President Obama Will Never Get the Credit He Deserves

January 9, 2017 Staff 0

By Roger Caldwell In less than a month, real estate baron and reality TV star Donald J. Trump will be sworn-in as the 45th President of the United States of America. There is a reverence […]

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Are More Single Black Women Are Packing Pistols ?

January 9, 2017 Staff 0

by Michael Cottman “There is a high uptick of African-Americans buying guns across the country,” said Philip Smith, president of the 14,000-member National African-American Gun Association. “We are enrolling members in gun clubs in record […]

Business

Ford cancels Mexico plant. Will create 700 Michigan jobs

January 9, 2017 Staff 0

By Heather Long and Poppy Harlow, CNN  Ford is canceling plans to build a new plant in Mexico. It will invest $700 million in Michigan instead, creating 700 new U.S. jobs. Ford CEO Mark Fields said […]

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Gospel Singer Kim Burrell’s Radio Show Cancelled Following Homophobic Rant

January 9, 2017 Staff 0

By JamesMichael Nichols, huffingtonpost.com Gospel singer Kim Burrell felt the full consequence of homophobia this week when her radio program was cancelled following an anti-gay rant. Texas Southern University announced Wednesday evening that Burrell’s radio show […]

Book Reviews

“My Life with Earth Wind & Fire”

January 9, 2017 Staff 0

THE BOOKWORM SEZ By Maurice White with Herb Powell c.2016, Amistad $27.99 / $34.99 Canada       385 pages Your needs are very simple. Food, shelter, water. Those are the essentials, but then there are the things […]

National

HBCU Band Will March at Inauguration

January 9, 2017 Staff 0

by Jeff Martin ATLANTA (AP) — The marching band of a historically black college in Alabama will perform in President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inaugural parade, despite a barrage of criticism, the school’s president announced […]

Entertainment

Film Review: I Am Not Your Negro

December 28, 2016 Staff 0

By Dwight Brown (NNPA Newswire Film Critic) James Baldwin, the intellectual, civil rights activist and renowned author, left behind some biting and enlightening words about racism and the status of the Black community that are […]

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