Professional lacrosse player Jovan Miller has turned in his uniform and gear and has talked about retiring after an unexpected Twitter search left him stunned. Miller, 23, is a midfielder for the Charlotte Hounds who recently stumbled across a Twitter hash tag many of his online followers were using: #ninjaplease. The term is a play […]
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Uganda Poised to Pass Anti-Gay Legislation
Ugandan parliamentary speaker Rebecca Kadaga has promised to deliver a very controversial gift to the Ugandan nation by Christmas: new, harsh laws which would punish those practicing homosexuality with prison sentences. The bill would ban the nation’s residents from engaging in a homosexual lifestyle or promotion of it. The measure was first drafted in October […]
Posted inNational News
Obama Re-Election Triggers Campus Unrest in Va., Miss.
Election-night unrest aimed at Black students flared on two college campuses Nov. 6 after President Obama’s re-election victory, triggering two arrests at the University of Mississippi in Oxford and an internal investigation at Hampden-Sydney College near Farmville, Va. In apparently unrelated incidents, racial slurs were directed at Black student organizations on both Southern campuses. No […]
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Nas and Father Pair-Up in New Gap Holiday Campaign
It seems that global rap artist Nas has a lot to be thankful this holiday season, and he is not alone. Nas has decided to be one of the faces for The Gap’s new 2012 campaign entitled, “Love Comes in Every Shade,” and he is not alone. Paired with his father Olu Dara, in the […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Heritage High Student Stabbed
A 17 year-old Baltimore boy is in police custody, and being held without bail, on attempted murder charges in the Oct. 1 stabbing of a fellow student at Heritage High School, police said. He is being charged as an adult, according to police. Police said Darrell Johns, of the first block of North Potomac Street […]
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Leaders Call for Support of Black Men
One issue overshadowed the 2012 election to some leaders during last week’s Black political showcase in Washington: How will the African American male be nurtured and preserved? “We have to make sure we understand that our young black brothers need a father,” Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) said, “because if we can’t save them now […]
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Baltimore City Plans Redevelopment of Abandoned Structures
Wooden panels cover windows and door frames, roofing shingles dangle, and the word “vacant” is spray-painted in red across the tan exterior of the home. Although this house is located in the Northwest Baltimore neighborhood of Park Heights, the blight of abandoned buildings is widespread throughout the city. More than 46,000 vacant buildings in Baltimore, […]
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City Plans Redevelopment of Abandoned Structures
Wooden panels cover windows and door frames, roofing shingles dangle, and the word “vacant” is spray-painted in red across the tan exterior of the home. Although this house is located in the Northwest Baltimore neighborhood of Park Heights, the blight of abandoned buildings is widespread throughout the city. More than 46,000 vacant buildings in Baltimore, according to […]