More than 20 years after he last played pro basketball, former Lakers star Magic Johnson is ready for a whole new game: running his own TV network.

The Hall of Famer, who has become a successful business mogul, is preparing to launch Aspire, a 24-hour channel with a focus on what Johnson called…

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to revisit affirmative action in state-college admissions, suggesting that a 2003 ruling that narrowly permitted race-conscious policies in public higher education may face tough scrutiny from today's more conservative court.

The case comes from the University of…

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Washington, DC - The Whitney Houston story and finality is profoundly tragic, and may have been inevitable. The whole story may never be told. Given the often daunting or…

For the Marines who served with Sgt Manuel Loggins Jr., it would have been an injustice to stay quiet. So in a move that broke with the military's tradition, Loggins' commanding officer at California's Camp Pendleton publicly rebuked civilian authorities in neighboring Orange County for their handling of the investigation into the fatal February 7 shooting by a deputy of the highly esteemed Marine.

Many Marines have been…

BALTIMORE (AP) -- A political aide to Maryland's former Republican governor was sentenced to 30 days of home detention Thursday for an Election Day robocall conspiracy that prosecutors cast as an effort to keep black voters away from the polls.

Prosecutors said the automated calls went out to 110,000 people in areas with high percentages of black voters, who tend to vote reliably Democratic. The calls implied that voters did…

In a case closely watched by civil rights activists, an Iowa judge will soon decide whether to grant thousands of black employees and job applicants monetary damages for hiring practices used by Iowa state government that they say have disadvantaged them.

Experts say the case is the largest…

KUSHI AMLAK-SAKHU  

originally by: TheRoot

published: 8th February 2012

Antone De’Jaun Davis-Correia was more than proud to be selected as one of The Root’s 25 Young Futurists last year; he was relieved. He saw it as validation of his work to abolish the death penalty. But since receiving that…

ALISON LESLIE   

originally by: The Observer

published: 11th February 2012

One of the country’s most experienced prison governors has condemned the use of short-term sentences that put thousands of women behind bars each year.

In a letter to the justice secretary, Ken…

Rev. William Barber, President of the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP, took time to speak with Politic365.com. The North Carolina chapter is the largest in the south and Barber is also the chair of the NAACP’s National Political Action committee.

Barber is also Pastor at the Greenleaf Christian Church Disciples of Christ in Goldsboro, NC. The 120 year old congregation has over 400 members and 30 active ministries. He begins,

“Why is it that on the way to…

Roseanne Barr’s presidential bid has penetrated the veil of media silence so deeply that North Carolina based national polling firm Public Policy Polling has included her in a head to head to…

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CWN recently heard from a senior citizen couple who unfortunately got…

Nearly 20 years ago, former Virginia governor L. Douglas Wilder announced that he wanted to create a museum that would tell the story of slavery in the United States. He had the vision, the clout, the charm to make it seem attainable, and he had already made history: the grandson of slaves, he was the nation’s first elected African American governor.



He assembled a high-profile board, hosted splashy galas with entertainer Bill Cosby promising at least $1 million in…

We ask for your support to free Davontae, there has been an unprecedented media black out in this case, given it's high profile status the Media has consistently ignored this young child's fight, we ask why?…

Historically, the shackling of prisoners has been a form of punishment or discipline but in more modern...

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by Georgia PaulBot

If you care about liberty, if the US Constitution means anything at all to you - then stand up for this boy's right to be heard in court: Jordan Brown has been held WITHOUT TRIAL for 3 YEARS (he is now 14 years old). Three years ago Jordan was arrested and charged with the murder of his father's pregnant fiancee and the baby she carried--…

Through 11 presidential elections, beginning with the Democrats’ nomination of George McGovern in 1972, Republicans have enjoyed a presumption of superiority regarding national security. This year, however, events and their rhetoric are dissipating their advantage.



Hours — not months, not weeks, hours — after the last U.S. troops left Iraq, vicious political factionalism and sectarian violence intensified. Many Republicans say Barack Obama’s withdrawal — accompanied by…

By Taki S. Raton

Nationally certified school psychologist, kinsmen to abolitionist Frederick Douglas and a presenter in the renowned and widely acclaimed DVD “Hidden Colors,” Dr. Umar R. Abdullah-Johnson was jointly interviewed Thursday January 26, 2012 by this writer and First Work multimedia producer Warren Muhammad of the Final Call Newspaper. As part of a national tour, Dr. Johnson was on a three-day lecture schedule in Chicago speaking to educators and community…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.

Houston's publicist, Kristen Foster, said Saturday that the singer had died, but the cause and the location of her death were unknown.



News of Houston's death came on the eve of music's biggest night — the Grammy Awards. It's a showcase where she…