More than Comic Relief: Apollo ‘Executioner’ Carries Historic Torch

For many African-American musicians, performing on the legendary Apollo stage is a rite of passage. The Apollo Theatre is where jazz artist Ella Fitzgerald made her...

Jermaine Dupri on How Arrogance Cost Him Success, and His Best Career Decisions

Jermaine Dupri didn’t become the award-winning, veteran multi-million-dollar-making music producer he is without making some pivotal mistakes. As the president and CEO of So So Def...

Mississippi outlaws slavery

Mississippi finally outlawed slavery. The Jackson Clarion Ledger: “There was an asterisk beside Mississippi. A note read: ‘Mississippi ratified the amendment in 1995, but because the...

Voting Rights Act faces key test in Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will take up a case from Alabama next week to decide whether to strike down a key part of the Voting...

Obama using new political freedom to tackle domestic agenda

PALM CITY, Fla. — In a gym usually home to the Hyde Park Academy Thunderbirds, President Obama spoke about his own home late last week —...

Meet Dr. Ben Carson, the New Conservative Folk Hero

There are two ways you might have heard of Dr. Ben Carson. If you’re a doctor or follow medicine, you might know of his great success...

Excessive TV watching in childhood linked to increased risk of criminal behavior, say researchers

Researchers found that the risk of having a criminal conviction by early adulthood increased by approximately 30 percent with every hour that children spent viewing television...

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Executive, charged with slapping baby on Delta flight, loses job

[youtube id=”KelDQj_6P7Y” width=”620″ height=”360″] By Matt Pearce February 18, 2013, 5:42 p.m.  Rough flight. A 60-year-old business executive accused of drunkenly slapping a 2-year-old and referring...