Almost 60 years on, it seems this whole integration thing still isn’t playing with a lot of White people. Nasty reality keeps intruding. A news article from NBC Philadelphia reports: “More than 60 campers from Northeast Philadelphia were turned away from a private swim club and left to wonder if their race was the reason. ‘I heard this lady, she was like, ‘Uh, what are all these black kids... 

First it was Oprah Winfrey’s wistful reach for the continent, now other prominent African Americans are finding their roots. In 2005 Oprah Winfrey underwent DNA testing in an effort to determine the genetic make-up of her body’s cells. The popular American talk show host wanted to know where her ancestors, taken as slaves to the United States, had come from. Famous genes Since then thousands... 

African-Americans really like President Obama, but more and more feel that race relations have not gotten better since he took office, a new national poll found. Ninety-six percent of African-Americans approve of how Obama is handling his presidency, according to a CNN/Essence Magazine/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Thursday. During the 2008 election, 38 percent of blacks surveyed thought racial... 

President Obama announced today that the United States will provide $73 million in aid to Zimbabwe, saying the economically-wracked nation has made progress since Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai entered a power-sharing arrangement with longtime President Robert Mugabe four months ago. “We’ve seen progress from the prime minister,” Obama said, after meeting with Tsvangirai in... 

We hear this same story told by white public school students all over the nation. A reader writes in… So at school, Friday i had pinned a confederate flag to my backpack to cover up where my dog ripped the front pocket open so no one would see a huge rip in my backpack. So as i was walking down the hall after 2nd period i was jumped by three blacks who came out of nowhere, the grabbed the backpack... 

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Police reinforcements have been rushed to a remote part of Papua New Guinea after officers clashed with a shadowy cult accused of beheading villagers and offering them as human sacrifices. Several people were reportedly killed and many injured after gun battles broke out between police and members of the cult, based in the mountains of Morobe province on PNG’s north coast. Religious cults flourish...