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Canadians use 9-15 billion plastic shopping bags every year

To get a feel for just how many bags that actually is, picture this: if we tied 9 billion bags together, they would circle the earth 55 times (Greener Footprints).

Holy Dinah!

Every year it's estimated between 500 billio

Already a legend in his state, Birmingham J (Jamal Thomas) has already earned his place as southern rap royalty. Coming from a family full of vocalists, he wrote his first rhymes at the early age of 10. A young Birmingham J saw music as an outlet to vent and tell his story during a rough childhood. A few artists that influenced him to pursue music as a career include Rakim & Eric B, N.W.A, Geto Boys, and Tupac.

Fast forward years later and Birmingham J is featured in Ozone, The Source, Murder D

New Black Central Station News Portal Launched
Black News and Views Hub Intended to Increase Understanding between Racial Groups

Washington, D.C. - The National Center for Public Policy Research announces the launch of a new "news portal" website dedicated to increasing understanding between minority and majority comities in the United States and eliminating unnecessary, often politically-inspired, divisiveness.

The news portal, "Black Central Station," consists of constantly-updated news and op

By Neil Savin | While there undoubtedly has been an increase in the number of black dating sites in recent years, many of the larger dating websites do still seem to cater more for the white, twenty-somethings who looking for a partner.

So, if you have been searching for love and feel let down by dating sites, here is a review of just some of the best black dating sites that are well worth taking a looking at.

Black Cupid

Black Cupid is one of the leading black dating sites and it has a thriving ch

By Ranches Lee Hall | Sadly, racist behavior and racial prejudice is alive and well throughout America, including within The Church. We cannot simply ignore it; pretend it does not exist and hope it goes away. It has to be spoken about, it has to be addressed.

The history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, or AME, dates back to 1787. Unhappy with racial discrimination, restrictions and "unkind treatment" towards worshippers of African descent, Reverend Richard Allen and Reverend Absalom J

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, November 2, 2016/ — 1. Pursuant to regulation 110(2) of the Regulations of the Registry and rule 97(2) of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, the Registry of the International Criminal Court hereby launches a call for experts to assist the Court with reparations at the reparations phase of proceedings in the case of The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, in compliance with the Decision issued by Trial Chamber VIII on 29 September 2016, in which it set a calendar for t

HHHOF Team Initiates Capital Campaign Planning Discussions for Support Programs by Artists, Individuals, Investment Funds, Foundations, and Corporate Partners on Hip Hop Museum Building & Hotel Partnership and Management.

After two decades of development, the Official Hip Hop Hall of Fame ("HHHOF") is poised to become "the Hip-Hop institution of record for the 21st century," as reported in Billboard Magazine. The organization kicks off November 2016 'Hip Hop History Month' by unveiling its long

Packaged Facts cites growing affluence and the rise of Obama as key components of black Americans' high economic confidence.

Despite the economic and social challenges, African-Americans remain among the most optimistic consumer groups in the American economy.  African-Americans: Demographic and Consumer Spending Trends, 10th Edition, a recent report by market research firm Packaged Facts, found that nearly half (47%) of African-Americans think they will be better off financially 12 months from

..Tells Mr. President to stop Wike from usurping the functions of the Security Agencies

 
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has cried out to the Senate, appealing to it to prevail on the State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, to allow the rescheduled parliamentary re-run elections in the state to hold in an atmosphere of peace and devoid of bloodshed and falsehood. The party made the appeal while reacting to efforts by the Senate to ensure that the polls, which have been overly dela

…Urges Nigerians Never to Rely on Labour Unions 

….Warns FG of Consequences

With the rumour of a possible increase in pump price of petrol getting stronger by the day, the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) on Monday warned of the imminent consequences of any such plan at a time an average Nigerian citizen can hardly afford one good meal a day.

The Conference, which is the umbrella body of all registered political parties and political associations in the country, also counseled the c

A civil society organization, Save Lagos Group has lauded members of the Lagos State House of Assembly over their call on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to halt further demolition of slums across riverine areas of the state.

In a statement issued by the Convener, Comrade Adeniyi A. Sulaiman and the Director, Media, Comrade Olaolu Oladipo, Save Lagos Group urged the Assembly members to expand the resolution to cover other areas of the state.

Reacting to the call the duo specifically lauded the Speaker o

The media goes on and on about a dirty presidential campaign and the public swallows it hook, line and sinker. This is a distortion and unfair. Trump runs a dirty campaign based on insults, lies and slander. Hillary does not. Hillary is the victim of the dirty campaign. However,  that important distinction is never made by the press and is yellow journalism at its worst.

Ordinarily I am not a Hillary supporter, but I am a passionate supporter of fairness and justice. So, when I see the gross inju

Augusta, GA; Relay and Lin, collectively known as RDSU, are the latest priority artists with Team Bigga Rankin. Coming from a city racked with negativity, RDSU has risen above it as its premier super rap group releasing self-styled motivational trap music to rally all hustlers. The very name RDSU literally means Run Dat Sack Up but it also is a motto to all workers to do your best and be the best at whatever you do.

RDSU are childhood friends that honed their rap skills writing and comparing rhy

BLACKS ARE GLUTTONS FOR PUNISHMENT

AND THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT!

AT SOME POINT BLACKS HAVE TO WAKE UP!

If Blacks want justice, don’t vote for crooks! 

If Blacks want to vote for someone with a track record of compassion for Blacks, it isn’t Clinton.

If Blacks want a person to end this inferior lifestyle it isn’t Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton has never done ANYTHING for Blacks.  She talks a good game, but without substance.  Her husband, Bill Clinton, ended programs that aided Blacks just so

By EZRAH AHARONE |  Nate Parker's movie The Birth of a Nation has revived the question: What caused Nat Turner's 1831 uprising?

Turner, first of all, was not a deranged misfit who acted outside of a historical context of previous African freedom fighters. Throughout slavery's duration, resistance was not only constant and fatal, but twofold-- Africans equally resisted both slavery and Americanization.

Contrary to popular "feel good" versions of history, the "fight against slavery" should not be

As I write this letter to you, I came to these plains of Siurungu village, on the outskirt of Nkurenkuru town in northern Namibia on the border with southern Angola. It is here on these banks of the Kavango River, that my childhood memories were ignited. As a little boy in the 1970s, I looked after cattle, goats and started school under a tree at Kakuro village. Those years, we were not free. We were governed from Pretoria, South Africa by the Apartheid government. This country was called South

Since 2000, a group of concerned Caribbean-Americans in South Florida, has developed Voters’ Guides to help you 1) select the better candidates who may promote the interests of Caribbean-American people in South Florida, and 2) provide guidance on constitutional ballot amendments. We have watched various political news programs, read local and national newspapers, attended town hall meetings, and consulted with non-partisan advocacy organizations and local community leaders. We have assessed the