African-American News

*AAA is not just a reference to the Auto Club; it also is a nod to Hill Harper, the actor, author, and activist. The ivy-leaguer is preparing his third book, filming the CSI series -- fresh off the campaign of his Harvard schoolmate Barack Obama, where he served as a member of the Obama for America National Finance Committee.

*Crystal L. Windham has been appointed Director of General Motors North American Passenger Car Design as of Nov. 1. In her new position, Windham, 35, heads the interior design for the following architectures in GM North America: Global Midsize Car, Global Compact Car, andGlobal Small Car.

Regardless to what part of the world you live in, if you are Black or of the darker people you find yourself in some kind of conflict with white people. Racism is by no means an American problem. It is a global, systemic problem. The South Africans face it, Black Americans face it, Palestinians face it, Aboriginals face it, Mexicans face it and Indians face it. Face it, the white man has a serious problem, he exist on a planet that is filled, 11 to 1, with darker people who have the ability to erase the white man off the planet in a few strokes, no pun intended. This, Blacks and darker peoples have to understand. This is why some whites seek to separate themselves from the darker people. This is also why the white man feels the need to subjugate and oppress the darker peoples of the Earth.

*A record audience tuned in to CBS' "60 Minutes" Sunday night to watch the first televised interview with Barack Obama and his wife Michelle since he was elected the 44th U.S. President.

Claims of child abuse are proving a fertile pretext to menace the Aboriginal communities lying in the way of uranium mining The facts are not in dispute: thousands of black Australians never reach the age of 40...

Obesity is at an all time high, especially in the Black community. Just walk down the street or visit a church on Sunday and you will see the manifest evidence of our ignorance of dietary laws. Where do we begin to change to death style? We have to start with the Church, it is the spiritual head of the community. Sad thing is, many of the pastors and preachers don't eat properly. Therefore, every Sunday for at least 10min a nutritionist should be allowed to speak to the congregation.

What do you get when you type in "Barack Obama is...?" The results may stun you!

*The Associated Press is reporting that federal auditors have concluded the Rev. Al Sharpton's 2004 campaign owes the government nearly $500,000 for illegal donations and other financial improprieties.

A group of civil rights attorneys filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday claiming racial discrimination by the Louisiana Road Home program, an already troubled $10.3 billion effort designed to help Hurricane Katrina ...

The NAACP says it will honor environmental activists Al Gore and Wangari Muta Maathai at its 40th Image Awards.

The Feb. 12 ceremony will kick off a yearlong centennial celebration for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Gore and Maathai, both Nobel Peace Prize laureates, were chosen by NAACP Board Chairman Julian Bond to receive the chairman's award. Nominations for the Image Awards, which honor those who promote diversity in the arts, will be announced Jan. 7.

*Threats against a new president historically spike right after an election, but from Maine to Idaho law enforcement officials are seeing more against Barack Obama than ever before. Earlier this week, the Secret Service looked into the case of a sign posted on a tree in Vay, Idaho, with Obama's name and the offer of a "free public hanging." And in North Carolina ...

The Princess Briana Royalty Club is a fun online community for children ages 6 to 12 who receive inspiring emails from Princess Briana, play games, and enter contests to win a wide variety of prizes.

In an exclusive broadcast for the Al Jazeera website, Riz Khan speaks to Louis Farrakhan, the controversial leader of the Nation of Islam, about Barack Obama's presidential win.

*A federal appeals court upheld bribery and other charges against Louisiana Democratic U.S. Rep. William Jefferson on Wednesday, clearing the way for a trial, reports the Associated Press.

*In the aftermath of the election victory of Barack Obama, white supremacists rushed to online discussion forums to vent anger and disbelief that voters had chosen an African-American candidate as the next president of the United States.

You can help raise funds to build Dr. King's Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC simply by searching everyday using your favorite web browser and the MLK Memorial toolbar.

During protests over the past several days, homosexuals angry about the passage of Proposition 8, which reserves marriage licenses for a man and a woman, have hurled the N-word against black persons walking by, marched through police blockades, pounded on doors of businesses, and protested outside churches.

A Republican congressman from Georgia said Monday he fears that President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist dictatorship.

"It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing is, he's the one who proposed this national security force," Rep. Paul Broun said of Obama in an interview Monday with The Associated Press. "I'm just trying to bring attention to the fact that we may — may not, I hope not — but we may have a problem with that type of philosophy of radical socialism or Marxism."

Researchers trying to create the world's first malaria vaccine are launching a massive medical trial as early as next month involving 16,000 children that could be the largest such trial ever conducted on conducted on children in Africa.

Study says lack of blood pressure control leads to deaths of 8,000 black Americans each year The lives of nearly 8,000 black Americans could be saved each year if doctors could figure out a way to bring their ...