Living life always looking over your shoulder has become a way of life for many New York Muslims, writes Seth Freed Wessler at Colorlines. Police officials have denied the human impact of the surveillance, claiming that because it was conducted in secret, it didn’t affect people’s day-to-day activities. But many of the Muslims quoted in the report—often on ...

A late-night shooting that killed two young people and injured three others as they sat in a parked car on a city street “was a complete act of senselessness,” Camden’s police chief said Monday. “This was not an act of gang violence,” Chief Scott Thomson said of Saturday night’s deadly attack in the Fairview section. “This was not a drug ...

Growing up in a family that prided itself on being servants to its community meant I was exposed to the many organizations that fought for African Americans at an early age. As a child and young adult I attended many events put on by organizations such as the Urban League and the NAACP. I was proud of the accomplishments that ...

Drug dealers are criticized for their disregard for the destruction done in communities while drug money is earned. Sometimes the payoff is big, but in most cases, selling drugs leaves the drug dealers as broke as a hustler who has done his or her part to tear down the community. The same applies to many rappers. Guys become drug dealers ...

Newark,NJ–Muslim leaders and activists held a press conference at the Islamic Center of Newark(ICN) on Tuesday to address recent revelations that the NYPD has been spying on Muslim establishments in the city and across the Northeast region of the United States. The event which was organized by the New Jersey Council of Imams and ICN, was a follow-up of this ...

“Doctors say I’m the illest, I ain’t got no insurance, it’s them n-ggas in poorest, be them rebel guerillas”.  N-ggas In Poorest Yasiin Bey, aka Mos Def, may stir up some controversy with his new single “N-ggas in Poorest” which takes on the materialism of “N-ggas in Paris”.  The single corresponds with the recent birthday of Malcolm X and even ...

Fibroids are more common in African-American women than in women of other racial groups. One study showed that fibroids are three times more common in African-American women than in Caucasian women. Additionally, fibroids tend to be larger and occur at an earlier age in African-Americans.  The Philadelphia Black Women’s Health Project Instances of fibroids are of epidemic proportions among ...