Iran Holds UK Soldiers, US Increases War Exercises in Gulf

“The United States insisted on Wednesday it was not escalating tensions with Iran by holding naval exercises in the Gulf and backed British efforts to free 15 sailors and Marines captured last week.
“The Bush administration appeared to be adopting a cautious tone on the standoff over the British sailors so as not to disrupt [...]

Four Indicted in Murder of Morehouse Student

“When 23-year-old Carlnell James Walker walked into his dark Riverdale rental house late one Tuesday night last June, he was punched in the face.Then he was stabbed in the leg, hit in the head again with a hammer, stomped, and bound to a chair with a computer cord.
“His hair was cut off with a pocket [...]

Hip Hop Kids

An after-school program may seem like a drag to 8-year-olds who’d rather be outside shooting hoops or inside watching TV. But to the mini-Missy Elliotts and Jay-Zs who take part in a learn-to-rap project called the Rappers Delight Club, it’s a place to let loose and dream big.
Last year, the group, part of the Kids [...]

Rudy Guliani is a Stone Cold Cross Dresser

“Rudy Giuliani’s liberal stance on abortion, guns and gays wasn’t his biggest problem yesterday as he addressed a conference of conservative activists - it was his having dressed in drag. A whisper campaign targeting the front-running GOP White House contender’s cross-dressing stunts at gala political dinners in New York and on “Saturday Night Live” was [...]

Quote of the Day: Martin Luther King

“The black revolution is forcing America to face all its interrelated flaws - racism, poverty, militarism and materialism. It is exposing evils that are rooted deeply in the whole structure of society. It reveals systemic rather than superficial flaws and suggests that radical reconstruction of society itself is the real issue to be faced.”
- Martin [...]