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Common appeared on CNN and talks to Anderson Cooper about hip hop, violence, and the ’stop snitching’ movement. I don’t condone the Stop Snitchin’ movement, but it could be that s...

China is on track to surpass its key target of eight per cent economic growth in 2009, the Asian Development Bank said, boosting its outlook for the world's number three economy by raising its growth forecast...

Lindsay Graham made news by saying what no other conservative Republican has wanted to say -- the birthers are crazy. He also called them nuts. Presumably that includes Lou Dobbs who has been one of the bi...

All day yesterday the internet was buzzing with the news of Nike re-signing Vick despite all his run in the law. Word spread quick through the Twitter world and made its way to the folks over at Nike, who q...

The Senate finance committee defeated an amendment for a public option by a vote of 13-10 with three Democrats, Baucus, Lincoln and Conrad voting against it. But the latest CBS poll now shows 65% want a publi...

Amendments offerered by Senator Jay Rockefeller and Charles Schumer to the Baucus health care bill which would include a public option failed in the Senate Finance committee. The vote was 8 ayes, 15 nays ...

On the same day that his book, The 50th Law, co-written by 48 Laws of Power author Robert Greene, hit #9 on the bestseller list, rapper 50 Cent was reportedly rushed to the hospital. Initial word of the ...

(Tribune photo by Zbigniew Bzdak / September 25, 2009) We've all by now seen the vicious tribal assault that took the life of young Derrion Albert. If not goggle it because I don't want to link such brut...

Kanye West made a surprise appearance at Common’s benefit concert on Saturday night in Hollywood, which featured Common, Nas, Ludacris, De La Soul, The Roots, Mos Def, Talib Kweli and many more rappers.Kan...

When protesters were dying in the streets of Iran demonstrating against a rigged election that returned one of the most dangerous regimes in the world to power, President Obama stood on the sidelines while Fr...