The Latest Black News on AOL Black Voices - 5/6/10

• Why Black Unemployment is a Human Rights Abuse

  1:28 AMMay 6

  Source: BV on Money

  I had a very interesting and fulfilling conversation with Monique Morris, the Vice President for Research and Advocacy for the NAACP. Monique is a brilliant woman with impressive experience to support her outstanding work. I was most impressed by the ... Read More

• Black Woman Brags about 'Cuddling' With Former Treasury Secretary

  1:01 AMMay 6

  Source: BV on Money

  I know Iris Mack, a former derivatives trader who is now boasting about her interlude with former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. I met Mack (whom I believe is actually a math professor, or at least has a Ph.D. in a quantitative field) at a ... Read More

• In the Silence

  12:23 AMMay 6

  Source: BV Wellness

  Your Affirmative Prayer for Thursday May 6, 2010:Today, I make the conscious choice to enhance my spiritual development by answering the call to meditate in the silence. In the silence, there is a secret place ; a secret meeting place. I AM there. ... Read More

• Obama Family Portrayed as Sanford and Son in Newspaper Picture

  11:49 PMMay 5

  Source: BV Black Spin

  Phillip Sciarello, a publisher and part owner of the Smithtown Messenger in Long Island, is defending his newspaper after a picture appeared that some believe to be a racist stereotype of the first family. The picture depicts Barack and Michelle ... Read More

• The Top 5 Worst Bedroom Blunders (and Smooth Recoveries)

  11:43 PMMay 5

  Source: BV on Love

  I'll never forget Season 5 of F/X's critically acclaimed drama series 'Nip/Tuck,' in which the main character, Dr. Sean McNamera, and his girlfriend, Kate, were getting hot and heavy in a hot tub scene. Kate, who had recently had gastric bypass ... Read More

• Nas Reportedly Can't Afford to Pay Kelis' Spousal Support

  11:11 PMMay 5

  Source: BV Newswire

  KelisIn the mid-1990s, late, great rap icon The Notorious B.I.G. popularized the term, "Damn, why you wanna stick me for my paper?More than a decade later, one of his rap collaborators is singing the same tune.There's a new chapter in the ongoing ... Read More

• 'Los Suns' Jerseys Honor Arizona Latinos

  10:17 PMMay 5

  Source: BV on Sports

  With the passing of Arizona's immigration law, everyone in the nation has something to say about it. The new law allows law enforcement officials to ask suspected illegal immigrants for proof of U.S. citizenship or alien residency. The suspected ... Read More

• 'The Boondocks' Claims No. 1 Spot With Season 3 Premiere

  7:07 PMMay 5

  Source: BV Newswire

  "Black" by popular demand, Aaron McGruder's popular Adult Swim animated series, 'The Boondocks,' recently shattered several all-time series ratings records during its Season 3 premiere. According to Nielsen Media Research, the Peabody Award-winning ... Read More