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Bike shop owner Aaron “Lil Bill” Flournoy is facing eviction from the USC campus. Flournoy owns a bike repair shop at USC called Lil Bill’s bike shop. The post Bike Repair Shop Told to Leave USC   appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel....

The U.S. Department of Justice will stop contracting with for-profit prison operators. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates made the announcement, “They simply do not provide the same level of correctional services, programs, and resources; they do not save substantially on costs; and … they do not maintain the same level of safety and sec...

More than 1.9 million Black Americans work in retail, accounting for 11 percent of the industry’s total workforce. Despite being the second-largest source of employment for Black workers, new data from the NAACP and equality advocacy organization Demos finds that the industry is rife with racial inequality and poor earning potential....

Each year the many forms and products of predatory lending drain at minimum hundreds of billions of dollars from the nation's economy and communities across the country....

Public opinion has taken a dramatic turn when it comes to marijuana prohibition. Fifty-five percent of Americans now believe that marijuana should be legally taxed and regulated. Much of this change was propelled by outrage over racism in drug law enforcement and wasteful spending associated with marijuana arrests. With marijuana...

Did you see the viral clip of a young woman getting punched by a full grown man? Which one, you ask? Any of them!The videos are what makes WorldStarHipHop a success, founder Lee “Q” O’Denat told American Public Media’s Marketplace website.Ad companies aren’t shying away from doing business with the outlet, which has become infamous for...

A Mississippi woman hired earlier this month by a KFC says she was fired when the franchise owner discovered she’s homeless, according to the Clarion Ledger.Eunice Jasica, says she has a document signed by a general manager showing she had hired to perform “prep work” and would receive a paycheck every two weeks. But according Jasica, franchise ow...

Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons found itself in a midst of controversy after a teen suffering from an asthma attack was refused aid by the coffee chain’s employees.The incident happened on Sunday when Brett Wolfe stopped at a Tim Hortons store in downtown Ontario while having breathing problems. When Wolfe asked to use the phone, he says staff...

Everyday American supermarkets throw out food that is perfectly safe to eat because it is near, at or past its sell-by date. According to data from the USDA and Economic Research Service, U.S. food retailers discarded more than $166 billion worth of food in 2008 because it had “expired.”While some of these groceries end up in food banks and...

A judge sentence a member of gospel music’s Winans family to nearly 14 years in prison for his role in a 8 million dollar financial ponzi scam.Michael Winans Jr, a third-generation member of the Winans family attracted more than 1,000 investors in 2007 and 2008 in a scheme to sell Saudi Arabian oil bonds. He promised 100 percent returns in two...