The true story of how a group of African American pilots overcame racist opposition to become one of the finest US fighter groups in World War II Director: Robert Markowitz Writers: Paris Qualles (teleplay), Trey Ellis (teleplay), and 3 more credits » Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Al... Read more...

A delicately told and deceptively simple story of a group of children in a depressed small town who band together to cover up a tragic mistake. Director: David Gordon Green Writer: David Gordon Green Stars: Candace Evanofski, Donald Holden and Damian Jewan Lee Read more...

Actors making pornographic movies in Los Angeles will be required to use condoms while filming, under a new law signed by the city mayor. The new regulation has been welcomed by health officials but pornography industry leaders say it could force them to abandon the city. LA's San Fernando V... Read more...

Create a MySpace Music Playlist at MixPod.com The Dungeon Family is a hip hop/R&B/soul musical collective, based in Atlanta, Georgia and specializing in Southern hip hop with heavy funk and soul influences. The group derives its name from "The Dungeon", the name given to record producer... Read more...

The Obama administration is stepping up pressure on states to make good on their commitments under its Race to the Top competition, after all 12 winners either scaled down plans or pushed back timelines to overhaul their public-education systems. The U.S. Department of Education warned last week th... Read more...

And we're back! This week’s blog will be very brief; more like a remix to last year’s introduction for Black History Month. I am excited to showcase famous African Americans or Black people throughout history each day of the month of February. Each individual I’ve picked has one thing in ... Read more...

Closing schools doesn't save very much money in the context of an urban district's budget, and selling or leasing surplus school buildings tends to be difficult because they're often old and in struggling neighborhoods, a recent report from a Philadelphia research group says. On the... Read more...

Most of Generation Y have come in contact with cyberbullying. We often blame the problem on teenagers alone - but is this actually the case? The prospect of cyberbullying is becoming an ingrained part of the Generation Y online experience. Anyone can be targeted — whether the high school stu... Read more...

The man known for creating the nationally syndicated comic strip The Boondocks in the late 1990s also has his hands in a film being released this weekend. Aaron McGruder, the controversial man with wide-ranging opinions on a vast variety of subjects, co-wrote Red Tails. The project, financed by fil... Read more...