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There is big business in black hair. the mass market black hair product industry is worth an estimated $185 million. more than one-third of that market belongs to the two largest black hair care makers, l'oreal and alberto colbert. straightened hair has been the cash how, but relaxer sales have begun to decline. the demand from all of those natural women for products to take care of their hair has given life to a cot auj industry, made up mostly entrepreneurs of african-american women. some of whom whipped up products of their own to help meet demand. joining the ranks of black women whose bea...

in syria, at least 35 people killed in the last 24 hours by the syrian army. in the province of homs, nine people today alone were killed according to opposition activists. meantime, the syrian national council has elected a kurdish di disside dissident as its new leader and spain has agreed to take a $125 billion bailout. the deterioration of its banks was threatening to bankrupt spain's government. the top story of the morning. a blatt tent disregard for civil liberties, happening in new york city. for young men of color around the country, something not so funny happens on wait ...

since 2002. the first year of michael bloomberg's tenure as mayor of new york city. during his ten-year tenure in office, the number is 10.4 million. what was the number one reason? furtive movements which accounted for more than 50% of the stops. furtive, fly, shifty, sort of how trayvon martin was acting on the night he was shot and killed? make no mistake there, is a definite racial component of those stops, 52.9% were black. 33.7% were latino, 9.3% were white. the numbers flip when looking at the city's overall population. only 25.5% of the population is black, and 26.8% are lati...