With intense pressure mounting from both supporters and opponents in the Democratic party, Hillary Clinton has made plans to suspend her campaign and endorse Barack Obama on Saturday. The decision comes after bidding farewell to her staff and having a reception at her DC home to thank her staff and supporters. Her hesitation to concede or inform her supporters how to proceed had left many perplexed and unsure of what to do as the vast majority of Democratic politicians moved into Obama's corner.

“We pledged to support her to the end,” said Representative Charles B. Rangel to the New York Times. “Our problem is not being able to determine when the hell the end is.” Congressman, the end is on Saturday.

Distributing 5 grams of crack gets you the same sentence as 500 grams of cocaine. I wonder why the ACLU thinks this is unfair to blacks and poor people! [ACLU]

The divide between poor and middle class blacks keeps growing. Whose responsibility is it to stop it? [Sun-Sen]

A report, requested by Rep. Charles Rangel of NY, examining the reasons for the disproportionate numbers of black and Native American children in foster care, is on it's way. Get ready to be depressed. [BAW]

A new Chase-sponsored seminar encourages blacks to buy homes. And use Chase for all their lending needs, of course. [RisMedia]

A Spelman student has started a letter-writing campaign to protest images of women on BET. Execs would probably pay more attention to her if she put on a bikini and shook her booty by the pool. [NPR]