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In an interview today on NPR, First lady Michelle Obama shared her thoughts on the devastating murder of Trayvon Martin. Subtly deflecting from the racial…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service prostitution scandal escalated Tuesday with the disclosure that at least 20 women had been in hotel rooms with U.S.…

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SPRING, Texas — A newborn boy was abducted from his dying mother after she was repeatedly shot outside a suburban Houston pediatric center on Tuesday,…

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DES MOINES, Iowa  — Iowa’s state government employment policies have not discriminated against black employees and job applicants, a judge ruled Tuesday in a case…

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Former Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy Robert McClain sexually assaulted, tortured and beat his wife and her lover after learning they were having an affair, the…

When juries are selected from all-white jury pools in Florida, black defendants are convicted 16 percent more than white defendants, according to a recent Duke…

The news of the virtual resurrection of late-rap legend Tupac “2Pac” Shakur has taken the world by storm. Although fans overwhelmingly approve of the rapper’s…

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Six-year-old kindergartner Salecia Johnson was handcuffed by Milledgeville police because they said the child threw a tantrum and could not be calmed down, TV station 13WMAZ reports.…

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Charles Cannon, 26, Michael McLaughlin, 41, and Brian Kerstetter, 32, were all convicted of a hate crime today by a federal grand jury for assault…

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Department of Education (ED)  hosted a forum on entrepreneurship at the White House yesterday. The event brought together a mix of business owners, government experts and leaders from a variety of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to discuss opportunities […]