Usher gives back with summer enrichment camp
VIDEO - For more than ten years, Usher has put his faith in thousands of young people...
US missionary convicted in Haiti, but free to go
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The last of 10 Americans detained while trying to take 33 children out of Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake was released Monday...
Jackson family livid over leaked Blanket, Paris vids
The Jackson family knows all about the web cam videos on YouTube starring two of Michael Jackson's children, Paris and Blanket, and they want them taken down...
How to save America's black students
OPINION - We cannot expect the status quo--which got us to this horrible place--to close the achievement gap and get this country's education system where it needs to be...
How to live by Dorothy Height's example
OPINION - A fitting tribute for Height would be for all of us in the black community to recommit to advancing her legacy of bettering ourselves and our communities...
Black children left behind in adoption market
OPINION - In light of this crisis of unadopted black children, more must be done to overcome the institutional racism of adoption workers and place these kids in loving homes...
Haiti tosses kidnapping charges against Americans
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A Haitian judge has dismissed kidnapping and criminal association charges against 10 American missionaries detained for trying to take a busload of children out of the country after the Jan. 12 earthquake...
Rebbie Jackson reveals how Michael's kids are doing
VIDEO - In an interview on 'The Today Show', Rebbie Jackson, older sister to Michael Jackson, discuses the difficulty of dealing with her brother's death...
New study shows video games lower grades
VIDEO - "Give a new toy that's a video game, kids want to play it. And they'll play it at the expense of reading and writing," explained pediatrician Dr. Ellen Rome...
Judge strikes down Arkansas gay adoption ban
VIDEO - An Arkansas circuit court judge has declared Arkansas' unmarried couples adoption and foster law unconstitutional...
