Forbes: World's most powerful black women
SLIDESHOW - Eleven amazing African and black American women made the cut, including Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, and Beyoncé...
Liberia's past and future in the spotlight
OPINION - Taylor’s conviction places the spotlight on neighboring Liberia, which has a special relationship with African-Americans...
Nobel Prize shows women are leaders, winners say
OSLO, Norway (AP) - The winners of the Nobel Peace Prize vowed Friday to work even harder to make the world see women not just as victims of conflicts, but as leaders in efforts to resolve them...
Liberian Nobel winners confronted thugs, killers
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee used different tactics to confront thugs and killers in war-ravaged Liberia...
This year's black commencement speakers
SLIDESHOW - These black luminaries, taking the stage first, are leaders of stage and film, law professors, even our nation's chief executive officer and his first lady...
Delta launches first US flights in decades to Liberia
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Before the outbreak of the conflict, major airlines like Pan American World Airways, Air France and even the Concorde flew directly to Liberia...
