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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday pledged continued American support for Somalia's weak…
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A judge has delayed sentencing R&B singer Chris Brown on an assault charge to seek more…
VIDEO - Promising new jobs and money, President Barack Obama on Wednesday told a hurting Midwestern region that its recovery…
A jury in suburban Washington has convicted former U.S. congressman William Jefferson on 11 of 16 counts including bribery in…
VIDEO - As his grandmother sat nearby weeping, a 20-year-old man charged with killing ex-boxing champion Vernon Forrest had his…
HOUSTON (AP) -- Three white men have been jailed on a hate crime charge in the beating of a black…
In the beginning of the summer, ESSENCE.com spoke to Phillip Jackson founder of the Black Star Project, a community outreach…
An African-born farmer is making an improbable run for office in Russia, inspired by President Barack Obama and undaunted by…
The recent shootings in a Tel-Aviv LGBT center that left 2 dead and 15 injured understandably shocked the world...
Currently, 35 percent of the 85,458 people on the wait list for kidney transplants are African Americans. Dr. J. Keith…
Sgt. James Crowley and Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. agreed to disagree Thursday night when they met for a beer…
In July a man in Nashville was shocked with a Taser multiple times and was not stopped by police. The…
VIDEO - In front of the Eagle Hill Armoury Gun Store in Glencoe, Kentucky, is a sign. Its message, "THE…
An ambitious campaign to increase black enrollment on organ donation began in...
On the day he turned 48, President Barack Obama decided to splash a little celebration on someone with whom he…
Naomi Sims, the first black fashion model to appear on the cover of Ladies' Home Journal, has died. She was…
VIDEO - Shanta Brown just got the keys to her very own home from Habitat For Humanity. The organization, known…
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is bringing a message of tough love to Kenya: you are a key…
A Jacksonville, Florida high school teacher has been suspended after choking a student in class.
The California Republican Party has failed to keep pace with the most populous U.S. state's evolving demographics over the past…