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As a byproduct of electing our first black president, the question of whether black Americans have “arrived” is increasingly debatable.
Cambridge Mayor Denise Simmons and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick comment on the arrest of the Harvard scholar...
The results of this little test from a Harvard may surprise you. Black … white … whatever. It looks like
Dropped charges against two white men once accused in the dragging death of an African American man is still dividing…
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two D.C. medical examiners say they are unsure how four girls found decomposing in a row house…
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A boyhood home of writer Langston Hughes has been sold in foreclosure...
Healthcare reform has been the debate gripping Washington recently. President Obama looks for his widest audience on the topic tonight.
The investigation of the Burr Oak Cemetery in Cook County, Illinois outside Chicago is continuing and the FBI says they're…
Read this heart-breaker from colorlines.com: Four years after Katrina, the city of New Orleans can still break your heart. Not
Check out the The Daily Beast’s piece from daughter Elizabeth Gates on her father’s arrest: The arrest of my father,
Do you remember the first one? According to Chris Chambers from The Retort via our friends at Jack and Jill
With recent polls showing that 50% of Americans disagree with the president’s handling of healthcare policy, President Obama has some
NBC Nightly News details the arrest of renowned scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. The Cambridge Police refer to the incident…
A generation ago, when crack cocaine was the scourge of black communities and hip-hop still wavered between decrying its impact
Just as alumni encourage their universities to pump dollars into various programs and university departments, black alumni need to encourage
For young people from low-income backgrounds, often faced with paying their own way and helping support their families, interest in…
Though this high school junior was born without arms, he hasn't missed a beat. The Texas teen plays drums for…
Since April, a bloodied KKK robe from the 1950s has become part of a historical investigation. An anonymous donor who…
When I hear about a Black man being mistreated by police, I take a moment of pause. I think about…
BOSTON (AP) -- A person with knowledge of the case against Henry Louis Gates Jr. says the police who arrested…