Black History Month

President Obama launches ‘take your child to the lab’ week

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15 films that hurt black America

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High school students threatened with suspension for wearing natural hair

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If Clarence Thomas and Sarah Palin had a child, it would be Stacey Dash

What do you get when you cross Sarah Palin and Clarence Thomas? You get a “Clueless” actress-turned-conservative pundit named Stacey
/ January 25, 2016

How Reagan's speech recognizing MLK Day wasn't a celebration but a eulogy of King's true legacy

On a picturesque autumn day in the White House Rose Garden in 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the Martin Luther
/ January 18, 2016

The 9 best books of 2015

The year 2015 proved to be a big year for black authors. Books by the likes of Ta-Nehisi Coates, Toni…
/ December 25, 2015

Scalia suggests black students belong at ‘slower-track’ universities

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, famous for his blustery rhetoric from the bench and beyond, finds…
/ December 11, 2015

Why the assassination of Fred Hampton matters today

Fred Hampton. Say his name. On this anniversary of the slaying of the Black Panther leader in Chicago — when…
/ December 4, 2015

14 Ben Carson quotes that will make you cringe in agony

Dr. Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon taking a swing at politics, has no qualms when it comes to saying what's…
/ November 24, 2015

Will Smith says prejudice is everywhere but racism is rare

Will Smith opens up about racism and prejudice in a new interview with 'The Hollywood Reporter'...
/ November 24, 2015

A Tennessee mother rips Cam Newton's dancing in insane open letter

Not everyone is here for Cam Newton's dance moves. For Rosemay Plorin of Nashville, the Tennessee Titans game against the…
/ November 17, 2015

Black woman trolls Trump by reading book during rally

Clearly not everyone is here for Trump's antics.
/ November 11, 2015

Ben Carson compares women seeking abortions to 'slave owners'

Can we all just stop comparing things - anything - to slavery? Ben Carson, the apparent frontrunner in the Republican…
/ October 26, 2015

20 years after the Million Man March, how have black men gained, lost?

October 16 marks the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March, when Minister Louis Farrakhan called on black men to…
/ October 16, 2015

Black explorers we should celebrate instead of Columbus

There was a time when Christopher Columbus was heavily pushed and accepted as the greatest explorer of this side of
/ October 12, 2015