Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) issued the following statement as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the case of Shelby County v. Holder, which challenges the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965: ...

A Whole Foods store in New York has been forced to take down an offensive sign showing President Obama eating chicken ...

FORBES list of the World’s Billionaires, only seven are Black ...

National Rifle Association’s racial doublespeak ...

You most definitely have the best of intentions for your child. But you may think you are helping them when what you are really doing is hurting their efforts in school. ...

East African nation of Kenya on Monday, criminal gang members armed with machetes attacked voters at poll stations leaving approximately 15 people dead ...

comedian and actor Bill Cosby pointed out that racism today is not that different from racism in the 1960’s. ...

Recently, there have been a plethora of posters appearing around Rome in support of bidding Cardinal Turkson of Ghana to be made the new Pope; however, campaigning and promoting oneself for the position of the Pope is shunned ...

Rep. Olumba stated that his reasons for leaving the Democratic Party include the party’s condescending treatment of Blacks and Detroiters ...

Today’s edition of Your Black History profiles a historic event on today’s date 47 years ago. On February 10, 1966 President Lyndon Johnson appointed Dr. Andrew Brimmer (pictured) to the Federal Reserve Bank’s Board of Governors. Brimmer was the first Black person ever to be appointed to one of the highest positions of our nation’s central bank ...