Nation suffers because of underrepresentation of Black Women in politics ...

Final push to get Blacks signed up for health insurance -- Deadline is March 31 ...

New York City’s specialized schools still have low enrollment among minorities, ...

Temp workers: A modern day ‘harvest of shame’ ...

Tracing family’s roots gives a ‘broader sense of self’ ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — They were heroes who didn’t get their due. On Tuesday, 24 mostly ethnic or minority U.S. soldiers who performed bravely under fire in three of the nation’s wars finally received the Medal of Honor that the government concluded should have been awarded a long time ago. The servicemen – Hispanics, Jews and African-Americans – were identified following a congressionally mandated review to ens ...

Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) was joined by Representatives Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Al Green (D-TX), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), and Frederica Wilson (D-FL) in hosting a breakfast for Black and Jewish Members of Congress. ...

Black male initiative must address structural racism ...

Tyrone Dickerson ’65, Richmond businessman and community leader, and Caleb Brown Jr. ’70, attorney and Cincinnati area community leader were inducted into the Central State University Alumni Achievement Hall of Fame during the university’s 127th Charter Day Convocation ...

During another slow month of economic recovery, the unemployment rate for Black women 20 years and older fell to 9.9 percent in February, the lowest rate for that group in five years, according to the Labor Department. ...