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San Bernadino police recently shot to death an unarmed Black graduate student who suffered from a bipolar disorder. The student was shot during a fight with police inside a campus building

After graduating from Xavier University with a 4.0 average in both chemistry and pre-med, Asia Matthew went looking to beat the odds

If Republicans and Democrats don’t reach a 12th hour deal to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” many lower-and middle-income families will feel deep pain, according to analysis by economists and respected think tanks.

Cicely Bolden had s*x with Larry Dunn, and Dunn says that the woman didn’t tell him that she was HIV-positive until after the two had intercourse

icon Reginald Lewis to be remembered in Baltimore birthday celebration

“This is a great day for the City of Pagedale,” Mayor Carter said. “This means convenience for our residents because they can now bank right in their own city at a financial institution with a long history of excellent service.”

Since President Obama took office, the rate of threats has increased 400 percent. The nature of most of the threats to the President is kept quiet so as not to trigger potential copycat assassins

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have elected U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge (D., Ohio), the CBC’s chair for the 113th Congress, which will be in session the next two years

Representative Marcia Fudge, the newly-elected chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, says politically-inspired charges that United Nations Ambassador Susan E. Rice

U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, II, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said in a statement that he was disappointed U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., resigned from Congress, but Cleaver said he respected Jackson’s decision to focus on his health and family.