As the numbers of women and people of color in Silicon Valley continue to be elucidated, it has become increasingly…

The officer who shot and killed 32-year-old Dwayne Jeune on Monday reportedly shot another man in mental distress…

Although there are small victories holding against the tide of voter suppression, there is still a long way to go.

In an 8-2 vote on Thursday, the Minnesota peace officer training board declined to name a police training fund after…

This story is becoming frighteningly more common and ever more distressing. A person calls 911 to help a loved one…

In the latest installment of When the Good Checks Stop Coming In, Phaedra Parks, attorney and, apparently, former…

More than a few outraged citizens turned out this weekend to protest the fact that behemoth company Amazon.com, via…

And for those who think that police brutality is a new thing because of video evidence, think again. On March 31,…

You know you want to get the hell out when you file for divorce and you’re nine months pregnant.

A wacked-out man dressed in preachers’ flowing white robes plowed into six people, critically injuring two, before…

Surprise! Yet another black person eschews on-screen black-death porn. This time it is Mary Jarrett Jackson, the…

Though there have always been pockets of disgust amid the black community’s seemingly undying support for R.…

Yes, there’s that old adage about karma, but we think Brand Nubian said it best: “What goes around comes back around…

Two young, ambitious women of Spelman College died in two separate accidents last week, one of which has seen…

Former pro quarterback Michael Vick may have a nice, respectable fade and may even have paid his debt to society,…

He won’t be dancing in the bushes anymore—or even around the truth. No, Sean “Spicy” Spicer, disgraced former press…

Kim Porter, the mother of three of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ children, defended her ex from body-shamers who have been…

Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam, who had the distinction of being the first African-American woman to serve on New York’s…

A Hampton University professor and dean just hit the jackpot in a scratch-off game worth a million bucks.

The state of Georgia has shut down a day camp after the tragic drowning of a 5-year-old boy.