Last week I spoke at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to urge the United States…
This week, Vice published an essay from Jay Stephens titled, “I'm a Young Black Woman and I Support Trump.” A month…
On Wednesday a Louisiana court released body-camera footage of the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old autistic boy.
El Cajon, Calif., police say that the mentally ill African-American man who was shot and killed during a police…
Empire’s season 3 debut, which aired last week, was not as memorable or jaw-dropping as the previous season…
During Thursday morning’s rush hour, a NJ Transit train crashed into the Hoboken, N.J., train station, the last stop…
This writer already knows that when President Barack Obama leaves office, I'm going to have to take a week off from…
It’s been two decades since young black girls of the ’90s were introduced to Moesha Mitchell and her South Los…
Some Jefferson Parish, La., police officers have refused to work a voluntary security detail at Bonnabel High School…
What was Terence Cutcher thinking about before those Tulsa, Okla., police killed him?
Eric Chavis of Columbus, Ohio, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after making sexually explicit music videos…
Carolina Panthers running back Mike Tolbert might be the most passively aggressive petty person ever if you believe…
On Saturday, three University of Nebraska football players took a knee during the national anthem to protest…
I may lose some friends over this.
“No te olvides que tienes raíces Latinas.” ("Do not forget you have Latin roots.")
In the words of Ron Burgundy, Issa Rae is kind of a big deal. The awkward black girl has gone from creating and…
I do my best to stay out of the never-ending PWI-vs.-HBCU debate, if for no other reason than that it can’t be…
At the end of the 2015-2016 football season, Cam Newton could have run uncontested for president of the African…
Zymere Perkins, 6, was rushed to the hospital by his mother Monday afternoon and died a short time later. He was…
Depending on whom you ask, Ted Cruz is about as likable as jock itch. In July, fellow Republican Sen. Dan Coats of…