Marion Christopher Barry, the son of controversial and beloved former Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry, died…
A 73-year-old Hampton University alumna has been accepted into the Peace Corps, proving that a meaningful,…
Daryl Homer, a 26-year-old from the Bronx, N.Y., born in the Virgin Islands, became the first American in 112 years…
While so many wait with bated breath for Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation (due out in October), the actor and…
Michelle Carter made Olympic history when she won the very first gold for an American woman in shot put in Rio on…
Following their 1-2-3 finish in the 2015 NCAA 100 swimming finals, Mark Anthony Neal tweeted #BlackGirlsSwimFast to…
Suicide Squad was a pretty terrible movie that a whole lot of people saw. A group of criminals, thugs and…
White supremacists have found their guy. And will stop at nothing to ensure that he is elected.
I am reaching out to you on behalf of a neighbor. She has a family Bible that takes her family history back to their…
This past Saturday, while I was out of town and couch-crashing, I managed to come across a very interesting show on…
What if I told you I had a cure for AIDS? Would you believe me? What about cancer? Or diabetes?
Ray Rice, barring a dramatic set of miraculous circumstances, will never play for the NFL again.
In calling for a moratorium on all charter schools, the NAACP has declared, after years of discussion, that it’s…
In a world where black people, especially black women, are underrepresented in many fields, one woman believed that…
Those of us working in down-to-earth jobs can only tip our caps to those working in more lofty professions like…
On late Tuesday, the two-year anniversary of Michael Brown's death, a young man was hit by a vehicle at a protest in…
On Wednesday, Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism announced that Gwen Ifill has been awarded the…
Let's begin with what really matters: Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas, the first African American to win the…
Cornel West recently continued down his long, winding road to breaking my heart.