4/30/2015 - Suge Knight Pleads Not Guilty to Murder; Lawyer Says Floyd Mayweather May Put Up Bail

4/30/2015 - AT&T Fires President Over Racist Memes

4/30/2015 - ‘We Are Not Thugs’

4/30/2015 - Levar Burton and Will Packer Will Produce Roots Remake

4/30/2015 - Baltimore Police Finish Investigation Into Freddie Gray’s Death

4/30/2015 - Living And Other Things We Can't Do While Black

4/30/2015 - Baltimore Teen Encouraged by Parents to Turn Himself in Is Held on $500,000 Bail, Faces Life in Prison 

4/30/2015 - Poll: Will You Be Watching the Fight of the Century?

4/30/2015 - Freddie Gray Protests Spread Across US Cities

4/30/2015 - Memphis Teen Who Was Accepted at All 8 Ivy League Schools Is Headed to ...

4/30/2015 - 26-Year-Old West Baltimore Photographer’s Work Graces Time’s Cover

4/30/2015 - SC Prep School Investigating Photo of Black Students With Nooses Drawn on Necks 

4/30/2015 - Freddie Gray Was Trying to Injure Himself, Claims Prisoner in Van: Report

4/30/2015 - Todrick Hall Sings All 5 Beyoncé Albums in 4 Minutes

4/30/2015 - Mike Tyson on Mayweather: ‘He’s a Little Scared Man. He’s a Very Small Scared Man’

4/30/2015 - Arrest Warrant Issued for Dame Dash; Dash Must Pay Ex-Wife $342,000 to Avoid Jail

4/30/2015 - Your Kid’s Hair: Fight It, Put a Hat on It or Let It Be?

4/30/2015 - The Hypocrisy of Applauding the Baltimore Mom While Condemning the Protesters

4/30/2015 - Who Was Freddie Gray? A Closer Look at the Young Brother Behind the Movement

4/29/2015 - Baltimore’s Slow Burn of Poverty and Hopelessness

4/29/2015 - Damon, VSB Profiled In Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

4/29/2015 - Erick Sermon Says Transgender Rappers Aren’t Welcome in Hip-Hop

4/29/2015 - Black College Students Seize Rare Chance for Career Development Through Travel-Abroad Initiative

4/29/2015 - The Other Side of the Baltimore Protests 

4/29/2015 - Hillary Clinton Pivots From Her Husband’s Stance on Mass Incarceration

4/29/2015 - Ga. Woman Arrested for Allegedly Attempting to Incite Killing of White Police

4/29/2015 - Is the Rev. Jamal Bryant the Man to Save Baltimore?

4/29/2015 - Angry About the Riots? Then Be Angry About the State-Sanctioned Killing That Caused Them

4/29/2015 - Baltimore.

4/29/2015 - Ga. Teacher Allegedly Tells Students Their Parents Are Evil if They Voted for Obama; NAACP Wants Her Fired

4/29/2015 - An Uncomfortable Convo Between A Black Person And A White Coworker

4/29/2015 - Brittney Griner Enters Counseling After Pleading Guilty In Domestic Violence Case

4/29/2015 - Baltimore Councilman to CNN Host: ‘Just Call Them N--gers’

4/29/2015 - Jon Stewart Slams Wolf Blitzer’s ‘Shock’ Over Baltimore

4/29/2015 - Freddie Gray and the Fear of a ‘Rough Ride’

4/29/2015 - A Cop’s Wife Says Police Officers’ Lives Must Matter, Too 

4/29/2015 - Mom Who Dragged Son Out of Baltimore Protest: ‘I Don’t Want Him to Be a Freddie Gray’

4/29/2015 - Baltimore Streets Quiet After 1st Day of Curfew

4/29/2015 - Report: Bobby Brown Files for Guardianship of Bobbi Kristina Estate

4/29/2015 - Former Black Panther Paul Coates Remembers Charm City, Circa 1968

4/29/2015 - Just Say No to Dating the Creepy ‘Friend’ Who Won’t Take No for an Answer About Sex

4/29/2015 - How a Single Dad Manages the Stepdad in His Daughters’ Lives

4/28/2015 - Nigeria’s Military: We’ve Rescued Nearly 300 Women and Girls Abducted by Boko Haram

4/28/2015 - Media Focus on Violent Protests in Baltimore, Not Vast Majority of Peaceful Protesters

4/28/2015 - There Is Truth Behind the Anger in Baltimore

4/28/2015 - 6 Things We Still Don’t Know About the Freddie Gray Case

4/28/2015 - Shooting at NYC Funeral Leaves 2 Dead and 6 Wounded 

4/28/2015 - Respectability Politics Are No Solution; They Are A Surrender

4/28/2015 - Baltimore Gangs: We United to Protest Freddie Gray’s Killing, Not to Kill Cops

4/28/2015 - Baltimore Residents Take Charge of Cleanup Efforts Across the City

4/28/2015 - Baltimore: The Fire Next Time

4/28/2015 - Ray Lewis Has a Message for Baltimore About Violence: Oh, the Irony

4/28/2015 - Brazilian Transgender Woman’s Face Is Severely Beaten and Mutilated While She’s in Police Custody

4/28/2015 - Viola Davis Will Play Harriet Tubman in HBO Biopic

4/28/2015 - ‘I Sat in Jail for 7 Months Because Someone Lied on Me’ 

4/28/2015 - Baltimore Burns After Freddie Gray Is Laid to Rest; Mayor Issues State of Emergency 

4/28/2015 - Creator and Cast Members From The Wire Ask for Violence to End ... Violence They Profited From

4/28/2015 - Peaceful Protests and Funeral for Freddie Gray Eclipsed by Violence

4/28/2015 - #BlackLifeMatters: Just Ask the Director of the Museum of African American History and Culture

4/28/2015 - 10 Landmark Cases That Show How the NAACP LDF Reshaped Racial Justice

4/28/2015 - Baltimore Is Not Ferguson; Freddie Gray Is Not Michael Brown

4/27/2015 - Photos: Baltimore in Chaos          

4/27/2015 - Social Media Speaks Out on Baltimore and Freddie Gray

4/27/2015 - Watch: Protesters Speak Out on Freddie Gray: ‘I Miss Him So Much’

4/27/2015 - 6 Prison Officials Are Fired and 29 Suspended for Leaving Mentally Ill Inmate in Disgusting Cell

4/27/2015 - La. Oil Executive and Son Allegedly Killed by Armed Teens

4/27/2015 - HBO Documentary Tales of the Grim Sleeper Uncovers the Slayings of Over 100 Black Women in South Central Los Angeles

4/27/2015 - How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Divine Nine

4/27/2015 - A List Of People I Apparently Look Like

4/27/2015 - Ga. Teacher Killed in Car Accident While Driving to School to Chaperone the Prom

4/27/2015 - Thousands Attend Freddie Gray’s Funeral in Baltimore

4/27/2015 - Bronx Man Arrested After 18 Pounds of Pot Found in Checked Luggage at Airport: Report

4/27/2015 - I'm Only Rooting For Confirmed Shitty Human Floyd Mayweather Because He's Black. Is This Racist?

4/27/2015 - Del. Woman Charged in Stabbing Death of ‘Cheating’ Husband 

4/27/2015 - Journalist Texting During National Anthem at White House Correspondents’ Dinner Outrages White America  

4/27/2015 - Every US High School to Get Free DVD of Selma

4/27/2015 - Black Men Are Missing: Tell Us Something We Don’t Know

4/27/2015 - Does Jay Z’s Tidal Twitter Rant Prove It’s Just a Ripple in the Sea of Streaming Services?

4/27/2015 - In a Scene of Daily Life in 19th-Century Philly, a Black Oyster Vendor Takes Center Stage

4/27/2015 - 5 Awkward Realities Millennials Face

4/27/2015 - George McJunkin: How a Black Man’s Archaeological Discovery Changed History

4/27/2015 - Police Actually Do Show Restraint—When They’re Facing Armed White Guys

4/26/2015 - Watch: Fla. Man Complains About Being ‘Stuck’ With Kids After Their Mom Is Injured in Random Shooting

4/26/2015 - President Obama’s Unclassified Emails Targeted by Russian Hackers

4/26/2015 - 12 Arrested in Baltimore After Peaceful Protests Turn Confrontational

4/26/2015 - Michelle Obama Shines at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

4/26/2015 - Mom’s House or Flophouse? Where to Live After College

4/26/2015 - How Not to Go Broke

4/25/2015 - Seattle Woman Punched by Cop During Arrest Files $1,000,000 Lawsuit

4/25/2015 - Fla. Deputy Fired After Finishing Pizza Instead of Answering 911 Call of Dying Woman

4/25/2015 - 2009 Probe of Tulsa Reserve Officer Raised Concerns About His Training

4/25/2015 - Baltimore Cops Admit Failing to Provide Freddie Gray With Medical Treatment

4/25/2015 - Yes, Social Media Can Cost You Your Job

4/25/2015 - Dear 20-Somethings, Stop Chasing Perfection!

4/25/2015 - It Gets Better: Jobs 8 Celebrities Worked Before Fame

4/24/2015 - Yes, He Said It: ‘Mayweather Is Better Than Ali’

4/24/2015 - Va. Jail Bans Use of Tasers After Female Inmate Dies 

4/24/2015 - Eric Holder in Pictures

4/24/2015 - Chicago Mother Turns in Teen Son Accused of Beating, Robbing Woman on Train

4/24/2015 - Watch: Teen Suffered Brutal Treatment at Rikers Island

4/24/2015 - In Newly Released Video, Unarmed Black Man Had Cellphone in Hand When Shot by Fla. Deputy

4/24/2015 - Ava DuVernay Has A Barbie Doll. Black Girl Magic All Up In Your Grill. TADOW!

4/24/2015 - Gone in 60 Seconds: Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Tickets Sell Out in Under a Minute

4/24/2015 - Barbie Launches ‘Sheroes’ Collection and Includes Ava DuVernay Doll

4/24/2015 - Innocent Black Teen Who Survived Police Shooting Gets a $230,000 Settlement 

4/24/2015 - The Dos And Don'ts Of Coed Flag Football With Bougie Black People

4/24/2015 - Scandal Recap: Like Father, Like Daughter

4/24/2015 - Baltimore Police Union’s Boss Inflames Tension With ‘Lynch Mob’ Remark; ‘Rough Ride’ Alleged

4/24/2015 - Analysis: Obamacare Unexpectedly Triggers an Uptick in Food Stamp Enrollment

4/24/2015 - Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones to Reunite on Broadway in The Gin Game  

4/24/2015 - She’s a Tiny Dancer: 4-Year-Old Heaven King Premieres New Dance Video  

4/24/2015 - Departing Attorney General Eric Holder Was Controversial—and a Black Political Superhero

4/24/2015 - Is a University Founder Linked to My Enslaved Ancestor?

4/24/2015 - He Said I ‘Trapped’ Him With a Baby

4/23/2015 - Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Ben Affleck Offer Regrets in Slave-Owner Flap

4/23/2015 - To the Light-Skinned Woman Who Can’t Be Friends With Darker Sisters, Skin Tone Isn’t the Problem 

4/23/2015 - A Bounced Check Paves the Way for North Miami Mayor’s Re-Election  

4/23/2015 - Defendant to Judge in Legal Brief: ‘You Are a Hoe. This Court Is a Hoe’

4/23/2015 - After 5-Month Delay, Loretta Lynch Becomes 1st Black Female Attorney General

4/23/2015 - La. Inmate’s Death While in Custody Raises Questions

4/23/2015 - WNBA’s Brittney Griner and Fiancee Glory Johnson Arrested After Reportedly Violent Domestic Dispute

4/23/2015 - Michelle Obama to Deliver Tuskegee University Commencement Address 

4/23/2015 - Cornel West Responds (Indirectly) on Facebook to Michael Eric Dyson’s Critique

4/23/2015 - FAMU Hazing-Death Trial of Last 3 Defendants Is Under Way

4/23/2015 - The Top 10 Lightskinneded Black Male Beefs, Ever

4/23/2015 - Confirmation Vote on Loretta Lynch Expected Today 

4/23/2015 - Baltimore’s Mayor: Our ‘Citizens Deserve Answers’ in Freddie Gray’s Death

4/23/2015 - Creflo Dollar Says the ‘Devil’ Blocked His Dreams of a $65,000,000 Jet  

4/23/2015 - Watch: Law-Enforcement Agent Destroys Phone of Bystander Recording Police Encounter

4/23/2015 - Tina Knowles Lawson on Marriage at 61: ‘You Can Find Love at Any Age. You Just Have to Go for It’  

4/23/2015 - Is Michael Sam More Gay-Rights Celebrity Than Pro Football Player?

4/23/2015 - Obama’s Approval Rating Is Trending Up

4/23/2015 - The Blue Wall of Silence Over Police Brutality Must Come Down

4/22/2015 - Freddie Gray’s Death Prompts Onslaught of Protests in Baltimore

4/22/2015 - 7 Urban Farmers You Should Know

4/22/2015 - Little Girl Tells Michelle Obama She’s ‘Too Young’ for 51

4/22/2015 - NBA’s 1st Game in Africa Will Take Place in South Africa

4/22/2015 - March2Justice Brings Fight Against Police Brutality to US Capitol

4/22/2015 - Ben Affleck Admits to Asking That Ancestor’s Slave-Owning Past Be Hidden, Says He Was ‘Embarrassed’

4/22/2015 - Eric Heyl Of The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Just Wrote The Worst Column I've Ever Read

4/22/2015 - Watch: 102-Year-Old Former Chorus-Line Dancer’s Reaction to Seeing Herself Dancing for the 1st Time 

4/22/2015 - Trumpeter Hugh Masekela Doesn’t Take Photos With Weave Wearers   

4/22/2015 - 7-Year-Old Creates Afro-Puff Superhero Comic Book and Wins Big

4/22/2015 - Mich. Man Hangs Nooses From Trees Outside His Home and Business, Doesn’t Think It’s Racist

4/22/2015 - Mo’Nique Shares Emails to Prove Lee Daniels Offered Her Cookie Role on Empire  

4/22/2015 - Waka Flocka Flame 2016?  

4/22/2015 - Urban Gardens Provide an Oasis of Hope and Health

4/22/2015 - You Can Learn a Lot About Racism in America Just by Looking at Your State Legislature

4/22/2015 - Meet the Brave and Brilliant Playwright Katori Hall

4/21/2015 - Okla. Volunteer Deputy Comes Under Fire From Victim’s Attorney

4/21/2015 - Prosecutors: Alleged Atlanta-Area Serial Killer Driven by the Thrill

4/21/2015 - Sherri Shepherd Loses Court Battle, Judge Officially Lists Her as Mother of Baby Born Via Surrogate  

4/21/2015 - Michael Brown Memorial Tree Cut Down 24 Hours After It’s Planted

4/21/2015 - Love & Basketball: 15 Years Later, the Movie Still Plays for Your Heart

4/21/2015 - Reserve Deputy Who Killed Eric Harris Pleads Not Guilty, Is Allowed to Take Vacation in Bahamas

4/21/2015 - Loretta Lynch Confirmation Block Lifted as Senate Deal Is Announced

4/21/2015 - Chicago Couple Sentenced to Prison in Bali Murder

4/21/2015 - 6 Baltimore Cops Suspended After Autopsy Shows Man Suffered Broken Spine

4/21/2015 - Mo. Officers and City Officials Resign After Black Female Mayor Is Elected

4/21/2015 - Dyson’s Cornel West Essay Was a Hit Piece Wrapped in Scholarly Words

4/21/2015 - Damon Dash Loses Custody to Ex-Wife Rachel Roy

4/21/2015 - Bobbi Kristina Remains on Life Support; Bobby Brown’s Lawyer Says She’s Improving

4/21/2015 - Poet Elizabeth Alexander on the Healing Power of Words

4/21/2015 - Before Dyson and West: Remembering Black Luminaries’ ‘Rap Battles’

4/21/2015 - The New Killing Fields: How Police Tourism Sanctions the Lethal Pursuit of Black People

4/20/2015 - Seven Thoughts On The Ghost Of Cornel West

4/20/2015 - On Getting Older And Being in Weddings

4/20/2015 - Chicago Officer Who Killed Rekia Boyd Has Charges Dismissed; Courtroom Erupts in Anger  

4/20/2015 - The Real Lesson of the Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal 

4/20/2015 - Mich. Officer Charged With Assault in Violent Traffic Stop Caught on Dash Cam

4/20/2015 - NY Teen Who Lost Everything in Hurricane Is Accepted at 7 Ivy League Schools

4/20/2015 - Civil Rights Activist and Pioneering Heart Surgeon Levi Watkins Jr. Dead at 70

4/20/2015 - 1st Black Police Officer of ‘the White City’ Says He Suffered Yearlong Racist Abuse

4/20/2015 - Bobbi Kristina Brown’s Aunt Says She’s ‘No Longer on Life Support’

4/20/2015 - Shooting at HBCU Injures 1 Student

4/20/2015 - GOP Senator: Loretta Lynch Vote Likely in 2-3 Days

4/20/2015 - Ride of His Life: Passenger Raises Money for Dying Grandfather to Pay Off Home

4/20/2015 - Bobby Brown Tells Concert Attendees Bobbi Kristina Is Awake

4/20/2015 - Good Times Actor Ben Powers Dies at 64

4/20/2015 - US Senate Fails to Confirm Loretta Lynch

4/20/2015 - Listen: Michael Eric Dyson’s Interview on His Break With Cornel West

4/20/2015 - Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: Boxing’s Last Big Bout?

4/20/2015 - Who Was the 1st Black Prima Ballerina at the Met?

4/19/2015 - Watch: 27-Year-Old Baltimore Man Dies From Spinal Injuries Received During ‘Brutal’ Arrest

4/19/2015 - Ben Affleck Asked Henry Louis Gates Jr. to Edit Out Slaveowning Ancestor in PBS Series

4/19/2015 - Watch: Women Brawling at Philly Clothing Store Goes Viral

4/19/2015 - Celebrities Pay Tribute to R&B Singer Johnny Kemp

4/19/2015 - 2nd Woman Fears Baby May Have Been Stolen From St. Louis Hospital Nearly 50 Years Ago

4/19/2015 - Lawyer for Okla. Volunteer Cop Who Killed Unarmed Man Releases Training Records

4/19/2015 - The Cast of Friday: Where Are They Now?

4/19/2015 - The Renaissance Tapestry That Tells an African Tale and Doesn’t Exploit Slavery

4/18/2015 - Watch: St. Louis Cops Fatally Shoot Man Armed With a Knife After Standoff

4/18/2015 - NJ Deli Owner Claims Backlash Over ‘White History Month’ Sign Has Hurt Business

4/18/2015 - Chicago Schools Chief Steps Aside Amid Federal Probe of $20,000,000 Contract

4/18/2015 - Oprah’s Network Sues Man Accused of Posing as Celeb’s Nephew

4/18/2015 - Labor Department Charges Ala. Hyundai Supplier With Obstructing Investigation 

4/18/2015 - Black Lawyers Launch Independent Investigation of North Charleston Police Shooting

4/17/2015 - US Official: Extradition of Assata Shakur From Cuba to States Still Up for Discussion

4/17/2015 - R&B Singer Johnny Kemp Dead at 55  

4/17/2015 - 2 Female Texas Teens Rap About Lynching Black Boys

4/17/2015 - Tulsa Reserve Deputy Apologizes to Eric Harris’ Family

4/17/2015 - On Being A Diehard Sports Fan...And Marrying Someone Who Doesn't Give A Shit About Sports

4/17/2015 - Scandal Recap: In the Pursuit of Justice

4/17/2015 - Suspect in Milwaukee ‘Revenge Killing’ After Car Crash Commits Suicide

4/17/2015 - How Racial Injustice Is Now Driving the ‘Fight for $15’  

4/17/2015 - Chicago’s Mayor Wants Spike Lee to Change Chiraq Movie Title

4/17/2015 - Mom Knocks Out NY Teacher for Putting ‘Hands’ on Her Daughter: Report

4/17/2015 - Jeb Bush Urges Republicans to Confirm Loretta Lynch

4/17/2015 - Twitter Loses Its Mind Over Thursday Night’s Scandal Episode  

4/17/2015 - Former Bethune-Cookman Student Claims She Wasn’t Allowed to Audition for Dance Squad Because of Her Weight 

4/17/2015 - Ga. Governor Makes Medical Marijuana Legal ... Sorta

4/17/2015 - News Reporter Is Surprised With an On-Air Marriage Proposal  

4/17/2015 - 11 Reasons We Thank God It’s Friday (the Movie)

4/17/2015 - My Ancestor Died in the Leflore County Massacre

4/17/2015 - You Must Be Honest if You Don’t Want to Raise Your Boyfriend’s Kids

4/16/2015 - Throwback Thursday: The Caron Butler Story  

4/16/2015 - Hunger Games Star Amandla Stenberg Has a Few Words for Culture Appropriators

4/16/2015 - This Is What Happens When 2 Generations of Black Female Activists Come Together

4/16/2015 - And the New White House Social Secretary Is ... Deesha Dyer

4/16/2015 - Adrian Peterson to Be Reinstated by NFL 

4/16/2015 - Wash. State Man Arrested After Calling Black Child ‘Monkey,’ Throwing Rock at Him: Report

4/16/2015 - Exclusive: Nicki Minaj And Meek Mill Meet With Wedding Planner

4/16/2015 - Suge Knight’s Bail Is Reduced, but He Will Stand Trial on Murder and Attempted-Murder Charges

4/16/2015 - Activists Launch Hunger Strike in Support of Loretta Lynch

4/16/2015 - Sources: Okla. Officials Were Told to Falsify Training Hours for Volunteer Cop Who Killed Unarmed Man

4/16/2015 - 10 Things About New York City From A Guy Who's Definitely Not From New York City

4/16/2015 - 3rd College Student Arrested in Alleged Gang Rape on Fla. Beach

4/16/2015 - The Racial Gap in Cancer Mortality Is Closing, but It’s Still a Problem

4/16/2015 - Former Philadelphia Narcotics Cop Admits to Crimes, Implicates Other Undercover Officers on Witness Stand

4/16/2015 - Detroit Hitman (Again) Confesses to 4 Murders in Attempt to Free Innocent Man

4/16/2015 - Detroit Boy Kept in Basement Will Testify Against Parents

4/16/2015 - Time’s List of 100 Most Influential People Includes Kanye West, Barack Obama, Lee Daniels and Laverne Cox

4/16/2015 - Chicago Will Not Release Video Involving Teen Shot 16 Times by Police

4/16/2015 - Snoop Dogg Invests in Company That Wants to Be the Uber of Weed Delivery

4/16/2015 - Ga. School’s Physical Education Coach Allegedly Chips 1st-Grader’s Tooth During Punishment 

4/16/2015 - White Underage Drinker Doesn’t Get Citation After Beating Texas Cops in Rock-Paper-Scissors

4/16/2015 - SC After Walter Scott: More Politics Than Protest

4/16/2015 - 20 Black Poets You Should Know (and Love)

4/16/2015 - Obama Brings a Dollars-and-Sense Message to Women in NC

4/15/2015 - It's Tax Day, So If You Believe In Prayer, Say One For Your Favorite Bloggers Today

4/15/2015 - Shelly Sterling, What Exactly Will You Do With V. Stiviano’s $12 Thong?

4/15/2015 - Being Mary Jane Recap: When It All Falls Down

4/15/2015 - Minn. Father Charged With Murder in Son’s Death

4/15/2015 - Judge Frees Another Person Framed by Crooked Brooklyn Detective Louis Scarcella

4/15/2015 - A Conversation With A Guy Who Actually Admits To Having Racist Bones In His Body

4/15/2015 - Dozens Arrested in Coast-to-Coast Protests Against Police Violence

4/15/2015 - Los Angeles Man Accuses Officers of Retaliation After Police Beating Caught on Camera 

4/15/2015 - The FBI Launches Investigation Into the Police Killing of Chicago Teen Laquan McDonald

4/15/2015 - Bill O’Reilly: It’s ‘Open Season’ on White Men and That’ll Help Hillary Clinton’s Campaign

4/15/2015 - Ariz. Police Officer Seen Ramming Suspect With Car in Dash-Cam Video

4/15/2015 - Jury: Aaron Hernandez Guilty of 1st-Degree Murder

4/15/2015 - V. Stiviano Owes Donald Sterling’s Wife $2,600,000, Judge Rules

4/15/2015 - Dear Gwyneth Paltrow: Try a ‘Go Broke and Lose Everything’ Challenge

4/15/2015 - Baltimore Man Arrested by Police Hospitalized in Critical Condition

4/15/2015 - A Little Girl Gets Emotional After Watching Mufasa’s Death in The Lion King for the 1st Time

4/15/2015 - Kevin Hart Awards Scholarships to 4 Philadelphia High School Seniors  

4/15/2015 - Are We Afraid to Correct Other People’s Misbehaving Children?

4/15/2015 - Santonio Holmes Raises Awareness of Sickle Cell Disease

4/15/2015 - Horrifying but Common: Spring Break and Sexual Assault

4/14/2015 - The Few Cops Who Are Charged With Murder Serve Little Time—if They Even Get Convicted

4/14/2015 - Educators Get Prison Time in Cheating Scandal

4/14/2015 - Chicago Proposes Reparations Package to Police Torture Victims  

4/14/2015 - Nigeria’s President-Elect: I Cannot Promise That We Can Find Abducted Girls

4/14/2015 - Wis. Man Shot to Death After Accidentally Hitting and Killing a 2-Year-Old With His Van

4/14/2015 - A Wealthy Donor, Playing Cop, Charged With Manslaughter for Shooting an Unarmed Man

4/14/2015 - Mo. to Execute Man Convicted in Child Support Murder Case

4/14/2015 - Game Changers: Issa Rae, Shonda Rhimes, Ava DuVernay, Debbie Allen and Mara Brock Akil Stun on Essence’s May Cover

4/14/2015 - Report: NJ Father Killed in Front of Family Over Fender Bender

4/14/2015 - Soul Singer Percy Sledge Dead at 73

4/14/2015 - Black Lawyers Group Calls for a Special Prosecutor in North Charleston Police Shooting

4/14/2015 - 100 Days As A Black Man In Silicon Valley

4/14/2015 - Eric Harris’ Brother: Volunteer Cop’s Story ‘Makes No Sense’ 

4/14/2015 - Woman Files Lawsuit Against Black Ink Tattoo Parlor, Says Tattoo Left Breast Disfigured 

4/14/2015 - Walter Scott’s Passenger Speaks Out: ‘He Didn’t Deserve to Die’

4/14/2015 - Former NFL Running Back Investigated in Cell Mate’s Death

4/14/2015 - John Legend Launches ‘Free America’ Campaign to End Mass Incarceration 

4/14/2015 - Clorox’s ‘Racist’ Bleach Tweet Is Just the Latest Example of the Lack of Diversity in Corporate America

4/14/2015 - Michelle Obama: The Candidate?

4/14/2015 - Meet 15 Superkids Who Are Going to Change the World

4/14/2015 - The Rebirth of Billie Holiday

4/14/2015 - Home Health Workers Are an Invisible Force in the ‘Fight for $15’ Movement

4/13/2015 - Dallas Iraq War Vet Reportedly Called Racial Slur After Complaining About Apartment Condition

4/13/2015 - How Senate Republicans’ Stalling on Loretta Lynch Paves the Way for Hillary Clinton

4/13/2015 - How "Coon" Became The New "Female"

4/13/2015 - 2 Ala. College Students Arrested for an Alleged Gang Rape During Spring Break

4/13/2015 - Report: Cop Who Killed Walter Scott Laughs at Adrenaline ‘Pumping’

4/13/2015 - Why We Should Keep Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks Off the $20 Bill

4/13/2015 - Interview: Dixon D. White Talks About His ‘Racial-Healing Video-Selfie Challenge’ and Racism

4/13/2015 - Janelle Monae Just Released The Year's Best Twerk Video, And We Need To Talk About This

4/13/2015 - Obama Says Clinton Would Be an Excellent President; Says He Can’t Predict Joe Biden’s Next Move

4/13/2015 - Mich. Middle School Student Bullied by Classmates, Reportedly Called ‘N--ger’

4/13/2015 - Madonna Sucks The Everlasting Living Human Spirit Soul Out Of Drake

4/13/2015 - Milkshake Brings Out Aggression in 1 Burger King Employee

4/13/2015 - I'm A Music Snob...And I'm Somehow Obsessed With Ciara's "I Bet"

4/13/2015 - Drake Looked Disgusted After Getting Kissed by Madonna at Coachella

4/13/2015 - Watch: Officer Tells Unarmed Man Accidentally Shot by Cop, ‘F--k Your Breath’

4/13/2015 - Kevin Hart Gets Sentimental With MTV Movie Award Acceptance Speech

4/13/2015 - Tina Knowles Reportedly Marries Actor Richard Lawson 

4/13/2015 - Black Women, Welcome to Your Breakdown

4/13/2015 - 9 Black Movies at NYC’s Tribeca Film Festival You’ll Want to See

4/13/2015 - Who Was the 1st Black Woman to Play Professional Baseball?

4/13/2015 - Black America: We Can’t Afford to Wait

4/12/2015 - Diversity Advocates Bring Outside Help to UNITY

4/12/2015 - Watch: Hillary Clinton Announces 2016 Presidential Bid

4/12/2015 - Philly Mom Accused of Ditching Disabled Son in Woods to Visit Boyfriend

4/12/2015 - Rapper Nelly Busted After Cops Allegedly Find Drugs on His Tour Bus

4/12/2015 - Walter Scott Is Laid to Rest in South Carolina

4/12/2015 - Will Black Folks Deliver for Hillary Clinton?

4/12/2015 - Will These Runaways Escape Through the Vast Swamp of Slavery?

4/12/2015 - Empire’s Cookie Lyon Hits Up Sesame Street in Funny SNL Sketch

4/12/2015 - A Save-Your-Life, Year-by-Year Medical Guide for Women

4/12/2015 - Hey Haters, if Erica Campbell’s ‘Trap’ Gospel Song Brings the Message to the Masses, What’s the Problem?

4/11/2015 - Chicago Prepares to Pay $5,000,000 to Family of Teen Shot 16 Times by Officer

4/11/2015 - Unarmed Teen Shot by LAPD Cop Seeks $20,000,000 in Damages

4/11/2015 - Fla. Prosecutors Drop More Than 36 Cases Linked to Racist Cops

4/11/2015 - Solange Knowles’ Business Partner Stabbed 10 Times in New Orleans

4/11/2015 - NY Teen Overcomes ‘Dark-Skinned’ Taunts to Earn $10,000 Scholarship

4/11/2015 - Fruits, Nuts and Raw Food: An Extreme Solution to an Expanding Problem

4/10/2015 - Caught on Camera Isn’t Enough

4/10/2015 - Was I Wrong to Ask My Husband to Move His Late Wife’s Urn? 

4/10/2015 - 2 Miss. Women Sentenced in Hate Crime Murder of Black Man

4/10/2015 - NJ Teacher Is Suspended for Having Students Write ‘Get Well’ Letters to Mumia Abu-Jamal 

4/10/2015 - Man Tackled by Va. Sheriff After He’s Apparently Handcuffed Faces 15 Years in Prison

4/10/2015 - Report: Walter Scott Owed Child Support, but There Was No Warrant Out for His Arrest

4/10/2015 - Watch: Michigan Woman Who Reportedly Ran Over Rival Wanted by Police

4/10/2015 - How Obama Is Addressing the Crisis Among Boys and Young Men of Color

4/10/2015 - Watch: SC Officials Release Dash-Cam Footage of Moments Before Fatal Shooting 

4/10/2015 - Advice From Former Racist: ‘If You Hear Something Racist, F--king Stand Up and Take Responsibility’

4/10/2015 - College Student Who Crossed Up Philly Cops in a Pickup Game Is Later Arrested by Same Cops

4/10/2015 - Mich. Teen Acquires 3 College Degrees Before Graduating From High School

4/10/2015 - Taraji P. Henson Inks Book Deal; Talks Empire Season 2 Casting Hopes

4/10/2015 - Eddie Murphy to Be Awarded Top Humor Prize at the Kennedy Center

4/10/2015 - Poverty Was the Crime in Walter Scott’s Slaying

4/10/2015 - Were My Ancestors British Soldiers in Jamaica?

4/9/2015 - Movies To Avoid Watching If You Don't Want To Hate White People This Week

4/9/2015 - Witness Who Filmed Walter Scott Shooting: ‘I Knew Right Away I Had Something on My Hands’

4/9/2015 - Former Hooters Waitress Awarded $250,000 in ‘Blond Hair Streaks’ Lawsuit

4/9/2015 - An Artistic Feast: Jacob Lawrence’s 60-Piece Migration Series on Display in NYC

4/9/2015 - Minn. Teen Gets Into All 8 Ivy League Schools

4/9/2015 - Lee Daniels Responds to Tavis Smiley’s Critique of Empire

4/9/2015 - Family of Mentally Ill Miami Gardens Man Killed by Cops Releases Dash-Cam Video

4/9/2015 - Officials Won’t Say if Other Cops Were Involved in the Death of Walter Scott

4/9/2015 - Denver Public High School Blasted for Racially Insensitive Posters

4/9/2015 - Black Death as Reality TV: Is Watching the Videos Too Much?

4/9/2015 - The Psychic Toll Of Existing While Black

4/9/2015 - ‘I Felt My Life May Be in Danger’: Man Who Recorded SC Cop Shooting Speaks

4/9/2015 - Spike Lee Eyes Common, Kanye West and Samuel L. Jackson for Amazon Movie Chiraq

4/9/2015 - Phoenix Suns’ Morris Twins Under Investigation in Alleged Assault After Man Sends Mother ‘Inappropriate’ Text Messages

4/9/2015 - Attorney for SC Cop Who Killed Walter Scott Dropped Client After Watching Video

4/9/2015 - 5 Times Police Officers Blatantly Lied About the Arrests or Shootings of Black Men

4/9/2015 - 10 Times Scandal Played the Right Song at the Right Moment

4/9/2015 - How Do We Fix a System That Thrives on Racial Oppression?

4/8/2015 - National Action Network Panel on Brutality Has Emotional Response to SC Shooting

4/8/2015 - White SC Officer Charged With Felony in Fatal Shooting of Black Man in His Driveway

4/8/2015 - Walter Scott’s Death and the Cycle of Contempt for Black Lives 

4/8/2015 - Rand Paul Isn’t Quite Ready for Prime Time

4/8/2015 - GoFundMe Tosses Campaign to Raise Money for SC Cop Who Shot Walter Scott

4/8/2015 - Judge: Female Teacher Sending Explicit Photos to Male Student Was ‘Dangling Candy’

4/8/2015 - Change Comes to Ferguson: 3 African Americans to Sit on City Council

4/8/2015 - Being Mary Jane Recap: ‘You’re Crazy; That’s Probably Why the Sex Was So Good’

4/8/2015 - Ark. Alderman Misspells Black Resident’s Name as ‘Cooningham’

4/8/2015 - Love & Hip Hop NY Season 5 Reunion Recap (Part 1): Who Asked You, Erica?

4/8/2015 - Here Is What You Need to Know About SC Officer Michael Slager

4/8/2015 - Social Media Reacts to Killing of #WalterScott

4/8/2015 - Here’s What You Need to Know About Walter L. Scott

4/8/2015 - NBA Player and Wife Stabbed Outside NYC Club 

4/8/2015 - Representation Matters: How Companies Missed Out on Marketing Character Tip From Home to Little Black Kids

4/8/2015 - Marion Barry’s Widow Suing Woman Who Donated Kidney to Him in 2009: Report 

4/8/2015 - Fla. Man Cuts Dreadlocks to Help Find Job and Shed ‘Negative Look’

4/8/2015 - Ben Carson Says Hip-Hop Is Hurting African-American Communities

4/8/2015 - 115-Year-Old Jeralean Talley Is the World’s Oldest Person

4/8/2015 - Traveling in Kenya, Where Signs of Security Battle the Realities of Terrorism

4/8/2015 - Stop Me If You've Heard This Before: Cop Shoots and Kills Unarmed Black Man...

4/7/2015 - Burger King To Pay For "Burger-King" Wedding

4/7/2015 - New Book Describes What ‘the Help’ Saw at the White House

4/7/2015 - Watch: SC Police Officer Charged With Murder After Shooting Black Man in the Back

4/7/2015 - Postal Service Releases New Maya Angelou Stamp, but the Quote Isn’t Hers

4/7/2015 - Gary Dourdan: The Man Behind Being Mary Jane’s Sexy Sheldon

4/7/2015 - What Diabetes-Ravaged Mumia Abu-Jamal Looks Like Now

4/7/2015 - Watch: Minneapolis Cop Threatens to Break Teenager’s Leg During Traffic Stop

4/7/2015 - Ga. Judge Allegedly Uses N-Word in Court

4/7/2015 - 20 Years Later, Bad Boys Is Still a Must-See

4/7/2015 - 2 White Professors Sue Alabama State University for Racism Against Whites

4/7/2015 - Jon Stewart: ‘Trevor Noah Will Earn Your Trust and Respect—or Not’

4/7/2015 - Russell Westbrook Donates Car to Single Mother

4/7/2015 - A Primer On The Use, Usage, Versatility, And Utility Of "Nigga"

4/7/2015 - Md. Father and 7 Children Die in Apparent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

4/7/2015 - ‘Cripmas Party’ Leads to Probation for Clemson’s SAE Fraternity Chapter

4/7/2015 - Legendary Blues Artist B.B. King Hospitalized for Dehydration

4/7/2015 - Michelle Obama Shows Off Her Moves During Easter Egg Roll

4/7/2015 - Tour Rumors Surround the Artists Formerly Known as Destiny’s Child 

4/7/2015 - For DC, Easter Monday at the National Zoo Is an African-American Tradition

4/7/2015 - ‘Banning the Box’ Helps Prisoners Become People

4/7/2015 - In Toni Morrison’s Latest Novel, Children’s Lives Matter

4/7/2015 - Campus Racism: Teachable Moment or Serious Threat?

4/6/2015 - The Rev. Gardner C. Taylor, the ‘Dean of Black Preachers,’ Dies of a Heart Attack at 96

4/6/2015 - Michelle Obama Jokes About Daughters Being Labeled Influential: ‘They’ve Done Nothing’

4/6/2015 - Survey: Most Whites Approve of Police Getting Physical With Suspects

4/6/2015 - Okla. Deputy Says He Mistook His Gun for His Taser in Fatal Shooting

4/6/2015 - Is Furious 7 A "Black" Movie? (Hint: Yes)

4/6/2015 - Manslaughter Trial Begins for Cleveland Cop Who Shot 2 Unarmed People in Car

4/6/2015 - Bronx, NY, Teen Dies After Falling Off Roof While Fleeing Police

4/6/2015 - Report: Newark Police Investigating Possible Robbery Involving DMX

4/6/2015 - Kenya Retaliates Against Campus Shooting and Bombs 2 al-Shabab Camps in Neighboring Somalia  

4/6/2015 - La. School Board President Slams Rule That Lesbian Student Can’t Wear Tux to Prom

4/6/2015 - First Family Looked Devastatingly Beautiful on Easter Sunday

4/6/2015 - Fla. Woman Gives Away 700 Easter Baskets

4/6/2015 - Ferguson Is Having an Election, but Will Ferguson Vote?

4/6/2015 - For Better or Worse, #BlackTwitter Cannot Be Denied

4/6/2015 - Easter Styles From NYC’s 5th Avenue Parade

4/5/2015 - Flap Over Police Mug Shots Illustrates America’s Race Problem

4/5/2015 - Kentucky Player Apologizes for Obscenity and N-Word Slur After Final 4 Loss

4/5/2015 - SC Student Suspended Over Racist Complaint

4/5/2015 - NY Student Accepted at All 8 Ivy League Schools

4/5/2015 - Is Mumia Abu-Jamal Being Denied Urgent Medical Care?

4/5/2015 - Misty Copeland to Dance Swan Lake at DC’s Kennedy Center

4/5/2015 - Handing Out Seed Money so That Black Tech Startups Can Grow

4/5/2015 - National Action Network Hosts Its Annual Convention in NYC

4/4/2015 - Those Racially Charged Emails From Ferguson Cops and Court Officials Are Pretty Bad

4/4/2015 - San Francisco Chief Seeks to Fire 7 Officers Over Racist, Anti-Gay Texts

4/4/2015 - Deion Sanders Reminds Son of $1,000,000 Trust Fund After ‘Hood’ Tweet  

4/4/2015 - Nashville Prosecutor Fired Over Female Sterilization in Plea Deals

4/4/2015 - She Got Game: ESPN’s Jemele Hill Is the Queen of Sports Talk

4/4/2015 - MLK’s Radicalism Speaks to Contemporary Protests

4/3/2015 - Watch: The Rock Nails Taylor Swift’s ‘Shake It Off’ During Lip-Synching Battle With Jimmy Fallon

4/3/2015 - Death Row Inmate Released After 30 Years 

4/3/2015 - Racist Email at U of Md. Goes Unpunished; President Defends Vulgar Language as Free Speech

4/3/2015 - McDonald’s Workers: $1 Raise Is Insulting; We Want $15 Per Hour

4/3/2015 - Duke Student Admits to Hanging Noose; School Won’t Release Name

4/3/2015 - KKK Prison Workers Accused of Planning Black Inmate’s Murder

4/3/2015 - Scandal Recap: Family Matters

4/3/2015 - Watch: Price Is Right Model Makes Winning a Car Super Easy for 1 Contestant

4/3/2015 - Married DC Lawyer Reportedly Met Killer Through Gay-Sex Ad

4/3/2015 - Am I Related to Members of Jesse James’ Outlaw Gang?

4/3/2015 - Being Too Scared to Reveal You Have an STD Is No Excuse for Ruining Someone Else’s Life

4/3/2015 - Stuart Scott: The Story of How He Fought Until the End 

4/3/2015 - 10 Ways To Prevent Getting Profiled By The Police If Driving While Black

4/2/2015 - Social Media Covers Nigeria’s Presidential Election Extensively

4/2/2015 - Nigeria Hits the Reset Button 

4/2/2015 - Islamist Gunmen Storm Kenyan University; at Least 140 Dead

4/2/2015 - Detroit Father Still Looking for Answers After Son Dies During Traffic Stop

4/2/2015 - Cosmopolitan Kills Black Styles to Let White Girls Live

4/2/2015 - Mass. Inmates Shoveled Snow in Freezing Weather Without Gloves or Boots for $3 to $4 a Day

4/2/2015 - My Son, A Future Morehouse Man, Will Be A Rapper. At Least For A While.

4/2/2015 - Noose Found Hanging From a Tree at Duke University

4/2/2015 - Higher Heights Works to Harness the Rising Political Clout of Black Women

4/2/2015 - Texas State Trooper Ordered to Get Counseling After Posing With Snoop Dogg

4/2/2015 - 11 Atlanta Educators Found Guilty in Massive Test-Cheating Scandal

4/2/2015 - Texas Man Kills Girlfriend, Self Over $500 Lottery Scratch-Off Win 

4/2/2015 - Isaiah Washington Thinks Chris Rock Should ‘Adapt’ After Being Racially Profiled

4/2/2015 - Kean University Cancels Common’s Commencement Speech Because of ‘A Song for Assata’

4/2/2015 - That Afro Is a Lie

4/2/2015 - Violence Against South Asians Is Linked to Bias Against African Americans

4/1/2015 - New Daily Show Host Trevor Noah Can Broaden America’s View of Africa

4/1/2015 - Ga. Teen Who Was Initially Denied a Heart Transplant Dies While Fleeing Cops 

4/1/2015 - 32-Year-Old NJ Man Dies in Police Custody

4/1/2015 - Md. Police Officer Is Sued for Hazing a Fraternity Prospect

4/1/2015 - Chris Rock Uses Selfies to Chronicle Times Police Pull Him Over

4/1/2015 - Ohio Woman Stabs Boyfriend for Reportedly Finishing ‘All the Salsa’

4/1/2015 - VSB To Partner With Fox News

4/1/2015 - Texas Mother Leaves Child in Trash Can Overnight, Then Calls Police to Report Her Missing

4/1/2015 - ‘Poor N--ger Party’ Printed on Wedding Photo-Booth Pictures: Report

4/1/2015 - Kan. Man Gets 11 Years for Stealing Purse and Wedding Ring From Dying Woman

4/1/2015 - Olajide Olatunji Is a 21-Year-Old Millionaire Because of YouTube and Gaming

4/1/2015 - Dear Detroit: Send Jay Z Your Water Bill; He Says ‘Water Is Free’

4/1/2015 - Why a Comical Book About Slavery? Ask Paul Beatty

4/1/2015 - Will the New Nigerian President Be Any Better at Suppressing Boko Haram?