Every time a black man is shot on the streets of Chicago, I think of my friend, Michele Dowdy, who lost her son to gun…
It’s not a stretch to compare Detroit to a third-world country. Not anymore. It’s been seven weeks since water has been turned off to thousands…
A coalition of prominent black women is supporting the White House initiative, “My Brother’s Keeper,” President Barack Obama’s ambitious effort to uplift and empower black…
An African-American English professor was roughed up by Arizona police, handcuffed, slammed on the squad car, thrown to the pavement, and arrested. Her crime: jaywalking.…
Watch Michelle Obama at the White House Summit for Working Families talk about her toughest time as a mother above. While President Barack Obama supports flexibility for…
At what point is it acceptable for black pastors to call women “hoes?” during their Sunday sermons? Today, in some black churches, there is an…
Racism was so intolerable for two African-American employees at an industrial Tennessee cotton gin that they secretly recorded their supervisor making racist comments and saying…
If you’re a black man driving through Florida, steer clear of Miami Gardens. Lawyers call it the stop- and-frisk capital of America. And they’re probably…
I don’t know if high school teacher Spencer Smith was trying to make a serious political statement by mimicking Trayvon Martin for a yearbook photo…
Driving through New Jersey along I-95 this week, I passed The Meadowlands, home to The New York Jets and their controversial new quarterback, Michael Vick.…
“While ‘too big to fail’ corporations went into the bail-out emergency room and recovered to break earnings and stock market records, most Americans have been left…
President Barack Obama will speak directly to Black Americans this week, which I believe is part of the President’s ongoing crusade to outline a national…
