Politics

Just one week after President Barack Obama signed an initiative to provide $100 million of funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, one of the

Two of the most iconic name brands in hip hop history, Jay-Z and Russell Simmons, are being ordered to appear before federal investigators as part

With issues like poverty increasing high school dropout rates and unemployment surfacing in the 18th Congressional District in Houston, Councilman Jarvis Johnson is ready to take the

Threats of a Republican organized floor vote for removal has strong-armed Charles Rangel into temporarily stepping down from his post as the chairman of the

The striking female model caught in the middle of rapper T.I.’s AKOO jeans billboard ad controversy said she was caught by surprise at the level

Yet again, pop culture is taking cues from the black community. A group of scientists at UC Davis are petitioning to make “hella” the official

Naomi Campbell has reportedly lost her marbles again and has thrown another temper tantrum — this time in a limo.    It’s alleged that the

Nearly a quarter-million unemployed and laid-off workers will lose unemployment benefits because a Republican filibuster will prevent an extension of last year’s stimulus bill. Kentucky

Billboard advertisements are meant to draw attention, but did T.I.’s “Akoo” ad take that concept too far? In downtown Newark, N.J., in the heart of

At the Black College Expo last weekend at the Cobb Galleria Center in suburban Atlanta, young women were encouraged to take care of their physical,

At the Black College Expo last weekend at the Cobb Galleria Center in suburban Atlanta, young women were encouraged to take care of their physical,

During the last week of Black History Month, another disturbing display of racism occurred on a college campus. Students and faculty members at the University

According to research by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, African Americans have lower drinking rates than other ethnicities. A survey by the

The New England Journal of Medicine published a shocking report that states that HIV has gotten beyond out of control in the United States. Certain

The pride of having a brown-skinned woman in the White House hasn’t resonated down to the youngest mahogany-hued girls in America. Neither, it seems, has

A multiracial wave of humanity flooded the University of California-San Diego to protest the chancellor’s silence despite a string of racist activities mocking Black History

White House social secretary Desiree Rogers will step down next month. Rogers says she feels comfortable leaving because her principle goal — changing the White

Blacks, you don’t realize it, but you were better off as slaves; at least that’s what Arizona Republican, Trent Frank thinks.   The GOP rep