Politics

Now that the dust has settled from the 2008 presidential election, is it enough that a black president took office in 2009? Will the fact

We apologize to the mother of Derrion Albert for so many of our citizens mistaking President Obama for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. These

The GOP is targeting Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., and calling for him to step down as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee after

Black folks did a hallelujah dance when Barack Obama took the oath of office this past January. From all of the backslapping, partying and general

Tiny of BET’s hit reality show “Tiny & Toya,” T.I.’s girlfriend and former member of 90’s R&B singing group Xscape, offers condolences to Kandi Burruss

The AdColor Awards have evolved into one of the most highly anticipated events in the advertising, marketing and media industries. The honors are given to illuminate the dynamic

I seldom walk through the streets with my gaze directed down. I rarely search the ground looking for people laying around. I’ve traveled internationally and

After many fruitless and frustrating months of trying to hunt down a job, Linda Taylor is in need of her own personal stimulus package. Most

First there was Essence magazine. Then there was Black Entertainment Television. Now Ebony magazine, the nation’s oldest and largest African American-oriented monthly publication, is looking

BET would not have survived its turbulent beginning without Michael Jackson, says station CEO Debra Lee. In the 1980s, Black Entertainment Television was a fledgling

Congressional Black Caucus members expressed dismay and disgust at the unprecedented levels of hate being hurled at President Barack Obama. Yet no one from the

President Barack Obama took a few swings at the most ardent opponents of presidency and health care policy Saturday night, delighting the 4,000-strong throng at

Washington, D.C. – President Barack Obama’s domestic policy adviser, Melody Barnes, told an overflowing audience at the Congressional Black Caucus conference that America will never

On a spirited Thursday evening, actor and community activist Blair Underwood and Eric Holder, the first African American U.S. Attorney General were among the honorees

Washington, D.C. – Hollywood heartthrob Blair Underwood and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder were among those honored during the Thurgood Marshall College Fund Awards reception

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., told Congressional Black Caucus convention attendees that they might finally be winning a decades-long war to eradicate mandatory

Due to the recession, educators and parents are seeing more and more African American college students becoming overwhelmed by college costs — ultimately deferring their

The city of Detroit is going to be completely broke within a matter of days. The manufacturing capitol of America now is perilously close to

The Congressional Black Caucus’ 39th Annual Legislative Conference in Washington will focus on President Obama’s contentiously debated health care reform initiative, among a plethora of

“I didn’t know what we were going to do…I had to leave my house and take my kids up to my sister’s [house].” That was the