As an accomplished artist-activist, and recently, the recipient of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Award for Best Editorial Cartoon, Kofi Tyus remains humble about his artistic ...

Baltimore residents are voicing concerns over the turmoil facing the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP. “I think money is always the basis of the issue,” said Bryant Scott, 53-year old Baltimore ...

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — LeVar Burton, who starred in the influential 1970s miniseries “Roots,” said the remake is arriving at a crucial time. “As far as we have come in the area of race relations and ...

“Rebuilding the American Dream”conference to feature historic discussion with seven Black state House speakers and one Black state Senate president, moderated by MSNBC's Symone Sanders-Townsend ...

“Shark Tank,” the television show where entrepreneurs go hoping to get a deal and money for their business offers a perspective of how to get money for your business. This is a guide for everyone who ...

The Human Rights Campaign Greater Washington is scheduled to hold a Volunteer Open House on Jan. 10 at it headquarters located at 1640 Rhode Island Ave, N.W. Members of the organization's Steering ...

San Francisco's incoming mayor knows the yawning gap between rich and poor firsthand, having been raised by her grandmother in the city's drug- and violence-riddled projects. It is now the job of ...

PARIS (AP) — The shooting of a jogger in a Paris suburb on the same day as the Charlie Hebdo massacre has been linked to the gunman who killed a policewoman and four hostages at a kosher grocery, a ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan pop star and opposition politician Bobi Wine performed his first concert since he was charged with treason and jailed, a show of defiance Saturday punctuated by ...

I am deeply honored to have been selected by my colleagues to become the first woman and the first African American to serve as Chair of the Financial Services Committee. I have served on the ...

Many in the social justice community and the Menthol Is Not A Crime network are opposed to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) proposal to ban menthol-flavored and other flavored cigarettes.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks has been arrested in California on charges including resisting arrest and throwing objects, just hours after state lawmakers took the ...