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Leela James and Chrisette Michele are the latest personalities to join the “R&B Divas: LA” cast on TV One. The singers will join returning cast members…

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Do today’s black athletes fall short on being socially responsible and aware? Pro football Hall of Famer Jim Brown‘s recent remarks about basketball star Kobe Bryant…

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With the midterm elections less than a year away, it’s not too late to get informed on the candidates. Considering all the talk around whether…

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The hunt for a new Black female cast member for “SNL” is on, and not only are some saying one is just not enough, but…

Not that I know from personal experience, but just based on precedent, if you are born wealthy and white, you are entering this world with…

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Sometimes workplace discrimination can cost taxpayers. Case in point: the recent $68,000 award from a discrimination claim by a black social worker against the Hampton,…

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It’s the 150th anniversary of the completion of the U.S. Capitol building dome, but what is hardly talked about is the fact that slaves helped…

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In the 1960s and 1970s, there was a huge movement for companies to disinvest from South Africa in order to protest apartheid. Caroline Hunter, who…

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Nearly 2 dozen U.S. lawmakers were scheduled to be at the memorial service for Nelson Mandela, many of them members of the Congressional Black Caucus.…

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When the late Nelson Mandela was released from prison in 1990, after 27 years of confinement, the competition to get an interview with him was fierce.…