Jamey Keaton and Philippe Sotto, ASSOCIATED PRESS CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, France (AP) — Some things have changed since riots swept across France’s troubled neighborhoods a decade ago....
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist No United States president has been more disrespected than Barack Obama – and his family. The hatred for the...
Karen Grigsby Bates, NPR CHARLOTTE, N.C. (NPR.com)—North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper has directed his Department of Consumer Affairs to look into reports that some...
(Politico) – News about race in America these days is almost universally negative. Longstanding wealth, income and employment gaps between whites and people of color are increasing, and...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) report on the Ferguson, Mo. Police Department sheds a brighter light on...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) report on the Ferguson, Mo. Police Department sheds a brighter light on...
Justin Moyer, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—A video of racist chant by men alleged to be fraternity brothers at the University of Oklahoma has...
David Sommerstein, NPR (NPR.com)—The first black American hockey player in NHL history is telling his story almost 30 years after he retired. Val James was...
Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today)— Six months after the fatal shooting of a black teenager by police in Ferguson, Mo., the Justice Department...
LUCAS L. JOHNSON II, Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization on Wednesday urged Tennessee Republican leaders to...
JEFF AMY, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Three more young white men, all part of a group that repeatedly searched Mississippi’s capital city for black...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist There are two related violent phenomena in that are now getting renewed public attention and research around...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Much research points to the widespread existence of unconscious bias…We all – white and black – carry various...
Neil Genzlinger, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times)—Here’s a phrase you probably never expected to read: Highbrow PBS and trashy Investigation Discovery have complementary...
KEN THOMAS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on Thursday assailed former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for questioning President Barack Obama’s love of country,...
You’ve heard of the Kent State Massacre and maybe the Jackson State massacre. But have you heard of the Orangeburg massacre? On Feb. 8, 1968,...
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A threatening letter that disparages black police officers has been found stuffed in mailboxes at a police department. State police are investigating...
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A threatening letter that disparages black police officers has been found stuffed in mailboxes at a police department. State police are investigating...
ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Racial pride and the fight against racism in Brazil were the themes of samba group presentations...
NEW YORK (AP) — Former soap opera actress Victoria Rowell has sued CBS and producers, saying they have kept her off the air as...
JACKSON, Miss. (NPR.com)—Here’s an astonishing speech by U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves, one of just two African-Americans to have ever served as federal judges in Mississippi....
JACKSON, Miss. (NPR.com)—Here’s an astonishing speech by U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves, one of just two African-Americans to have ever served as federal judges in Mississippi....
HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One hundred years ago this spring, Hollywood came of age in a blaze of wonder and fury....
HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One hundred years ago this spring, Hollywood came of age in a blaze of wonder and fury....
JENNIFER FARRAR, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When the subject is racism, many people start to feel uncomfortable. Defensive or outraged; pick your side. It’s...