Eric Holder Grilled on Associated Press and IRS Controversies
Attorney General Eric Holder says he recused himself from AP probe and has called for an investigat...
Commentary: Move Over Shonda Rhimes, Here Comes the GOP
The three political dramas feature President Obama as the new Richard Nixon and Republicans in Cong...
"We Are Criminalizing Young People"
The alarming number of students who are suspended, expelled and arrested for minor school offenses ...
Trayvon News Jumpstarts NAN Conference
The National Action Network’s Annual Conference begins with new developments in the Trayvon Martin ...
Gambia's Fatou Bensouda Takes Helm as ICC Prosecutor
Fatou Bensouda, a former justice minister hailing from the West African nation of Gambia, was sworn...
International Criminal Court Says Ivory Coast's Gbagbo Fit for Trial
The International Criminal Court ruled that the former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo is fit ...
Rep. Jesse Jackson Under Criminal Investigation
Federal authorities are investigating allegations that Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. used campaign funds t...
NAACP Will Send Officials to Tampa to Promote Civil Rights Issues
The NAACP is dispatching its officials to the Republican National Convention to speak with the part...
Today at the White House: April 17, 2012
The government announces a new crack down on illegal gas speculators and a revised drug control str...
Eric Holder Will Not Face Prosecution: White House
The White House said there will be no movement on a criminal prosecution against Attorney General E...
Commentary: We Must End Poverty and Inequality in America
Rep. John Conyers says we must act to break the persistent link between poverty and the criminal ju...
Civil Rights Activists Condemn Placing More Police in Schools
A coalition of civil rights leaders and heads of advocacy groups voiced their strong objection with...
Jermaine Jones to Get the Boot From American Idol
Producers will send Jermaine Jones packing after discovering he withheld details of his criminal hi...
Respect My Vote: The Hip Hop Caucus Merges Community and Politics
Reverend Lennox Yearwood Jr. builds hip hop's voting power....
Depression Often Goes Undiagnosed Among African-Americans
Blacks are more likely to not be diagnosed with or treated for depression and other mental health i...
Truths About African-Americans, Diet and the Autism Link
Given the disproportionate obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure rates among Black women, a rec...
Congo’s “Terminator” Turns Himself in to ICC
Rwanda and the U.S. are stumped after Democratic Republic of Congo’s notorious rebel leader and “mo...
Hugo Chavez, Fiery Venezuelan Leader, Dies at 58
President Hugo Chavez, the fiery populist who declared a socialist revolution in Venezuela, died Tu...
Reactions to the Killing of Osama Bin Laden
Here are some of the nice things lawmakers had to say about the Obama-led effort to take down Osama...
Commentary: Is Ron Paul a Racist?
As Congressman Ron Paul emerges as a possible GOP presidential contender, new questions are surfaci...
