The L.A. Times is reporting on a shooting at the University of Texas in Austin. A man armed with an automatic weapon reportedly shot himself to death after firing off a number of rounds Tuesday morning at a library on the University of Texas at Austin campus, the scene of one of the earliest and […]

A five-page letter from the Finance Committee obtained by LALATE NEWS indicates that in 2007 the Senate demanded that New Birth provide proof that Bishop Eddie Long wasn’t using New Birth Missionary Baptist Church funds for personal use. Four lawsuits filed last week asserted that Bishop Eddie Long allegedly diverted funds from New Birth Missionary Baptist Church (“New Birth”) for personal use with the four men for years dating back to 2007; the same time as the government audit.

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is expected to announce Friday that he is leaving the Obama administration to consider a campaign for mayor of Chicago.

African American abolitionist David Walker born in Wilmington, North Carolina (1785). The Opelousas Massacre occurred in Louisiana in which an estimated 200 to 300 black Americans were killed (1868). “Purlie Victorious”, a farce by playwright Ossie Davis, opens on Broadway (1961). Governor Barnett found guilty of civil contempt of the federal court. United States Court […]

President Obama has shown a commendable willingness to shake up the status quo in K-12 education by advocating reforms, such as charter schools, that have left his teachers union base none-too-pleased. So it’s unfortunate that he has such a conventional approach to higher education, and to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in particular.

Lindsay Lohan’s lawyer is ready for her close-up. Shawn Chapman Holley plunges her hands into the pockets of a frisky black dress on a late summer afternoon, channeling Tyra Banks as she poses for a magazine photographer at her comfortable Mediterranean-style home.