FORT WORTH, Texas — Authorities arrested 17 students at Texas Christian University on Wednesday as part of a six-month drug sting, an especially embarrassing blow to the school because it included four members of the high-profile football team. Arrest warrants painted a startling picture of the Horned Frogs, with a handful of players who allegedly […]

Just as global corporations are learning that ecologically sound businesses are actually good for profits, they are also learning that a racially and ethnically diverse workforce and executive roster can give them an economic edge. Our friends at Socialcast put together this incredible infographic that puts the need for diversity into neat perspective:

Earlier this month, Robert Naylor Jr., diversity advocate for the Associated Press for 24 years, was laid off by the news organization, according to the Root. SEE ALSO: Black Farmer Wrests Billion-Dollar Settlement From U.S. Naylor’s termination comes on the heels of a number of key forced African-American departures. Dolores Barclay, East Coast entertainment editor, […]

DETROIT  – General Motors earned its largest profit ever in 2011, two years after it nearly collapsed into financial ruin. SEE ALSO: Pew Study: 24 Million Voter Registrations Are Invalid Strong sales in the U.S. and China helped the 103-year-old carmaker turn a profit of $7.6 billion, beating its old record of $6.7 billion in […]

HONOLULU  — The family of a Hawaii inmate stabbed to death at a private prison in Arizona sued the state of Hawaii and prison operator Corrections Corporation of America on Wednesday. The legal action came after two gang members attacked Bronson Nunuha in his cell on Feb. 18, 2010, when a prison employee left the […]

LOS ANGELES-Mark McHenry an African American businessman from Orange County, California has settled a lawsuit with Landmark Steakhouse over racial slurs that were printed on his receipt. McHenry was given receipts that listed his name as “McStinky(N-Word) and Mc(N-Word)(S-Word) at the restaurant where he was a regular customer. The Huffington Post reports: After McHenry’s lawyer’s […]

WASHINGTON — Interracial marriages in the U.S. have climbed to 4.8 million — a record 1 in 12 — as a steady flow of new Asian and Hispanic immigrants expands the pool of prospective spouses. Blacks are now substantially more likely than before to marry whites. A Pew Research Center study, released Thursday, details a […]

NEW YORK  — They won’t be there in person, but singer Whitney Houston’s millions of fans worldwide will be able to share in her homecoming service Saturday as they watch her private funeral on the Internet. RELATED: Why Bobby Should (Not) Be Invited To Whitney’s Funeral It will provide a much-needed connection for fans who […]

Representative Maxine Waters (D-California), is making headlines after calling Republican leaders, Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor “demons” in a video that has now gone viral on YouTube, reports The Grio. SEE ALSO: Who Is Peta Lindsay? Speaking to delegates at the 2012 CA Democratic Party Convention, Waters pulled no punches in […]