NewsOne’s Top 5 takes a quick look at the trending stories you’re talking about: Texas Man Vandalizes Own Car, Blames Black Lives Matter Movement To Collect Insurance Money Ben Carson Says U.S. Should Not Elect A Muslim President Black Lives Matter Network Explains Why They Refuse To Endorse A 2016 Presidential Candidate Man Shoots Three […]

While Barack Obama has been increasingly vocal about issues affecting Black America in the last months of his presidency, his stance on the Black Lives Matter Network remains unclear. But during an interview at the Congressional Black Caucus’ Annual Legislative Conference, Khalilah Harris — Deputy Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African-Americans — told NewsOne that the […]

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Hate and racism come in all shapes and sizes. After Viola Davis won the Emmy for her role as Annalise Keating in How to Get Away with Murder last night, she was bombarded with love, but from others, the reaction was not as rosy. Viola used her platform to let people know that after 67 years […]

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NewsOne Now spoke with Sandra Bland's mother about her daughter's passing and her desire to keep Bland's memory alive.

In his second term, President Obama is speaking more openly about events as he wants, especially those concerning Black America.

A Boston transit cop is under investigation after beating an unarmed Black woman on a bus last Friday.

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Despite major strides Black women remain at the bottom of the wage gap, a new Census Bureau report notes.

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Polling results from 2008 and 2012 presidential elections show that Black women comprise the most powerful voting block in America.

A Texas man who claimed members from the Black Lives Matter vandalized his car actually lied in an attempt to collect insurance money.

U.S. soldiers based in Afghanistan have been ordered to ignore rampant sexual abuse of children in what The New York Times describes as a longstanding problem among armed Afghan commanders. In harrowing details gleaned from court records and through interviews, The Times recounts what is known as “bacha bazi, literally ‘boy play,’” and American soldiers […]

Police are investigating after an Alabama man opened fire in a house of worship, shooting a woman, an infant, and a pastor.

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Denzel Washington will revive the work of famed playwright August Wilson. After revealing he would direct and star in the film version of his work Fences with Viola Davis, Washington signed a deal with HBO to bring ten more of Wilson’s plays to television. The series, which will be centered on Wilson’s American Century Cycle stories, will […]