Civil rights leaders and justice organizations urged the Senate to vote in favor of the bill to ensure that voting power would be afforded to residents of D.C., which has a large Black population.

A bill before Congress would give full representation and enfranchisement to residents of Washington. D.C., where Black people make up a majority of the population.

Urban One's founder and chairperson was praised in the Senate on Dec. 15 for her work in radio and media, spanning 40 years.

Urban One's founder and chairperson received a once in a lifetime acknowledgement honoring her trailblazing leadership spanning 40 years, during a congressional hearing on Dec. 8.

Even before Secretary of State John Kerry inserted an expensive shoe in to his mouth and Russia stepped in to the fray to provide a diplomatic approach to stopping U.S. military action in Syria, the chance that President Barack Obama would be granted congressional approval to authorize U.S. military action against the small nation in crisis did […]