The sister of a South Carolina man who was killed by police during a high-speed car chase claimed in a lawsuit that her brother was shot 17 times while laying on the ground.
Activist Brittany Packnett started the Twitter hashtag #BlackWomenAtWork Tuesday afternoon for African-American females to share their difficult work experiences after public figures disrespected White House correspondent April D. Ryan and Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters.
The embattled Democratic National Committee has called for resignation letters from all its staffers, with chairman Tom Perez launching a major overhaul of the party.
The state of Michigan proposed $97 million deal to replace lead pipes and provide free bottle water to residents to combat the water crisis in Flint.
A terminally ill teen girl from Houston, Texas lost her battle with cancer Saturday night, which was just days after she talked with her musical idol Beyonce via a video chat.
An Orlando Wendy's employee is without a job after writing the offensive racial slur on a receipt, which caught the eye of an African-American state trooper eating at the restaurant Tuesday night.
Black Lives Matter groups are joining forces with activists leading the charge for raising the minimum wage to $15 in an effort to fight for racial justice and economic equality.
A recent viral Instagram post saying that 14 teens went missing within a 24-hour period in Washington, D.C. is false, police said Friday.
President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum to Congress Thursday to vote on repealing and replacing The Affordable Care Act ---known as Obamacare --- or he will move on to other issues on his agenda.
A new indictment unsealed Thursday added 16 counts of aggravated battery to the case against Chicago cop Jason Van Dyke in the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald in 2014.
The Atlantic City Council honored a New Jersey man who broke up a street fight between two African-American teen boys that was documented in a viral video Monday.
A Seminole County employee in Florida posted to Facebook that Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala, who is Black, should be "hung from a tree" before being suspended without pay from his job Monday.