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Video Below Black patrons at the 4Play nightclub in Buffalo, New York this past Saturday are alleging that they were kicked out because there were “too many Black people” in the venue. At 11 p.m., security and the club manager were reportedly overheard by both white and Black residents saying that they needed to throw […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The fuel tank that will help propel the space shuttle Endeavour into orbit is already battle-scarred from some rough shaking thanks to Hurricane Katrina.

NEW YORK–President Barack Obama spoke on the release of his birth certificate during an interview with Oprah Winfrey on Wednesday shortly after the White House made the document public.

Below is an emotional video from the Director of Digital at TheOnion.Com Baratunde Thurston and some accompanying text on what he calls “racist” events of today: As I walked to work this morning, I got a text message from the @jjpolitics account on Twitter announcing that President Obama would release his long form birth certificate. […]

For decades, many African Americans grew accustomed to a middle class lifestyle in their homes across the country. Lives that were built through hard work; climbing up the corporate ladder from entry level positions to the corner offices. But with foreclosures and the continuing recession, many African-Americans find themselves in dire straits. Close to 15.5 […]

One in four children in the United States is being raised by a single parent — a percentage that has been on the rise and is higher than other developed countries, according to a report released Wednesday. Of the 27 industrialized countries studied by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the U.S. had 25.8 […]

NEW YORK-New York Mayor, Michael Bloomberg has launched a probe into the NYPD for giving a police motorcade for entertainer and businessman Diddy, real name Sean Combs. The New York Post Reports: “After being repeatedly rebuffed by police officers on the street — and a police lieutenant at the station house — a dry cleaner […]

As Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice” show ratings blow away the competition, it’s no surprise that a key to their success is the over the top screaming matches between black women. NeNe Leakes, Star Jones, Latoya Jackson, and Dionne Warwick have all gone toe-to-toe in past episodes; as they get louder, angry, and aggressive, the ratings […]

New York — In less than two months, Donald Trump was able to accomplish what no one was able to do since President Obama came into office – force him to release his birth certificate. Trump, who began to call for the release of Obama’s birth certificate at the beginning of the year, spoke today […]

NEW YORK-It is a known fact that while African Americans and white Americans use marijuana at the same statistical rate, African Americans are arrested for marijuana use at a much higher rate. Despite the fact that New York City is 60% white, white people only amount to 10% of all NYC marijuana arrests. WNYC has […]

EDOM, Texas — Violent weather ripped through the South for a second straight night, killing one person each in Arkansas and Mississippi, damaging more than 100 homes in a rural Texas community and overturning a trailer at an oil drilling site in Louisiana. The latest round of severe weather Tuesday night and early Wednesday came […]

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey’s top election official ruled Tuesday that nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis is ineligible to run for state Senate because he failed to meet the four-year state residency requirement for candidates seeking elected office. Secretary of State Kim Guadagno ordered Lewis’ name to be stricken from the June Democratic primary […]