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The Black Lives Matter network has disavowed an endorsement by the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
Jamycheal Mitchell, who had a history of mental illness, was found dead in a Portsmouth, Virginia jail cell on August 19.
President Barack Obama announced Sunday that Alaska's Mount McKinley was being renamed Denali.
Rep. Charles Rangel delivers this week's Congressional Black Caucus Message to America on the policy prescriptions for the effects of racism.
Rep. Cedric Richmond (D, La.) explained why many homeowners, especially in minority communities, have been left behind 10 years after Hurricane Katrina.
Calvin Allen Young faces 2 opponents who have led the city, but the 27-year-old political newcomer told NewsOne why he should win anyway.
After another televised slaying, the White House on Wednesday renewed the Obama administration's call for Congress to act on gun control.
Although he hasn't entered the presidential race, Vice President Joe Biden is polling better than most declared candidates.
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump ejected a top Hispanic news anchor from a news conference for, well, trying to ask a question.
In a Fox News interview over the weekend, Donald Trump admitted what many voters already knew — he doesn’t understand the Black Lives Matter movement. When asked his thoughts on what has arguably become the largest civil rights movement in recent decades, Trump responded that he knows “nothing about it.” “I’m seeing lots of bad stuff […]
PolitickerOne: Activist Deray McKesson tells NewsOne how the policy platform, aimed at ending police violence, was develped. Plus: The history behind Trump's Lynyrd Skynyrd fail.
Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders reached out to Black voters last weekend in Republican-heavy Charleston, South Carolina in the hopes of drawing those voters “that provide the Democratic support in the early primary state,” reports Reuters. The presidential candidate, leaning on his experience in civil rights, appealed to voters and vowed to end […]
