Harris-Stowe State University, an HBCU in St. Louis, discriminated against a white professor based on race and gender, a jury found.

Anderson, 40, tragically succumbed to maternal sepsis on March 20 after experiencing a stillbirth of her daughter, Charlotte Willow, at 21 weeks.

Ben Crump is calling for a police officer in Leland, Mississippi, to be fired after Kadarius Smith was killed after the 17-year-old was run over with a police cruiser.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is being accused of "racial bias" due to his response to a fight video between a Black and white student.

Andrew Caldwell, who went viral for claiming in church that he was "deliveredt" from being a homosexual, announced his run for public office.

It looks like Jontay Porter might have to explain his performance on the court. The NBA is investigating him over gambling activity connected to his play. The Score is reporting that the Toronto Raptors player is now at the center of a new probe being conducted by the National Basketball Association. According to ESPN the […]

Pulling out all the stops, Donald Trump is hoping to reclaim his presidential throne by selling $60 bibles alongside singer Lee Greenwood. The post God Help Us! Trump Is Now Selling Bibles For $60 With Lee Greenwood Of “God Bless The U.S.A.” Fame appeared first on Black America Web.

White conservatives have been using DEI as a racial slur. Now Black people have turned it into humor on X.

Meet U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams.

The NFL player has been missing since a domestic violence arrest warrant was issued.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott issued a plea to the media to stop showing the "traumatizing" video footage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsing.

Black Voters Matter and me too. International have joined forces for the 2024 election.

NewsOne was on the scene at this year's Bloody Sunday commemoration.

Ferguson organizer Tory Russell was there.

While the recession hit black men harder than any other group, the economic recovery has shifted that impact to their female counterparts, according to a recent report by the National Women’s Law Center, which shows that black women have lately seen their unemployment rate rise even as other populations—including black men—have finally begun to regain […]

The smiles and laughter of many of the youth inside the first level of a building at the Richardson Dwellings Housing Development  on 54th Street in Ward 7 seem to belie the area’s rough surroundings and data about the Ward, that at first blush would not indicate an abundance of promise and opportunity for those […]

The Progressive National Baptist Convention, an organization that began to support and defend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s efforts during the Civil Rights Movement, has come to the defense of President Barack Obama. During the organization’s annual meeting in Washington D.C. this past Friday, members rallied behind the president, calling for the ouster of elected officials […]

Black businesses and residents along the Gulf of Mexico are urging British Petroleum to live up to its promise that it would compensate them for their losses due to the oil spill. Operation People for Peace, an organization advocating for the poor and minority families of the gulf, recently flew to the the company’s headquarters […]

Actor Idris Elba said that he felt Black men are not considered “sexy” by mainstream America, during a recent interview. Idris elaborated on the issue, saying that Black actors are typically casted much differently than actors of other races, HuffingtonPost.com reports: “Black men, we’re never called sexy. We’re called athletic, intense, we’re described as being […]

PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man was gunned down hours after a judge upheld felony charges against his ex-girlfriend, who was accused of offering $1,000 on Facebook for someone to kill him. But with the teenager who allegedly took the bait already in custody, investigators said Tuesday they aren’t sure why the man was killed. Corey […]

MIAMI — Internet fighting sensation, Kimbo Slice knocked out his opponent James Wade in 17 seconds in a fight in Miami, Oklahoma last week. Slice came to fame after his recorded streetfights went viral on the internet. He briefly attempted to be a UFC fighter, but lost his first fight. The Huffington Post reports: Slice […]

ATLANTA— The Southern Christian Leadership Conference has named Isaac Newton Farris Jr., nephew of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., as its president. King founded the civil rights organization in 1957. The Rev. Howard Creecy, who had been president of the SCLC, died last month. SCLC officials also announced that Bernard LaFayette Jr., co-founder of […]

Many HBCUs are struggling to keep its print and online newspapers afloat as journalism continues to change. Editors and advisers attribute these challenges to lack of interest and participation from students. The Meter at Tennessee State University was once an award-winning weekly paper and a website updated frequently with breaking news. The paper is now […]

Detroit Public Schools Manager Roy Roberts told MSNBC Sunday that the city will aim to put 90 percent of its funding into student education. “We’re going to make sure it’s aimed at the principal, the teacher and that student,” Roberts said. “Not spent in the administration and other places.” The statement came amidst criticism towards […]

Weeks ago, I sat through movie previews in Paris—my adopted city since 2004—waiting patiently on Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris.” A trailer for another film called “Case Départ” ran for a full minute before I realized what I was watching: a comedy about slavery. Two French Cameroonians were transported to transatlantic slavery time, fighting their […]

While statistics describe crisis-like conditions concerning the state of the Black family, not everyone is moved by a particular dimension of this categorization. More specifically, not everyone believes in the data that says upwardly mobile Black women can’t find a husband. Even more troubling are the various solutions offered by authors and scholars on how […]