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Will Florida Restore Voting Rights To Felons?

Voting rights campaigners gathered enough signatures for a ballot initiative that would restore voting rights to 1.5 million felons.
01.23.18
Smiling woman pushing credit card at cash dispenser
Bank Of America Returns To Its Predatory Ways

Bank of America raised its e-banking fees for customers with low balances.
01.23.18
Senate Continues Debate As Government Shutdown Enters Third Day
Black Government Workers Press On After Shutdown

Federal workers, including African Americans, are fearful that history may repeat again and another government shutdown will soon happen.
01.23.18
City Panel Likely To Recommend Closing New York City's Infamous Rikers Island Prison
Inmate’s Death Spotlights Staff's Disregard For His Life

The New York City Board of Corrections is investigating an in-custody deaths that occurred at Rikers Island.
01.23.18
Georgetown Liturgy
Of Course Georgetown Owes Reparations To Slave Descendants

Descendants of slaves are calling for Georgetown University to atone "for the wealth it unjustly accumulated off the back of…
01.22.18
CNN World Headquarters...
Report: CNN, TBS Sued For Racial Discrimination

A racial discrimination lawsuit filed against CNN and TBS alleges that Black employees received less pay and other claims, according…
01.22.18
ISS Expedition 54/55 crew leave Star City, Russia for Baikonur
Jeanette Epps Removed From NASA Mission Over Racism?

Astronaut Jeanette Epps was removed from her highly anticipated NASA mission because of "oppressive racism and misogyny," her brother says.
01.22.18
The National Board Of Review Annual Awards Gala - Arrivals
Lupita Nyong'o To Release Children’s Book About Colorism

Academy award-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o is releasing a children’s book about colorism.
04.17.18
Doug Jones Holds Get Out The Vote Rally On Eve Of Alabama Senate Election
Doug Jones Under Fire For Voting With GOP

Sen. Doug Jones was one of five Democrats who voted with Republicans for a short-term funding bill to prevent a…
01.22.18
Team USA Media Summit
Olympic Bobsledder Aja Evans Aims To Diversify Sport

African American bobsledder Aja Evans is going for gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
01.20.18
Baltimore Violence
Baltimore Gets New Police Chief As Murders Soar

Veteran Baltimore police officer Darryl DeSousa will lead the city’s police efforts to stem last year's record setting murder rate.
01.19.18
ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' - Season 15
Tracee Ellis Ross Paid Less Than Anthony Anderson?

Tracee Ellis Ross reportedly may skip appearing on every "Black-ish" episode if she doesn't receive a pay increase equal to…
01.19.18
Chicago Assigns Extra Police Due To Threat Of Gun Violence Memorial Day Weekend
Staten Island Woman Lied About Being Attacked With…

Lizzie Dunn was outed as a liar.
01.17.18
2016 Democratic National Convention
Wise Words From Our First Lady

Moving words from our former First Lady.
01.17.18
US-ENTERTAINMENT-GOLDEN-GLOBES-PRESSROOM
How Black Hollywood Is Failing The Black Press

Life, liberty and the pursuit of rooting for everybody Black.
01.18.18
'Kicked It In Heels' Cancer Fundraiser
Stephen Moore Got Schooled By Angela Rye

CNN’s Angela Rye is not one to come for if you are a Republican who defends the president’s racism. Trump’s…
01.17.18
GOP Presidential Candidate Ben Carson Campaigns At Black Republican Caucus Of Southern Florida
Ben Carson Says He Doesn't Always Agree With…

To quote James Baldwin, "I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.”
01.16.18
OP-ED Fog Rises On The Tidal Basin In Washington
OP-ED
‘Our Sick White Brothers’: Reclaiming King’s Legacy Amid…

As we reflect on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy, let us also recall the life he lived…
06.19.19
Captives being brought aboard a slave ship
MSU Receives Grant To Build Slave Trade Database

A $1.5 million grant gifted to Michigan State University by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will go towards the creation…
01.14.18
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