Mississippi’s governor came under fire for ignoring a Black congressman’s years of effort to help establish a national monument to slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
Leslie Jones leaving "Saturday Night Live" means it would be even whiter than before she joined the cast, forcing the sketch comedy show to confront diversity issues that have hovered like a rain cloud.
Mohamed Noor, who killed an unarmed Australian woman named Justine Damond, was found guilty of third degree murder and second degree manslaughter.
Jason Van Dyke, the former Chicago cop who killed LaQuan McDonald, isn't racist, according to his Black brother-in-law.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed a bill to create a statewide Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct.
Comedian Michelle Wolf delivered a brutal roasting of the president, his administration, and particularly Sarah Sanders at the 2018 White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
Alice Marie Johnson is a 62-year-old great grandmother who has been in jail for over 20 years.
This weekend, Tiffany Haddish, the Girls Trip star, will be Saturday Night Live's first Black comedienne host in the show's 42 year history.
The decision came following an 8-2 vote by the state's Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training.
Kenneth Thompson, Brooklyn, New York’s first African-American district attorney, died of cancer days after taking a leave of absence from his office. He was 50 years old. The New York Times reports that Thompson died at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan with his family at his side. Thompson will be remembered as a progressive […]
Actress/activist Rosario Dawson was among the more than 900 hundred people arrested throughout the week of protests. Most were charged with a misdemeanor, processed, and released on the scene.
The two-day, closed-door summit will feature a series of roundtable discussions with individuals and groups to produce innovative solutions.
