From TheState.com: Authorities have found the body of 2-year-old Rodricus Fred Williams in a trash can in rural Orangeburg County, sources say.

From TheRoot.com: The trailer for the French film My Baby Is Black (Les Lâches Vivent D’espoir), originally released in 1961, is making its rounds on the web again.

By Mark Anthony Neal The venue was not like any other you might find throughout the country; Late spring at an aquatic center filled with hundreds of kids competing in swimming events. But this was not like any other event.

A NewsOne Exclusive With Memorial Day just around the corner, this year’s beach and pool season is about to begin in earnest. But a new study released by USA Swimming shows that many Black Americans can’t safely join the fun: 70 percent of African-American children have little to no swimming ability, nearly twice as many […]

From Essence.com: Is 35 really the new 25? For some women over 35 looking to have children, this just might be the case. Let’s imagine we know a highly educated woman in her late 30’s who is thinking of having children. But unlike days of old our girl is not looking at a wedding ring […]

Since Sandra Bullock’s announcement last week in People magazine that she’s adopted a Black baby boy from New Orleans, there has been a lot of debate on the issue of transracial adoption.

Since Sandra Bullock’s announcement last week in People magazine that she’s adopted a Black baby boy from New Orleans, there has been a lot of debate on the issue of transracial adoption.

From the AFP: WASHINGTON — US parents looking to adopt a child prefer girls over boys, and non-black children over African-Americans, according to a new study carried out by a group of economists.

From Essence.com: Anti-abortion billboards around Atlanta are causing a stir for their claim that African American women get a disproportionate amount of abortions compared to other women, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitutional.