civil rights

A 20-month-old boy passed away Saturday morning after being thrown off a bridge by his mother six days prior to his death. The 19-year-old mother…

Indiana’s governor Mike Pence and state legislators did the right thing by amending the controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The bill, which as presented to…

The school choice battle rages on — public school proponents believe their way of implementing education is the best way, while proponents of charter schools…

Last year Pharrell Williams, in an interview with Oprah, declared that he was a proud member of the “New Black.” In his contrived version of…

Fifty years ago, several hundred peaceful protesters marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery to underscore the need for Black voting…

UPDATED Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 3:21 p.m. EST –  Michael Brown, Jr.‘s parents Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown, Sr. had the following to say in…

Days before the nation acknowledges the 50 years that have passed since peaceful civil rights demonstrators were brutality beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, a new…

Aunt Viv said it best… As we embark on Black History Month, there are plenty of people, places, and things to explore and discover far…

According to a new study released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there is a disparity in the amount of money that African-American workers with…

A group of Black state lawmakers is stepping up pressure on Google, Facebook, Twitter and others to diversify their workforces in 2015 through more robust…