What The Tonys Can Teach Us About Inclusion In Hollywood
History was made when four black actors took home the biggest awards of the night. But what’s the takeaway?
How To Help Orlando Shooting Victims And Their Families
What you can do after a gunman killed 49 people and injured 53 others in the deadliest mass shooting in US history.
To help low-income American households, we have to close the “work gap”
The decline in labor force participation rates has been widely documented, but the growing gulf in the work gap between the bottom third and the...
Lin-Manuel Miranda Accepts His Tony By Reading A Sonnet Tribute To Orlando
“Love is love is love is love,” he cried, “cannot be killed or swept aside.”
What We Know About the Orlando, Fla., Mass Shooting
The shooter, identified by police as 29-year-old Omar Mateen, called 911 before the attack and professed allegiance to the Islamic State group, authorities say.
108-Year-Old Grandson Of A Slave Shares Touching Moment With Obama
Lester Townsend never thought he’d live to meet the first black U.S. president.
Inspiring Children’s Book Encourages Black Boys To ‘Be Brilliant’
Why Denzel Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Vin Diesel and more are celebrating the new book.
Obama Endorses Hillary Clinton
“I don’t think there’s ever been someone so qualified to hold this office,” the president said in an endorsement video released Thursday.
Hillary Clinton has Enough Delegates to Secure Democratic Nomination
2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is now the presumtive nominee for her party, according to the AP, which will make her the first woman to...
Unhappiness in America
A wide and growing optimism gap has opened between poor and middle-class whites and their counterparts of other races—and the former are the congenital pessimists.
Muhammad Ali, ‘The Greatest of All Time’, Dead at 74
Muhammad Ali, the silver-tongued boxer and civil rights champion who famously proclaimed himself “The Greatest” and then spent a lifetime living up to the billing,...
Black Lives Matter Activist Charged & Convicted Of “Lynching”
Jasmine Richards was found guilty of attempting to unlawfully remove a suspect from police custody during a protest.
Angela Davis And Gloria Steinem On The Power Of Revolutionary Movements
“Black Lives Matter, this is what we’ve been waiting for,” Davis said to Steinem.
This Poem About Sandra Bland Is A Powerful Reminder To ‘Say Her Name’
“I’ve wished death on myself many times but it was never my idea.”
Here’s Why This African Country Is Banning Skin Bleaching
A new government ban in Ghana shines a light on the seriously dangerous side effects.
This ‘Roots Syllabus’ Should Be Required Reading For All
Black Twitter came through with a treasure trove of essential writing on slavery.
Shooting at UCLA prompts campus lockdown
Two people were injured in a shooting at UCLA on Wednesday morning, according to a university spokesperson.
Harry Edwards Tells Graduates To Become The Next ‘Greatest Generation’
“Always remember, a struggle is not easy – that is why it is called a ‘struggle’ rather than a ‘picnic.’”
Pelicans’ Bryce Dejean-Jones Dies From Gunshot Wound
Police allege a resident shot the 23-year-old guard after he broke into his apartment.
Misty Copeland Bedazzles the World and Offers Food for Thought
Food for Thought, presented by McDonald’s, is a four-part video series celebrating the ingenuity and accomplishments of celebrities and influencers of the African Diaspora.
Harvard Grad Delivers Powerfully Poetic Speech On Overcoming Injustice
“As educators, rather than raising your voices over the rustling of our chains, take them off.”
Sister, Soldier, Voter: Tapping Into the Hidden Vote of the Black Military Woman
Black women are the fastest-growing population across all branches of the armed forces, so why won’t politicians talk to them?
Mich. Man Survives Gunshot to Start Residency at Same Hospital Where Doctors Saved His Life
In 2007, Kevin Morton Jr. was shot in the abdomen after a botched robbery attempt. Nine years later, he is set to begin his residency...
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