Lynette Heard remembers the day she decided to leave her abusive boyfriend. “He tried to fight me and rape me in front of my kids. One...
Five months before the Dr. Martin Luther King holiday, supporters in Little Rock made the case for the slain civil rights icon to have exclusive rights...
Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are accused of a “race to the bottom.” Neither holds rock-star clout with the American electorate, but the former...
Hair salons across America are filled almost daily with Black women “getting their hair done.” From natural to permed to weave, Black women spend a fortune...
The old faded stewing pot that had been passed down for generations sat empty on the stove. Sensing that her grandchild, Laniza, was heartbroken, Grandmama decided...
By now news that a fellow prisoner unleashed a beat down on Dylann Roof is moving faster than track and field athletes in Rio. The accused...
(Video Source: CNN) City leaders in Chicago are preparing for civil unrest in response to the police killing of 18-year-old Paul O’Neal and the release of...
Tonya Boyce and her husband learned firsthand how the “Black Lives Matter” movement is viewed by some in this country. The couple, both of whom are...
Gary Winfield is a young business owner in Ferguson, Missouri. He opened his barber shop, G-Ravae’z the year after Ferguson became a flashpoint for social unrest...