A group of former slaves compelled to honor Union soldiers found buried in a mass grave is credited with starting the first Memorial Day. Historian Brian...
On that day, with the smallest of hopes, I turned thirty-six years old and celebrated with used plastic cups and tainted black neglect. For television screens...
The mother of Trayvon Martin is speaking about the auction of the gun used to kill her son. Sybrina Fulton talked about the sale during an...
One week after several gun shops declined to auction the gun George Zimmerman used to kill 17 year-old Trayvon Martin, the gun has reportedly been sold...
The hit TV series, Empire, is doing it again: discussing a issue that is fraught with fear and shame. The Lyons’ oldest son, Andre, is bipolar....
President Barack Obama showed off his comedic skills at the White House Correspondents Dinner. In the final months of his terms in office, the President jokingly...
Mississippi is front page news for designating April as Confederate Heritage Month and passing an anti-LGBT law. Representative Chris Bell talks with TheVillage.
Overcoming life’s obstacles is not an easy task especially for those who grow up in urban areas that are impoverished and crime-infested. I know from personal experience, growing up in...
More than 50 years after The Moynihan Report, the narrative of the dysfunctional Black family still holds sway over the American imagination. But, a government commissioned...
The cost of prescription drugs is often one of the sticking points in a healthcare debate. Millions of African Americans are looking for ways to reduce...