In only two days, more than 23,000 people have latched onto a “Color of Change” online petition demanding that Democratic Party superdelegates adhere to the will of the public in the presidential competition.
Dr. Sidney A. Ribeau has been named the 16th president of Howard University, one of the nation’s premier historically Black institutions of higher learning. Dr. Ribeau will replace Dr. H. Patrick Swygert...
Sen. Barack Obama’s narrow seven point win in Guam is beginning to lessen any political upper hand Clinton may have held, according to some analysts.
The recent death of Mildred Jeter Loving, a Black Virginia woman whose marriage to a White man led to a landmark 1967 Supreme Court case striking down state bans on interracial marriages, has revived memories of the role the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia played in either enforcing or overturning miscegenation laws that date back to slavery.
President Bush said Saturday that the credit crunch is threatening the availability of student loans. He said his administration is doing what it can to help with emergency loans but prodded Congress for authority to do more.
It has happened across America. The list of questionable police killings and misuse of force in recent years include:
Outrage. That’s the best word to describe the mood of the family of the late Sean Bell of New York, grassroots activists and civil rights representatives around the country this week. “On April 25, 2008, they killed Sean all over again. That’s what it felt like to us."
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright fired back at critics and the news media Monday in a speech at the National Press Club, reaping shouts of approval from fellow...
Despite efforts to overrule Indiana’s restrictive voter identification laws, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s (LDF) objections were overruled by the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to uphold the existing standards.
As funding from state and federal resources continues to shrink, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) are reaching out to alumni for assistance. Many schools are using innovative ways to strengthen relationships with their alumni through Internet outreach efforts and staff hired specifically to solicit funds from graduates.