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‘Whose streets?’ An Unflinching Look at the Ferguson Uprising (Video – EUR Exclusive!)

*Three years after eighteen year old Michael Brown was killed at the hands of police officer Darren Wilson, the residents, activists, and leaders of...

Think Boycotting the NFL is Far-fetched? In 1965 Black Players Did it to the AFL All-Star Game (VIDEO)

*More and more we're hearing talk of a boycott of the upcoming NFL season if some team doesn't sign Colin Kaepernichk who is being...

Trump’s Justice Dept. to Sue Colleges for Affirmative Action Policies

*According to a New York Times report, the Trump Administration via the Justice Department is preparing to investigate and sue universities’ affirmative action policies...

Olakunle Akinboboye 1st Black Chair of Cardiovascular Disease Board

*The American Board of Internal Medicine, ABIM, has announced the appointment of the first Black American, Olakunle Akinboboye, MD as chair of the Cardiovascular...

Louisiana Cop Shares Racist Meme on Facebook; Resigns Amid Backlash

*The assistant chief of the Estherwood, La., Police Department tendered his resignation on Tuesday after he was caught sharing a racist meme on Facebook...

Missouri Target of NAACP’s First-Ever Travel Advisory for an Entire State

*NAACP officials say their recent travel advisory for Missouri, issued in June by the Missouri chapter and recently adopted by the national office, is...

The Black Hat – Book Review/Self-Accountability Takes Backseat to Victimhood in Dyson’s Latest Trope

*On a muggy Thursday evening, renowned intellectual Micheal Eric Dyson waltzed into Leimert Park’s Eso Wan bookstore and sparked a thunderous round of applause...

Ray Lewis Tells Colin Kaepernick to Keep His Activism Private: ‘Don’t Let Too Many People Know’

*NFL vet Ray Lewis gave Colin Kaepernick some unsolicited advice on Tuesday, just days after officials with the Baltimore Ravens consulted Lewis about signing the...

New E-book Presents First In-Depth Assessment of the Peril the Trump Presidency on African-Americans

*"Earl Ofari Hutchinson gives a chilling, hard hitting assessment of the deep peril the Trump presidency poses to African-Americans and how to fight back." -...

Black Men More Likely to Die From Their First Heart Attack, Findings Reveal

*After studies earlier last month revealed that African-Americans are more likely to die younger, new studies stating that black men are twice more likely...

Here’s the Real Reason Kaepernick Can’t Get a Job in the NFL

*Forget all the little teases about this NFL team or that team signing Colin Kaepernick before the start of the season. Forget all the...

Will Packer and Aaron McGruder Answer HBO’s ‘Confederate’ with ‘Black America’ Via Amazon

*Entertainment genius Will Packer is at it again. In the wake of news of HBO's controversial show drama series, "Confederate," from the producers of...

Mentally Ill Man Severely Burned While Being Held on Hot Pavement During Arrest

*James Bradford Nelson III wound up in the UC Davis Medical Center burn unit, near death with severe wounds on the upper half of...

Serena Williams Fighting to Close Pay Gap for Black Women

*Black women make 63 cents for every dollar a white man earns, according to research from the National Women’s Law Center. It’s a statistic...

Jemele Hill: ESPN Commentator Under Fire for Comparing Cops to ‘Slave Patrols’

*ESPN’s Jemele Hill is incensed that former San Francisco 49er Colin Kaepernick is still left unsigned by the NFL. During a tweet about the issue,...

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