Race/Gender

"We have more work to do when more young black men languish in prison than attend colleges and universities across America." - President Barack...

*Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson and other civil rights leaders on Sunday, February 22, praised Oscar ceremony host Neil Patrick...

*Diddy has a bone to pick with Hollywood. And he used Instagram to express his frustration with Tinseltown and not properly representing Black people...

*Hold up. Wait a minute. It seems that somebody didn't want their big day spoiled because of a protest. Remember that Oscars protest that was planned...

 *(Atlanta, GA) – Atlanta-based Coffee Bluff Pictures is completing production of the highly anticipated documentary "Olympic Pride, American Prejudice." History remembers one African American...

The L.A. arm of Al Sharpton’s National Action Network will protest this Sunday’s Academy Awards because of the lack of diversity among the major...

*Ask Louis Gossett, Jr. about the classic miniseries “Roots” and he’ll probably share memories of playing Fiddler on the historic TV film as well...

*The downward spiral of Detroit seemed like a forgone conclusion, according to the city’s former mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, who stated that Detroiters "are going to...

*The Oscars are this Sunday (Feb. 22) and will air on ABC. While many tune in to see who’s wearing what and what films...

*Russell Simmons has responded to Geraldo Rivera. During a “HuffPost Live” interview Tuesday, the Fox News correspondent blamed hip hop for keeping “black and brown...

*Some might poke back at the idiots who used racial slurs against warehouse workers in Denver, and think, 'you can call me whatever. And...

*(Via CNN) - The Justice Department is preparing to bring a lawsuit against the Ferguson, Missouri, police department over a pattern of racially discriminatory...

*A Krispy Kreme store in Hull, England was advertising new children’s events for this week – and nestled between “Colouring Tuesday” and “Face Painting...

*The Russian punk protesters Pussy Riot, famous for spending two years in grueling Russian prisons for a performance attacking Vladimir Putin, have jumped into...

*The Black Leadership Coalition bans together to form the largest march against police violence and brutality in Los Angeles; a "March for Unity and Justice," on the the...