Politics

Obamas Visit Goree Island Slavery Museum in Senegal

Frederick Douglass Statue Unveiled at Capitol

Black GOP Candidate Erika Harold Called “Street Walker,” “Love Child of DNC” by Illinois GOP Official

Feds Recommend 4 Year Sentence for Jesse Jackson Jr; 18 Months for His Wife, Sandi

Philadelphia to Close 23 Public Schools While Building $400 Million Prison

Civil Rights Activist Chokwe Lumumba Elected Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi

Michelle Obama Confronts Heckler at Fundraiser; Threatens to Leave

President Obama Taps Susan Rice for National Security Adviser

9 Year-Old Activist Asean Johnson Continues Fight Against Chicago School Closings

Bobby Rush Calls IL Sen. Kirk’s Chicago Gang Plan “Upper-Middle Class, Elitist White Boy Solution”

Alice Walkers Pens Letter To Alicia Keys, Asking That She Cancel Israel Concert

Does Obama Unfairly Hold African Americans to a Different Standard?

Dozens Arrested in Chicago School Closing Protests

Kanye West’s “New Slaves” Rails Against the Prison-Industrial Complex

WATCH: Trailer for Lee Daniel’s “The Butler,” Starring Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey

Proposed North Carolina Law Forces Teens to Get Notarized Parental Consent for STD Testing

House Honors Four Little Girls Killed in Birmingham Church Bombing

Rush Limbaugh Compares Boston Bombing Supsect to Trayvon Martin

Word to Antoine Dodson: ‘Hide Yo Kids’ from Police in Schools!

Mississippi Mayoral Candidate Admits to Past Life as a Prostitute

George Bush Says “There’s No Need to Defend Myself” Regarding Legacy

From the White House to the Southside: Can Digital Media Save Young People’s Lives?

Poison-Tainted Letter Addressed to Pres. Obama Intercepted at Screening Facility

New Documentary Explores Obama’s “Complicated” Relationship with Black Community

8 Year-Old Follows Tenn. Lawmaker Around State Capitol; Shames Him Into Dropping Welfare Bill

Jay-Z Addresses Cuba Trip, Politicians, Brooklyn Nets Rumors on Leaked Track

Michelle Obama: “Hadiya Pendleton Was Me and I Was Her”

Rand Paul at Howard University: “Big Government Is NOT A Friend to African Americans”

Michelle Obama To Address Gun Violence at Chicago’s Harper High School

CPS Protest Highlights Dangers Facing Displaced Chicago Students; Questions ‘Safety Routes’

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