Media

Zoe Saldana Hates Questions About Her Ethnicity; Says “People of Color” Don’t Exist

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

Scandal Finale Garners Show’s Highest Ratings Ever

Candice Glover Wins American Idol

Open Society Foundations Announce 2013 Soros Justice Fellows

Former NASA Engineer Awards Kiera Wilmot Scholarship to Space Academy

Kindergartner Uses Knowledge of His ABCs to Save Dad’s Life

Suspect in New Orleans Mother’s Day Parade Shooting Arrested; Faces 20 Charges

David Dennis: Why isn’t New Orleans Mother’s Day parade shooting a ‘national tragedy’?

Uni-ball Releases Racist Ad Mocking Black Men in Prison

Rhymes & Reasons Interviews Sage Morgan-Hubbard About the Hip Hop Songs that Changed Her Life

Out WNBA Player Brittney Griner Tells Youth ‘Be Who You Are’ At GLAAD Awards

Parents of Kimani Gray File Wrongful-Death Suit Against New York City

Serena Williams Retains No. 1 Ranking, Wins 50th Title at Madrid Open

Soledad O’Brien on ‘Black In America’ Criticism: “OK, white person, this is a conversation you clearly are uncomfortable with…”

Trailer Released for Oscar Grant Film “Fruitvale”

News Outlet Apologizes for Story About Charles Ramsey’s Criminal Record

HS Senior Wesley Teague Suspended For Tweet Criticizing His High School’s Sports Team

A Production Company Wants Rihanna to Play Josephine Baker in Biopic

Alice Walker Laments the Cruelty of America’s Continued Persecution of Assata Shakur

Malcolm Shabazz, Grandson of Malcolm X, Killed in Mexico

Outraged Parents Say Son’s Teacher Made Him Lick Desk Clean for Drawing On It

Cleveland Hero/Internet Sensation Charles Ramsey: Are We Laughing w/ Him or At Him?

ASSATA TEACH-IN: Tell and Learn The Real Story of Assata Shakur

Young Chicago Poet Malcolm London Will Address Race, Class, Education on TED show

Does America Care About Murders in Black Communities?

8 Year-Old Successfully Treated for Alopecia Expelled for Having Too Much Hair?!

FOX Finally Cancels COPS

PepsiCo Ends Mountain Dew Partnership w/ Lil Wayne After Emmett Till Lyric Controversy

LISTEN: Lauryn Hill Releases New Song “Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix)”

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