Marc Morial: Urban League CEO Named Champion for Justice

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It humbles National Urban League (NUL) president and CEO Marc H. Morial to hear his name mentioned in the same sentence...

NNPA: Young Black Scholars ‘Discover the Unexpected’

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The legendary scholar, writer and visionary James Baldwin once personally confided to me that he had come to know that the...

Muhammad Ali: Legendary Boxer and Activist Dies

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NBC News is reporting legendary boxer and activist Muhammad Ali has died. Ali died Friday at a Phoenix-area hospital, where he...

#JusticeforHarambe: The Wagons Circle Around Black Family

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A couple's son is missing in Japan (right now) because they left him in the wilderness to teach him a lesson,...

BREAKING: Officer Found Not Guilty in Freddie Gray Death

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CBS Local (Baltimore) is reporting arresting officer Edward Nero has been found not guilty on all counts by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge...

Spike Lee Celebrates Film, Activism & Social Change at Spelman

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When Spelman College’s 10th president Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell asked filmmaker, writer, actor and producer Spike Lee to come back to...

CNN’s ‘United Shades of America’ Takes on Race

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Comedian W. Kamau Bell wants to spark conversations about society with his new CNN docuseries United Shades of America. In eight...

Urban Prep: Entire Senior Class College Bound Again

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Taryn Finley of The Huffington Post is reporting 100 percent of Chicago's Urban Preparatory Charter School's senior class is college bound...

The Last Laugh: Black Women’s Book Club Wins

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Brendan O'Brien of Reuters is reporting 11 women have reached a settlement with a California wine train company they sued for...

‘Ghost Brothers’: TV’s First African-American Paranormal Team

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Fashion designers Dalen Spratt and Juwan Mass, along with their barber Marcus Harvey, are the epitome of going where no man...

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