NEW YORK The Rev. Al Sharpton and Nicole Paultre-Bell were in court July 8 but not on the civil suit that she has filed against the city and the New York Police Department.
Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, 53, won the presidential nomination of the U.S. Green Party at the party’s national convention held in Chicago July 10-13.
Black lawmakers are pushing for more government regulation of tobacco, starting with changes to a House bill that would place a ban on menthol cigarettes.
WASHINGTON Struggling homeowners who can't afford their mortgages and banks facing big losses would get government help under a foreclosure rescue that has broad bipartisan support.
The American Medical Association on Thursday issued a formal apology for more than a century of discriminatory policies that excluded Blacks from participating in a group long considered the voice of U.S. doctors.
The National Association of Black Journalists sent out a fiery press release, blasting the newspaper industry for “treat[ing] diversity like a passing fad” and a “disposable commodity.” The July 3 release comes on the heels of mass
After waiting and hoping for more than six years, the family of two missing Chicago sisters have the most solid lead yet on one of the girls. A Texas-based forensic artist confirmed a picture on the Internet site, MySpace, is that of Tionda Bradley.
