“Somebody call the situation room, because things are about to get hot.”...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the leading conservative voice on the high court, has died at the age of 79...

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City officials say the charges were part of a standard process and that they should never have been filed against Tamir’s estate. The Rice family isn’t buying that explanation....

In honor of the Party’s 50th anniversary this year, check out some of their most notable female members....

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed Thursday at the Democratic debate in Milwaukee as they vie for voters of color....

Both events were important for the Vermont Sen., who has struggled to win support among voters of color....

Fifteen months after Tamir Rice was shot and killed by a Cleveland police officer, the city has billed his family for his final ambulance ride....

Four black female engineers from Slack got in formation Tuesday night....

The deal would have brought positive change to the mostly white police force in Michael Brown’s hometown....

Fresh off his New Hampshire primary win, the Vermont senator sat down to breakfast with the Rev. Al Sharpton....

While Hillary Clinton came in second on the Democratic side, Ohio Gov. John Kasich came in second on the GOP side....

Let’s not forget about these trailblazing women this Black History Month....

The girls from Durham’s School for the Creative Studies wanted to wear their geles to school to kick off Black History Month, but were later told that they were violating the school’s dress code,...

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Are you ready for Super Bowl Sunday?...

African-Americans are infected with HIV at eight times the rate of white Americans and accounted for 44 percent of HIV diagnoses in 2014...

Attacks on healthcare hurt every American family, but their impact in Black communities is even more dangerous....