With An Ace And A Smile, Venus Williams Is Back
Venus Williams. The name alone invokes the image of tennis royalty. But Williams’ rich history in American tennis — 43 titles, including seven Grand Slams— was stopped short at last year’s U.S. Open when she announced early in the tournament that she had been diagnosed with the autoimmune disease Sjogren’s syndrome. In her first More...
Mike Tyson On His One-Man Vegas Act: Raw, Revealing
The ex-fighter with the famously tattooed face, battered reputation and tortured self-esteem approaches the proscenium of the MGM Grand’s Hollywood Theater. In the darkened showroom, Mike Tyson shifts uncomfortably More...
In Wake Of Trayvon Martin’s Death, America Is Soul-Searching
Spurred by social media and community rallies, the shooting death of a 17-year-old Florida youth has become the latest flashpoint over how young black men are perceived in the United States. Trayvon Martin’s More...
Students Rally To Demand Arrest of Neighborhood Watch Leader Who Shot Unarmed Black Teen
College students around Florida are rallying to demand the arrest of a neighborhood watch captain who shot an unarmed black teen last month. Students were rallying Monday in front of the Seminole County criminal More...
2 African American women make Montgomery County court history
When Cheryl L. Austin and Keir Bradford-Grey embarked on post-law school paths, they initially chose two different sides of the courtroom. Austin stood before judges as a prosecutor in Montgomery County. Bradford-Grey More...
African Americans and Latinos Unite in Alabama to Fight for Immigrant Rights
“We’re not going to allow them to treat people like slaves,” Linda Dent of Los Angeles told Univision before leaving for Selma, Alabama. “Those days are over. We fought very hard to have More...
Black Families Greatly Overrepresented Among U.S. Homeless
In 2010, one out of every 141 black family members stayed in a homeless shelter, a rate seven times higher than members of white families, according to “Intergenerational Disparities Experienced by Homeless More...
Daughter Says Comedian Mike Epps Made Threats
Indianapolis police have assigned a detective to look into allegations that comedian Mike Epps’ made telephone threats against his 18-year-old daughter. “The detective got the case today and will investigate More...
Tyra Banks ‘Already Planning’ Harvard Reunion
Tyra Banks has a new piece of art to hang on her walls. She graduated last week from the Harvard Business School’s Executive Education Owner/President Management Program. The super-busy supermodel and entrepreneur More...
African-American ‘Complexion’ Pageant Outrages Many In St. Louis
St. Louis residents expressed outrage this week over a “Battle of the Complexions” contest scheduled for Friday night, but the event’s promoters said they organized it to honor African-American More...
