A new child development center being built in Oregon by Nike is being named after Rutgers women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer.

Three more lawmakers want investigations of federally funded research in poor, black neighborhoods that looked into how sewage sludge might fight ...

The more I talk and write about the delicate and explosive subject of race in sports, the more I discover how many people keep saying they're tired ...

When Batesville, Miss., native Bobby O'Jay first got into radio, he had his sights set on working at a station in one of the nation's big markets: ...

Children in Brown Grove used to walk 5 miles to school.. . Frances Jackson Jones, 89, remembers the long trek along Ashcake Road to the school in ...

The need for health-care professionals to communicate better about end-of-life issues with African-American patients and overcome their mistrust ...

At a press conference in front of Central High school, members denounced the federal lawsuit now in front of Judge Eisele. Though his backdrop was ...

The Little Rock Classroom Teachers Association will host a citywide commnity conversation with local business, civic, and community organizations ...

Accusations of backdoor-dealing and irresponsible pay plans marked Tuesday night's debate at a special meeting of the Little Rock School Board. At ...

Blacks living in Milwaukee are four times more likely to be unemployed than their white neighbors, according to a study to be released by the ...

CIRCUIT JUDGE John W. Scott Jr., who died unexpectedly Wednesday after eye surgery, owned an impressive collection of Lionel trains, according to ...

In the early morning hours of May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls, a 23-year-old Civil War-era slave, commandeered a Confederate ship, the Planter , in Charleston harbor, and sailed it with other members of the slave ...

Maybe if people actually read what rural and/or small town republicans were actually saying to each other the debate about voting against your own interest or being bitter would take a different slant.

Detroit may now be headquarters to the largest Nazi organization in the United States.

*In his latest letter to fans, filmmaker/playwright Tyler Perry shared news that he has spent a considerable amount of time dealing with a stalker. "I'm trying to be careful how I say this without inciting this person, but I have a stalker," he begins. "This person sends several hundred emails a day to my office and has planned our wedding and bought rings and such.