“From their very first interaction with the police, to being arrested, booked, charged, convicted, and sentenced, Black people are discriminated against and disproportionately criminalized at every stage of the criminal justice system,” according to the Innocence Project report, #BlackBehindBars: Sparking a conversation on the Black wrongful conviction experience in the U.S. ... read more »

Success On “The Way”... Ask Dr. Jeanette ... read more »

African Americans are at risk and should take steps to protect skin ... read more »

According to the report, Black consumers are the only racial/ethnic group that has made no appreciable progress in homeownership over the past 30 years. ... read more »

According to the 2017 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, 40 percent of people experiencing homelessness across Los Angeles County are Black... ... read more »

If you want to know how a president feels about your community, then all you need to do is look at his or her budget, because it reflects their values—both what they value and what they don’t. ... read more »

Advocates must also remain watchful for any congressional actions that may be taken to preempt or undermine consumer protections. ... read more »

New Harvard study finds steep declines in Black homeownership in major cities ... read more »

Dr. Kevin Williams talks about Sickle Cell Disease in the Black community ... read more »

In this surreal-like but painfully real era of Donald Trump, Black people must re-examine their values and demand more effective leadership. ... read more »

Organized labor is practically a shell of what it once was and regaining that strength is now a matter of urgent necessity. But Black unionists’ concerns are not a significant part of organized labors’ deliberations on regaining influence or real reform. For Black unionists, labor reform, in the public or private sectors, is mostly rhetoric not reality. ... read more »

The way forward is to embrace an America where our tensions and intentions are not based in what we hope America to be... ... read more »

In the aftermath of former-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s crushing defeat last November, a number of groups were launched to encourage greater political participation among young people, women and minorities. ... read more »

Typically, the Black community responds to high profile cases of violence and brutality with episodic, not sustainable outrage ... read more »

Racial biases and misconceptions remain rampant in our health care system ... read more »