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How Did Vikings End Up in My Family Tree?
Tracing Your Roots: A black reader wonders about a DNA test that turned up Orcadian roots.
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What Was the Double V Campaign?
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro: A paper's call for blacks to support the WWII effort had a twist.
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Old-School Tips for Better Finances
Mixing Dad's advice with sound financial planning can help us regain stability.
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My Man Wants Me to Drop My Male Bestie
Ask Demetria: A suddenly insecure boyfriend may mean that something's changed in your relationship.
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Leading Anti-Abortion Advocate Mildred Jefferson Dies
The first black woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School passes away at 84.
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Christine O'Donnell's 'Church and State' Gaffe
The rising star falls by failing civics 101.
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President Obama Related to Palin and Limbaugh
This discovery gives new meaning to the "pot calling the kettle black."
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Gay Troops Attempt to Re-Enlist after Pentagon's Directive
Troops discharged for being gay try to get their jobs back.
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Clarence Thomas' Wife Calls Anita Hill
The Supreme Court justice's spouse leaves a voice mail asking for an apology.
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Obama Says He Won't Replace Biden With Clinton in 2012
President Barack Obama clears up some 2012 rumors in new interview.
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VIDEO: Jimmy 'Rent Is Too Damn High' McMillan Makes His Case
Laugh if you want to, but in these recessionary times, you can't say that the flamboyant candidate for New York governor is wrong.
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Study: PBS Is Very White and Very Male
Study suggests that PBS news shows fall short of the network's promise of diversity.
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Conflicting Accounts in Pace Football Player Shooting
Cops say they shot and killed Danroy Henry when the 20-year-old college football player tried to mow them down with his car. His friends and other eyewitnesses are crying foul.
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Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar Defend Their O'Reilly Beef
The View co-hosts said that Bill O'Reilly was disrespectful and condescending. And?

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