Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron isn’t impressed with the advances in race relations in the United States, comparing members of the GOP who stall President Obama’s initiatives to the Ku Klux Klan, USA Today Sports reports. “Sure, this country has a black president, but when you look at a black president, President Obama is…

A Long Island nursing home’s attempt to entertain its residents didn’t go as planned, as the facility faces a lawsuit for staging a strip show for its patients, CBS news reports. The risqué event featuring male dancers was discovered after the son of one of the residents apparently found a photo among his mother’s things…

Akintunde Ahmad just sees himself as a regular 17-year-old, but the Oakland, Calif., teen has stunned everyone with his 5.0 GPA and 2100 SAT score, which have led to his acceptance at some of the country’s most prestigious universities. “Like, my whole life, people have been telling me to stay on this path and everything…

Changes in U.S. Army grooming policies are drumming up cries of racial bias, with some saying they discriminate against black women who have natural hair, Al-Jazeera America reports. According to the news site, the Army Regulation 670-1—which has not yet been published or made official—includes tightened rules for grooming, particularly regarding how women in the…

Conservative-leaning newspaper the Washington Times announced on Thursday that it will be launching a magazine specifically targeting black conservatives, FishbowlDC reports. The new magazine, called the American CurrentSee, will bring together big names in the black conservative world, including former neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who will be publisher; political commentator Armstrong Williams as executive editor; and…

Yesterday NBA star Kobe Bryant, in an interview with the New Yorker for the March 31 issue, criticized the Miami Heat’s famous “hoodie” photo that the team took to show solidarity with the slain Florida teen and his family. “I won’t react to something just because I’m supposed to, because I’m an African American,” he reportedly said.…

Kobe Bryant wasn’t impressed by the Miami Heat’s 2012 hoodie photo, which was aimed at showing solidarity and support for slain unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, the International Business Times reports. According to the site, in the upcoming March 31 issue of the New Yorker, Bryant discusses the controversial topic that still ripples through the nation,…

Something is different about today’s Google landing page. In the middle of the search engine’s logo, there’s the soft image of a smiling woman wearing a signature hat atop her curls. It is Dr. Dorothy Irene Height, dubbed the “godmother of the civil rights movement,” as President Barack Obama aptly put it when mourning her passing four…

You start your favorite video game, go to character select, pick a black avatar—be it a fighter or gangster—and start playing. As a white person, what effect, if any, does this have on you? According to a new study, the effect is significant: White players who adopt black characters are more likely to exhibit aggression…

A young aspiring model is using an alleged domestic violence incident to shine light on partner abuse and how serious and life threatening it can be. Mori Gabriella Montgomery, 19, has been posting pictures to her social media accounts of her gruesome injuries allegedly caused by an abusive boyfriend, New York’s Daily News reports. Montgomery claims…