A couple is suing New York City’s Taxi & Limousine Commission for a hefty $3 million for racially profiling the husband as he dropped his wife off at work, DNA.info reports, and accusing him of being an illegal taxi driver with an unsuspecting white passenger—his wife. The TLC confiscated the couple’s Lincoln Town Car for…

An Ohio dad is currently sitting in prison for killing his 2-year-old son after shooting into his family’s apartment, New York’s Daily News reports. Derrice Alexander, 23, of Cleveland reportedly has a history of domestic violence. Early Tuesday morning at around 5:30, after an allegedly heated fight with the mother of his child, Alexander left…

When Gary, Ind., mom Alfreda Murphy got an anonymous letter in her mailbox, her next action was to call the police and lock her children inside the house, CBS 2 reports.   “You have two lovely daughters,” the letter starts, referencing Murphy’s two oldest daughters. “I and my friend have watched them every since they…

There’s something about economic hardship that makes people observe race differently, making them more discriminatory toward people with darker skin, Time magazine reports.  The study, conducted by researchers at New York University, showed that when the economy went south, lighter-skinned individuals were more likely to perceive someone with more African features as darker than they actually…

When Jabre White’s teacher told the class to go downstairs to take their economics final, Jabre says he politely responded with a “Yes, sir.” That was when the Roosevelt High School senior from Des Moines, Iowa, was met with, “You meant to say, ‘Yes, sir, master,’ ” from the teacher, Shawn McCurtain, the Des Moines…

It’s expected to be a long road to recovery for comedian Tracy Morgan, who is likely to stay in the hospital for weeks to come to treat the injuries he suffered in a New Jersey Turnpike pileup on Saturday, the Associated Press reports. According to AP, Morgan remains in critical condition after having surgery for…

You’ve never quite seen “Baby Got Back” performed like this. Rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot performed his iconic hit with the Seattle Symphony at Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle, turning the show into one unlike any other. For his hit tune, the rapper called upon the women in the audience to come up on the stage and…

Maj. Gen. Marcia Anderson knows a thing or two about leadership and diversity in the Army. And so she should, as the most senior-ranking black woman—a badge she has worn since 2011, when she became the first black, female two-star general. Being in the position that she is in, and knowing what she knows, Anderson…

Kiera Wilmot still dreams of being an engineer, although having two felony charges and an arrest record at 16 has made that difficult.   Kiera, now 17, is still trying to get back into a routine of normalcy, doing the things normal teens do, starting with graduating. She and her older twin sister, Kayla, graduated from…

Ethan Couch, the Texas teen whose deadly drunk driving was excused by a lenient judge because of “affluenza,” is serving his time in rehab on mostly taxpayers’ money, RadarOnline reports. According to RadarOnline, it is largely the public who will be responsible for the now 17-year-old’s $438,000-per-year rehab treatment. “Recently a judge ruled that the…