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  • Used-Car Dealer Targeted Blacks With Inflated Prices

    An operator of used-car dealerships is facing a federal lawsuit after officials determined that he and his two Charlotte, N.C.-based dealerships charged black customers more and offered them “predatory” terms from 2006 to at least 2011, the Charlotte Observer reports. According to the lawsuit, filed Monday by the U.S. government and the state of North…

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  • Obama Prepared to Act Alone to Help the Unemployed: ‘I’ve Got a Pen, and I’ve Got a Phone’

    President Barack Obama is sending one clear message to Congress: He wants less partisan fighting and more legislating. On Tuesday, Obama said he was happy that Congress passed the $1 trillion spending bill that had bipartisan support, but warned lawmakers that he was prepared to act alone if they intended to obstruct his second-term agenda,…

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  • Senate Confirms Robert Wilkins, Completes Revamp of US Appeals Court for DC

    The majority of judges seated on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit are now Democratic-appointed, a deal that was sealed on Monday when the Senate confirmed one of President Barack Obama’s key judicial nominees, the Associated Press reports. Robert Wilkins, who had been trapped in a nomination deadlock in the…

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  • Alabama State University President Can’t Cohabitate With Anyone

    Gwendolyn Boyd is one of the few black female university presidents in the United States, but what singles out Boyd in her new position at Alabama State University isn’t necessarily her race or her sex—it’s the peculiar contract that she agreed to upon accepting her presidency. The single 58-year-old gets a $300,000 annual salary, a…

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  • Vernon Jordan to Lead Search Committee for Howard University’s New President

    Vernon Jordan Jr., a well-known lawyer in Washington, D.C., is charged with leading the committee tasked with finding Howard University’s next president, the Washington Post reports. The renowned historically black university has faced a series of troubles over the last year, topped off by then-president’s Sidney Ribeau’s abrupt retirement, after heated debates over the state…

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  • 38 Gay Men Arrested in Nigeria

    Around 38 of approximately 168 “wanted” gay men have been arrested recently in Nigeria for the crime of being gay as the country’s discriminatory anti-gay law becomes official, the Associated Press reports. According to activist Dorothy Aken’Ova, the law was being used to persecute gays in the country long before it officially passed. She accused…

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  • Deaf Seattle Seahawk Makes Duracell Ad About His Struggles

    How often are you motivated by a battery ad? Because Duracell’s new “Trust Your Power” commercial, featuring Seattle Seahawk Derrick Coleman, will definitely have you ready to take on the world. In the one-minute ad, the legally deaf running back narrates his own struggles growing up deaf, being picked on and being picked last, all…

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  • Judge Refuses to Grant New Trial in the Case of Michael Jackson’s Death

    There will be no new trial in the lawsuit that claimed concert promoter AEG Live was negligent in Michael Jackson’s death, a superior court judge decided on Monday, according to the Associated Press. Judge Yvette Palazuelos ruled that since jurors were given due instructions and there were no mistakes in her rulings, a retrial was…

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  • Nebraska Toddler From ‘Thug Cycle’ Video Will Remain With Mother

    The 2-year-old Nebraska toddler who has become the center of national scrutiny after an Omaha police union posted a video of him swearing labeled “The Thug Cycle,” will remain with his mother, a juvenile-court judge ruled on Monday, according to CNN. Both the child and his 17-year-old mother will be placed with the same foster…

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  • Kerry Washington Makes Rare Appearance With Husband at Golden Globes After-Party

    Kerry Washington is notoriously hush-hush about her private life, so what a surprise when she stepped out with her husband, Nnamdi Asomugha, at the Golden Globes after-party. According to the Huffington Post, the couple was spotted partying at the Weinstein Co. and Netflix party at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday. Washington, who was dressed in…

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