If you’ve ever needed penicillin to rescue you from an indiscretion, you owe a debt to the victims of an unconscionable action by U.S. medical researchers. The United States apologized on Friday for an experiment conducted in the 1940s in which U.S. government researchers deliberately infected Guatemalan prison inmates, women and mental patients with syphilis.…

One of Bishop Eddie Long’s accusers decided to grant Fox 5 News in Atlanta an on-camera interview about his relationship with the mega-church preacher. Jamal Parris gives a harrowing and emotional account of accepting Long as a father figure while still a young teen, only to have his trust betrayed by the older man. Parris is one…

Yet one more lawsuit has surfaced alleging sexual misconduct by Atlanta-area mega-church pastor Bishop Eddie Long. This makes four young men who have accused the popular preacher, known for his anti-gay rhetoric, of using his position of power to coerce them into sexual relationships. According to AJC.com: Spencer LeGrande, named in a civil lawsuit filed…

UPDATE: Vincent Gray has officially won the D.C. mayoral Democratic primary. An excerpt of his victory speech is below: “Thank you, District of Columbia! Tonight, the people of the District sent a message loud and clear that they want to bring character, integrity and leadership back to the mayor’s office, and that it’s time we come…

For Democratic congressman John Conyers, the drama of the 2006 baby-sitting ethics scandal must seem like a walk in the park compared with the heartbreak of seeing his wife report to federal prison. Today, ex-Detroit council member Monica Conyers began a 37-month sentence for corruption at a minimum-security camp in Alderson, W.Va. It’s the same place Martha…

According to a report in The Washington Post, former D.C. congressional delegate Walter Fauntroy collapsed on a small stage at the site where the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial is being built after walking several miles in the sweltering heat during the Reclaiming the Dream march in Washington, D.C. The 77-year-old pastor was taken to a…

Late Friday, Wyclef Jean said that he accepted a Haitian electoral commission’s decision that he is ineligible to run for that country’s highest position. What a difference a weekend makes. On Sunday, EW.com reported the Haiti-born hip-hop star’s change of heart: “After careful consideration and much soul-searching, I have made the decision to contest Haiti’s…

All the speculation about Wyclef Jean’s presidential bid in Haiti was for naught, because he’s ineligible to run. So said an electoral commission yesterday. The sticking point: five consecutive years of residency in Haiti, which he does not have. “It is with a heavy heart that I tell you today that the board of elections…