A popular Dallas nightspot is under investigation by city officials amid allegations that managers racially discriminated against minorities, ordering workers to deny reservations to callers who “sounded ghetto or too Asian,” according to a former employee, WFAA News 8 reports. Stephanie Guidy, a former event coordinator at Kung Fu Saloon in Uptown Dallas, told the…

R&B singer Usher rushed to Justin Bieber’s defense Saturday in an Instragram post, saying that his protégé is not racist. He also posted a photo of himself and Bieber. “As I have watched Justin Bieber navigate difficult waters as a young man, I can tell you that he hasn’t always chosen the path of his…

The driver of a tractor-trailer that struck a the luxury van carrying Tracy Morgan and his entourage early Saturday, killing one person and leaving actor in critical condition, has been charged in the accident, the Chicago Tribune reports. Kevin Roper, 35, who was driving a Wal-Mart truck, was charged with one count of death by…

Years ago I sat on a panel moderated by Pastor Jamal Bryant’s mother, the great Rev. Cecilia Williams-Bryant, at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Boston. The panel was titled, “Sex: What’s Love Got to Do With It?” I was only 22 years old but have always remembered a profound statement that the Rev. Williams-Bryant made…

First lady Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and President Bill Clinton were among scores of luminaries, friends and family who gathered Saturday at a memorial service to celebrate the late Dr. Maya Angelou at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. “She told us that our worth has nothing to do with what the world might say,”…

Popular comedian and actor Tracy Morgan was listed in critical condition after a six-vehicle accident in New Jersey early Saturday, authorities said, according to CNN. Morgan, a former member of the Saturday Night Live and co-star of 30 Rock was riding in a limo bus when the accident occurred in Mercer County, N.J., said Sgt.…

A federal prosecutor told jurors Friday that an ex-soldier deserves the death penalty in the murder of his 5-year-old daughter, saying “he knew full well how important it was to protect” her, the Associated Press reports. Steven Mellin, a trial attorney in the Justice Department’s capital case unit, made his argument during the sentencing phase…

Rashema Melson has an incredible story. She is slated to graduate from high school as valedictorian Wednesday, despite the hardship of living at D.C. General, a former hospital that is now a tumbledown homeless shelter in Washington, D.C., the Washington Post reports. Not only that, the Anacostia High School senior, 18, is to attend Georgetown…

The Koch family is giving $25 million to the United Negro College Fund, one of the largest gifts the UNCF has ever received, Time reports. It is the fifth-largest grant to the UNCF and adds to more than $1.5 million in contributions from the conservative and controversial Koch family and its businesses over nearly four…

On Saturday Maya Angelou’s homegoing will offer a chance to reflect on one of the less-often discussed aspects of her panoramic legacy: that of a radical political intellectual who indelibly shaped the times she lived in. The wealth of memorials and tributes honoring Angelou in the aftermath of her May 28 passing have acknowledged the…