Every year hundreds of young, idealistic recent college graduates flood into New Orleans to teach at the city’s public schools. But in a school system where the vast majority of students are African American, the mostly white influx of new teachers has brought complaints of racism and cultural insensitivity, and helped birth a new student-led…

I am not against online activism. In fact, I believe in it and have been moved by its power. From typhoon relief fundraisers to voter-recruitment efforts, I have participated in these Internet-based campaigns and have seen the power that lies in we Americans when we are aligned to create change from behind our computers. It…

For every gay black boy on a playground, basketball court or football field across the country who is derided by his peers as a “f—got” or “sissy”—excluded from games and told he has no place on the team—Michael Sam is a living example that not only can they play, but they can win. “Can Michael…

An award-winning former news-anchor says that she quit her job of 10 years after receiving threatening emails from a cyber-stalker, according to her site, TheVillageCelebration. To the dismay of scores of viewers, Vickie Newton quit her job at KMOV in St. Louis, Missouri, in July to return home to Arkansas to live with her family…

Over nearly four decades, San Francisco’s Marcus Books served as a cultural Mecca for black writers, authors and just plain bibliophiles. The nation’s oldest black book store played host to scores of writers and speakers’ events, including James Baldwin, Dave Chappelle, Malcolm X, Alice Walker, Willie Brown, Jackie Robinson, Angela Davis, Barry White, Wesley Snipes…

A volunteer task force comprising parents and other concerned citizens met Friday at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens in Washington, D.C., with one goal: find 8-year-old Relisha Rudd, who was last seen more than two months ago, NBC 4 Washington reports. None of the searchers ever met Relisha, but volunteers told the station they will…