Just as Chicago lawmakers were beginning to breathe a small sigh of relief at the city’s dwindling crime rate, a 14-year-old South Side girl was shot and killed by classmates in a rivalry over a boy. Police arrested another 14-year-old girl and charged her with first-degree murder in the stunning execution-style shooting death of 14-year-old…

It will take you longer to read this article than it takes nearly half of all men to finish having sex. And this is a fairly short article. But consider this: If a man and a woman start having sex right now, the man will either be asleep or smoking a cigarette by the time…

On April 15, more than 200 Nigerian girls were kidnapped from their school in the town of Chibok. The Islamic militant group Boko Haram has been blamed for the incident. Since the kidnapping, details have been mired in controversy. With so much conflicting information, it is hard to keep the facts straight. Here is what…

Editor’s note: This article was originally published in The Michigan Citizen. Leon Jenkins, the Los Angeles branch NAACP president who awarded LA Clippers basketball team owner Donald Sterling with a Lifetime Achievement award among other commendations, lived, worked and won notoriety in Detroit. Jenkins was a 36th District Court judge between 1984 and 1987. During that…

Oakland, Calif.’s, BART system has become the location of another police injustice, charges one woman. Nubia Bowe, 19, and two friends were returning home on a BART train the night of March 21 when police accused them of solicitation, Oakland Post News Group reports. BART police had entered the Lake Merritt station to respond to…

Is it your dream to have a cutting-edge journalism career? Do you love to tell great stories through pictures? Do you have your ears and eyes on all things black culture? Are you a promising writer or multimedia producer or social media maven? Are you a resourceful problem solver who can work well independently as well…

Audra McDonald’s Tony nomination this week for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her work in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill isn’t a surprise to anyone who has seen her channel Billie Holiday. I did, closing my eyes during the performance, imagining that I was in Philadelphia in 1959…

President Barack Obama will take on the role of stand-up comedian—delivering one-liners and performing sketches before a crowd of journalists, celebrities and politicians—during the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday. Since the president has to poke fun at himself, we wanted to poke a little fun at his awesomely “dad” sense of humor. 1.…

I’m not sure what D.L. Hughley’s problem is with Columbus Short’s estranged wife, Tanee McCall-Short—or, in general, with women who have been subjected to domestic violence—but on a recent episode of his online radio show, the comedian had some raw advice for McCall-Short, who says she was attacked by Short: “Shut the f—k up.” Excuse…