It’s the only reality show where being a loser is being a winner as African American contestants Michael Dorsey and Alexandra Reid know. The two are losing this season on “The Biggest Loser” with the hopes of earning the show’s top prize. This was a particular challenge for Dorsey, a huge fan of The Tom […]

“Boondocks” creator Aaron McGruder wants you to help create a Ruckus. That’s Uncle Ruckus, the hardcore handyman who appears on McGruder’s “The Boondocks,” the Adult Swim/Cartoon Network show that features Huey, Riley and Robert “Granddad” Freeman. The controversial Chicago family moves from the South Side to the white suburb of Woodcrest. Based on the long-running […]

Deshawn Parker is the most successful black horse jockey in today’s modern derbies with over 4,000 victories. In a sport that is now dominated by Latinos, Parker is the 54th highest-ranking jockey in racing history. Today, only 30 of the approximate 750 members of the national Jockey’s Guild are African American. According to recent stats, […]

CHICAGO (AP) — A manager at a Chicago mall where the boy band Mindless Behavior signed autographs for fans says a disturbance that left two people with minor injuries was “totally unrelated” to the event. Ford City Mall senior general manager John Sarama says a group of older youths caused Saturday’s disturbance, not the young […]

DUBLIN, Calif. (AP) — MC Hammer suggests he was a victim of racial profiling when he was stopped and arrested by police in the Northern California city of Dublin. The ’90s rap star tweeted on Saturday that an officer approached him in his car and asked “Are you on parole or probation?” He says that […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The brother of Olympic star Oscar Pistorius is facing a culpable homicide charge for a 2008 road death, compounding problems for the family after the double-amputee runner was charged with premeditated murder in the Feb. 14 shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Lawyer Kenny Oldwage said in a statement that Carl had […]

Today, Oscar Joyner represented the Tom Joyner Morning Show on MSNBC’s “Up With Chris Hayes”. In light of this week’s uproar by White House correspondents on the lack of access to the president’s golf outing with Tiger Woods,  Hayes and the panel discussed the relationship between the media and the White House. In the broadcast, […]

ATLANTA (AP) — In recent years, Emory University made a point to acknowledge how the school was once led by slave owners, but an essay by the school president has renewed debate about racial sensitivity on campus. Emory President James Wagner recently wrote about the three-fifths compromise on slavery in 1787 to talk about the […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A North Dakota high school principal says appropriate action is being taken after three students briefly donned Ku Klux Klan-style white robes and hoods Friday night during a state hockey semifinal game. The photo caused an uproar on Twitter when it was posted by 19-year-old Shane Schuster, who was seated […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police are seeking a 26-year-old man as the prime suspect in last week’s pre-dawn shooting and crash on the Las Vegas Strip that killed three people and injured several others. The black SUV used as a getaway car was found Saturday as police named Ammar Harris in connection with the shooting […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration and civil rights groups are defending a key section of the landmark voting rights law at the Supreme Court by pointing reformed state, county and local governments to an escape hatch from the law’s strictest provision. The Voting Rights Act effectively attacked persistent discrimination at the polls by keeping […]