If McKnight, who has spent two decades penning sensitive love songs, felt he had to address sex in such a crude way to remain relevant, what does that mean for the rest of R&B? At the recent Grammy Awards, black artists who sang traditional R&B were nonexistent. British singer Adele, who’s sold tens of millions […]

Howard University graduate Patricia Roberts Harris was the first black woman to hold a cabinet position in the U.S. government, the first black woman to serve as an ambassador, and the first National Executive Director of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated. Patricia Roberts Harris was born in May 1924 in Matoon, Illinois. Her father worked […]

Michele Dowdy is mourning the loss of her only child. She cries often, she’s tired – and she’s angry. She has good reason. Ten months after her son, Malcom, was shot and killed in Chicago, his murderer still has not been brought to justice.  There have been no arrests in the case and Michele worries […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A self-described pimp suspected of a deadly shooting that caused a fiery crash on the Las Vegas Strip stood silently in court Monday while the grief-stricken brother of a taxi driver killed in the mayhem glared at him from the courtroom gallery. The suspect, identified as Ammar Harris, 26, did not […]

Oprah Winfrey has been chosen to deliver the commencement address at Harvard University’s 362nd graduation ceremony, to take place on May 30, 2013. In a statement to the Harvard Gazette, Harvard president Drew Faust said that Oprah’s journey is one of the “great American success stories.” She added, “She has used her extraordinary influence and […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A new study offers more compelling evidence that life expectancy for some U.S. women is actually falling, a disturbing trend that experts can’t explain. The latest research found that women age 75 and younger are dying at higher rates than previous years in nearly half of the nation’s counties — many […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The bail application for the eight South African police officers facing murder charges in last week’s death of a Mozambican taxi driver dragged by a police vehicle along the street has been postponed until Friday. Outside the court room, protesters were demanding no bail be granted to the officers, insisting the horrific […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors appeared uncomfortable Monday as prosecutors showed a video of a screaming woman made to appear as if she were being cooked alive over an open flame and other disturbing images from websites devoted to torturing and eating women — evidence prosecutors say proves a New York City police officer was […]

Jesse Rutledge, an 88-year-old Tuskegee airman who served in World War II as a gunner on a B-25, was carjacked in Detroit in broad daylight on Saturday, Channel 7 Action News reports. “He said,” ‘N*gga give me your keys’ and racked his gun back,” Rutledge said one of the carjackers told him. He was leaving a barbershop when […]

Well, here we go again! Another celeb who is in trouble for refusing to give Uncle Sam his cut of the dough. TMZ  posted a story claiming that Terrell Owens is in the red to the IRS for $430,000.00! This is not a good look for the former NFL star who is actively seeking a team to play […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Twelve former Florida A&M University band members were charged Monday with manslaughter in the 2011 hazing death of a drum major. Ten of the band members had been charged last May with third-degree felony hazing for the death of 26-year-old Robert Champion, but the state attorney’s office said they are adding […]

Accepting her Black Women in Hollywood award, the actress opens up about her past mistakes and how she defines “Fierce and Fearless” today. Go to Essence.com to see video.