It all started when Joni Mitchell showed up at a Halloween party in 1976 dressed in Blackface, an afro, a pimped out jacket ...

Welcome to Supreme Court Brief. My name is Jimmy Hoover. I am the Supreme Court correspondent for the National Law Journal and Law.com. In this newsletter, I provide SCOTUS watchers with the latest ...

News of the Reverend Jesse Jackson’s health struggles has stirred many. It has me praying. And it has me remembering the hard lessons he taught, shaped in the trenches of our people’s ongoing fight ...

Janet Bill, Director of the California DOJ’s Office of Native American Affairs and an enrolled member of the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians, shares how her deep love for family, culture, ...

The Black faith community, civil rights and justice advocates and supporters and well-wishers from around the world are mourning the loss of Bishop Reginald Jackson, a respected prelate of the African ...

Jackson wrote “Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)” by himself. The song says in part, “I’m just a singer of simple songs / I’m not a real political man / I watch CNN, but I’m not sure I ...

(RNS) — Bishop Reginald T. Jackson, a leader of the African Methodist Episcopal Church who was known for his commitment to voting rights and other social justice issues, died on Tuesday (Nov. 25).

Michael Jackson's "Beat It" debuts on both of Billboard's global charts, becoming another hit for the late superstar as "Billie Jean" climbs to never-before-seen peaks. Portrait of American Pop and ...