Black scientists face discrimination in health funding
Black, Latino and Asian scientists face discrimination in research grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health.
Congressional Black Caucus jobs hearings begin in Cleveland
With African American unemployment at over 16 percent, the Congressional Black Caucus has launched a series of public hearings and jobs fairs across the country during the month of August.
Spider-Man spins web of racial diversity
When it comes to racial diversity in comic books, the times are changing for the better.
NAACP: Over a century of struggle
Since its founding 102 years ago, the NAACP has been at the forefront in the fight for civil rights and social justice for African Americans and all working people.
Gay rights are civil rights, says NAACP's Julian Bond
NAACP hosts town hall meeting on gay, lesbian and transgender issues and homophobia.
NAACP confronts new Jim Crow racism
Vote suppression and denying ex-felons the right to vote are the new Jim Crow laws of the 21st century, says NAACP leader.
Hershey's chocolate tainted with child exploitation, group charges
The Raise the Bar Hershey Campaign is urging chocolate lovers to choose another brand until Hershey's gets child abuse out of its chocolate.
Bachmann and Santorum spark furor over slavery, "family values"
How much slack are voters likely to cut Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum for signing a racist, gay-bashing "family values" pledge as they pandered to the bigots in their campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination?
Blown-up levee destroys black community
A small African-American town is suffering after the Army Corps of Engineers decided to blow holes in a levee in eastern Missouri.
In Uganda and America, pleas to save mothers' lives
Hundreds demonstrated outside the Constitutional Court, asking it to declare that Ugandan mothers dying in childbirth represent a violation of the right to life.
