Frank James is jailed without bail. A federal grand jury has indicted a man suspected of shooting up a New York City subway train last month — an attack that wounded 10 people and rattled a city already experiencing a rise in violent crime.  The panel charged Frank James, 62, on Friday with committing a…

In her undergraduate commencement speech at a historically Black university in Nashville, Harris said the Class of 2022 stands “on the brink of a new frontier.” Vice President Kamala Harris urged graduates of Tennessee State University on Saturday to apply their leadership skills to help tackle the multitude of challenges posed by an unsettled world….

A Chicago mother is seeking damages from a local hospital and two doctors for allegedly filing a racially motivated child abuse report. Jillian Robinson took her 10-month-old son to Advocate Christ Medical Center last April after noticing a mark on the back of his outer ear. The federal lawsuit alleges that white doctors assumed the…

“I really want to help students realize their potential,” Taylor Schlitz told the Dallas Morning News. She graduated high school at 13, earned an undergraduate degree at 16 and received nine law school offers. Now, at 19, Haley Taylor Schlitz is days away from becoming the youngest Black law school graduate in the U.S., according…

Source: Delmaine Donson / Getty Diabetes is a silent killer. And it has a disproportionate impact on Black people. Black people in the United States are 60% more likely than white adults to be diagnosed with diabetes. In 2018, non-Hispanic Black people were twice as likely as non-Hispanic white people to die from diabetes.   For…

Rapper and entrepreneur Ludacris was honored with an honorary degree from Georgia State University on May 4. The recording artist, whose real name is Christopher Brian Bridges, attended the college in the 1990s before landing his recording contract. Bridges, who also has a successful career in acting, posted a video on Instagram to share the…

Immigration is rapidly returning to its pre-pandemic levels, researchers say, but the U.S. would need a significant acceleration to make up its deficit. Just 10 miles from the Rio Grande, Mike Helle’s farm is so short of immigrant workers that he’s replaced 450 acres of labor-intensive leafy greens with crops that can be harvested by…

Fred Gray helped represent Black students in their attempt to desegregate the University of Alabama in 1963 A civil rights lawyer who once fought to desegregate the University of Alabama is now receiving an honorary degree from the school. Attorney Fred Gray of Tuskegee will be awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree during the…

Gabrielle Union proves time and time again that age is just a number.  The actress’ latest series of casual photos have fans swooning over her flawless beauty and every-youthful appearance. Clad in a yellow two-piece bathing suit, her hair in twists and a fresh face, the 49-year-old actress reminded fans why so many continuously gush…