Listening to Ice Cube sparked my interest in Black activists and issues, which my mentor then deepened and guided

Members of three gangs say that there is no inter-gang alliance against police

For those of us who aren't attending live, the Oscars are supposed to be good TV—and Rock always delivers

The Republicans hatch a plan for reaching out to African-American voters.

Asked what he'd do with "objectionable" works, Jerry Sexton said, “I don’t have a clue, but I would burn them"

Republicans seek to use "don't say gay" bills to gut public education like they did abortion access

The city has a unique history of launching the careers of powerful black politicians -- which is part of the reason Obama moved there.

Whitney Houston died Saturday at 48. As Salon wrote six years ago, it\'s a tragedy too many people saw coming

Many rappers campaigned for Obama, and to the dismay of the right wing, he didn't distance himself from hip-hop

Readers respond to "Jay Belsky doesn't play well with others" by Jennifer Foote Sweeney and "The wrong kind of black" by Cecelie Berry.

White Americans think of racism as prejudice or unfairness. But the reality is much more visceral — and violent

Here are some inconvenient facts that upset the dominant narrative about the color line and poverty in America

Barack Obama isn't even president anymore and he's still being held to a higher standard than his peers

Twitter dragged the felon for his confounding Nazi argument