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Illinois state Sen. James Meeks withdrew his candidacy for Chicago mayor on Thursday, and he urged other African-American candidates to...

Gov. Deval Patrick has sworn in the first black chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.Roderick Ireland replaces Margaret...

America’s neighborhoods became more integrated last year than during any time in at least a century as a rising black...

American Indians and black?farmers will be paid $4.6 billion to address claims of government mistreatment over many decades under landmark...

Cam?Newton thanked his mother, then his father. And then he paused to compose himself. Cecil Newton was back in Georgia,...

Charles Rangel has his swagger back, but not his power. The 40-year congressional veteran on Thursday became the 23rd House...

A recently discovered e-mail, which forced postponement of Rep. Maxine?Waters’ ethics trial, appears to bring the House ethics committee no...

Alicia?Keys and Lady Gaga take charity work seriously, and they’re going offline to prove it. Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Usher and...

President Barack Obama’s latest book may not outsell “The Audacity of Hope,” but it’s off to a good start. Random...