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Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. And now, it looks like...

The fiancee of an unarmed man killed by police in 50-bullet barrage and a friend who survived the shooting said...

The leader of the Congressional Black Caucus warned fellow Democrats on Monday against rushing to judgment and pressuring New York...

Black farmers, due $1.2 billion for a legacy of discrimination by the Agriculture Department, suffered a new and disheartening setback...

Flooded with apologies from everywhere, Shirley Sherrod got the biggest “I’m sorry” of all Thursday ? from a contrite President...

The woman at the center of a racially tinged firestorm involving the Obama administration and the NAACP said Wednesday she...

David?Blackwell, a pre-eminent mathematician and the first black scholar in the National Academy of Sciences, has died. He was 91....

In his first campaign appearance, South Carolina’s surprising U.S. Senate candidate Alvin?Greene avoided any major gaffes Sunday as he hit...

Leaders of the country’s largest civil rights organization accused tea party activists on Tuesday of tolerating bigotry and approved a...