Washington, DC, Sept. 5, 2012–New data released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reveals that 25.1 percent of African-American households were food insecure in 2011. ...

The polls have not been kind to Walter Dalton, showing North Carolina’s lieutenant governor generally trailing his Republican opponent, former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory, by as many as 15 points (52-37 percent) in the latest Elon University poll Monday in the race for governor. ...

Last Friday, Linda Pearce took the reins of the highest position at UNCW – the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, the second African American to do so and the first African American woman. ...

Two professionals stood by their hairstyles --- with no regrets ...

As the school year begins, North Carolina's rural school districts are struggling to find teachers, particularly in the math and science subject areas. ...

(NNPA)- San Diego, CA-High School and College students received a few basic principles on how to succeed in business from legendary basketball star, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, earlier this week. ...

(NNPA)- "So the Thursday after I was elected, I get a call and a voice on the other end says. 'This is the White House, and the President would like to speak with you.' ...

In the Republican Party’s America, the rich pay less while the poor pay more; blacks are more likely to vote repeatedly on Election Day ...

Mourners paid their final respects on Aug. 10 to six worshippers gunned down by a race-hating, White supremacist ...

The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr., founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition joined The Cochran Firm Managing Partner Benjamin Irwin ...