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Recording artist and activist Wyclef Jean is considering a run for President of Haiti. Which is somewhat exciting. Yet kind of terrifying. If you were Haitian would you back Wyclef? You wouldn't if yo

We all love a man who goes hard for what he wants and makes himself a major player in the game. We're checking out more than a handful of men who are doing just that in summer 2010. From sports st

Congress addressed a historic wrong on Wednesday afternoon, replacing it instead with a slightly lesser wrong, when the House voted to reduce the disparity in the sentencing of people caught with crac

The head of the Guttmacher Institute said the abortion rate among blacks can be lowered by contraception and sex education. Sharon Camp, the president and CEO of the institute, made the claims in a

There's nothing shocking or surprising about the latest Andrew Breitbart scam in which he released selectively-edited video of an African American USDA worker, Shirley Sherrod, and accused her of raci

Do you know it is legal for cosmetics manufacturers to use chemicals linked to cancer and reproductive harm in their products? These toxic chemicals are used in nail salons every day and as a res

WASHINGTON – Reveling over a new milestone in his presidency, a triumphant Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of lending and high-finance rules since the Great Depres

July 13, 2010 — Veterans will now have an easier time getting disability benefits for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to an announcement by President Obama in his Saturday presidential

Russian Roulette singer Rihanna skipped the casino and headed straight to the pool while on a trip to Las Vegas. The 22-year-old pop star, who is in Sin City for her Last Girl On Earth tour, showed o

A black couple have amazed medical experts after their baby daughter was born with white skin, blue eyes and blonde hair. Benjamin and Angela Ihegboro’s daughter, Nmachi, has flummoxed genetic experts

With the bare minimum of votes required to avoid a filibuster, the bill to extend unemployment benefits cleared the most important procedural hurdle in the Senate and advanced to a final vote

At a time when the prospects for immigration overhaul seem most dim, supporters have unleashed a secret weapon: a group of influential evangelical Christian leaders. Normally on the opposite side of political issues backed by the Obama White House, these leaders are aligning with the president to support an overhaul that would include some path to legalization for illegal immigrants already here. They are preaching from pulpits, conducting conference calls with pastors and testifying in

'I urge the Senate to reject the politicization of medical science and vote no on the Kagan nomination' With hours remaining before they vote on Elena Kagan — who was nominated to fill the seat of

It is now more important than ever that travel nurses master the latest technological solutions in health care. Travelers who take the time to learn these technologies at their assignment facilities w

(BlackDoctor.org) -- There comes a time in every relationship when words start flying. Those times when, in the heat of the argument, you don’t recognize yourself or your partner. Within a matter of s