The House ethics committee announced 13 charges Thursday against Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), who is accused of breaking House rules as well as federal statutes.

NEW YORK —  President Barack Obama said Thursday that the racial firestorm that led to the ouster of a black Agriculture Department official was a "phony controversy" generated by the media. He [ ... ]

Floridians will get the chance on Nov. 2 to give themselves new power and a new vote.

Congress is significantly reducing sentencing differences between crack and powder cocaine convictions that over the past several decades have subjected a disproportionate number of blacks to long pri [ ... ]

Since Louisiana has the highest rate of incarceration of any state in the country  –  of which 79 percent of its 39,000 inmates are black – it ’s no surprise to hear that BP is using p [ ... ]

ORLANDO — Senatorial Candidate U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek of Miami has for several weeks been the butt of an aggressive 'Anti-Meek' advertising campaign by real estate investor Jeff Greene, who has to  [ ... ]

A spirited demonstration took place Wednesday morning in front of the U.S. Department of Agriculture denouncing the forced resignation/firing of Shirley Sherrod by Secretary of Agriculture T [ ... ]

Republican lawmakers shot down Governor Crist’s proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution that would have permanently banned off-shore drilling on drilling for oil in waters less than ten miles [ ... ]

(BALTIMORE, MD) NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous issued the following statement today after learning of the resignation of Shirley Sherrod of the United States Department of Agriculture.  [ ... ]

The NAACP approved a resolution recently condemning the Tea Party's fringe element of their movement for "explicitly racist behavior."  It would require a flow chart the likes of which have not b [ ... ]

In the muddy mess of a rain soaked Churchill Downs, jockey Calvin Borel continued his mastery of the track as he guided Super Saver to victory in the Kentucky Derby. Super Saver had gone off as an 8-1 [ ... ]

Do you wish to understand how to build abs quickly? Losing stubborn fat takes a lot more than just trying to do hours and hours of cardiovascular exercise. In fact overdoing cardio exercise has a detr [ ... ]

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There are many fitness stepper benefits that are guaranteed for everybody who uses one consistently. Unfortunately just owning one, or having a gym membership, in and of itself will not do you much go [ ... ]