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Fewer Than Half of Black Americans Say News Outlets Cover Issues Important To Them, Study Shows

The study revealed interest in issues such as cost of living, housing, the racial wealth gap, and more.
01/26/2024

Black Population Has Grown By 32 Percent, According to New Research

From 2002-2022, the Black population had grown by 11 million people.
01/23/2024

New Study Says Most Americans Believe Black People Will Be More Influential During Biden Presidency

Study also shows positive outlook for women, LGBTQ people.
02/03/2021

Ferguson Mayor: There Isn't a Racial Divide in Ferguson

James Knowles says the area is a model city for the state.
08/20/2014
President Barack Obama - Talk about a great political comeback! Many fail to remember that in 2000 President Obama, a state senator in Illinois at the time, "lost a U.S. Senate Democratic primary for the U.S. House of Representatives by a margin of 2 to 1." The new move that made him? Riding the early opposition bandwagon to the United States war in Iraq. The rest was pretty much history!   (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

African-Americans More Likely to View Obama as Black

The rest of America sees Obama as "mixed race."
04/15/2014
Criminal Justice  - According to Peter Groff, head of the U.S. Department of Education’s faith-based initiatives center, criminal justice is still an area of concern, particularly because of the disproportionate number of African-American males in the nation’s penal system and jails. Lincoln University political science professor F. Carl Walton agrees that while the number of Black judges, lawyers and law enforcement officials has increased, state legislatures continue to pass laws that often result in disparate and harsher sentences for Blacks.(Photo: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)

More Americans Favor Treatment, Not Jail, for Hard Drug Users

Is the public ready for a truce in the ongoing war on drugs?
04/03/2014
Blacks and the Gays - African-Americans are evolving on the issue of marriage equality, which may in part be attributable to President Obama's support for the sensitive issue. A new Washington Post/ABC poll shows that 59 percent of African-Americans now say they support gay marriage, up from the approximately 40 percent before Obama expressed his support publically. (Photo: REUTERS/Robert Galbraith)

Black Protestants Show Increased Support of Same-Sex Marriage

Support rose from 32 percent in 2013 to 43 percent in 2014.
03/26/2014
How Are Blacks Faring in High School?

Getting Schooled: African-Americans and Education

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It Was a Very Good Year

Bring That Week Back: Michelle Obama Given Early Birthday Present

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How Do They Like Him Now?

Majority of African-Americans Oppose Military Strike on Syria

Fifty-six percent of Blacks are against U.S. involvement.
09/06/2013
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Poll: Views on Black Progress Remain Racially Divided

Whites have a more positive view of Black progress.
08/23/2013