The controversy surrounding San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s National Anthem protest continues. A number of veterans have come out in support of the NFL star using the hashtag #VeteransForKaepernick, while former NFL player and NBC sports analyst Rodney Harrisoncomplained Kaepernick wasn’t

Members of the radical Islamist group Boko Haramapparently burned children alive as part of an attack in Nigeria that killed 86 people, according to reports. The incident happened Saturday night in the village of Dalori in northeastern Nigeria. Two nearby camps housing 25,000 people

Environmental and civil rights groups want a federal judge to order the prompt replacement of all lead pipes in Flint’s water system to ensure that residents have a safe drinking supply, a demand that Gov. Rick Snyder said on Wednesday

A regional director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency resigned in connection with the drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan, the same day the agency’s chief issued an emergency order directing state and city officials to take actions to protect

Roland Martin took Fox News contributor Stacey Dash to task for her comments about BET and Black networks during Thursday’s edition of NewsOne Now. Your browser does not support iframes. During an interview on Fox News, Dash said: “We have

In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Freedman’ Savings and Trust Co., U.S. Treasury SecretaryJacob Lew has renamed the Treasury Annex building in Washington, D.C., in honor of the bank that was incorporated by Congress in 1865 to help stimulate wealth-building for

The House of Representatives passed a bill Monday night that would extend new protections to unpaid interns in the federal government, a vote that bodes well for the legislation’s chances in the Senate. The bill would close a loophole in

A Maryland appeals court postponed the trial of a police van driver charged with second-degree murder in the death of Freddie Gray, saying it needs to address whether another Baltimore officer should be compelled to testify against Caesar Goodson. Jury

A Georgia prosecutor said he plans to ask a grand jury to indict an officer who killed an unarmed black man early last year. Dekalb County Officer Robert Olsen fatally shot 27-year-old Anthony Hill in March 2015. Hill, a veteran in

Joining a number of celebrities who have questioned the allegations of more than 50 women who say Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them in the past, comedian Eddie Griffin called the fallout a “systematic effort to destroy every Black male entertainer’s