ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A day after his predecessor's sex scandal propelled him into office, Gov. David Paterson revealed this week that he had affairs …

HOUSTON (AP) – Henrietta Bell Wells, the only woman on the 1930 Wiley College team that took part in the nation's first interracial collegiate debate, …

NEW YORK (AP) – Former President Bill Clinton is pushing back at criticism that he fanned racial tension by appearing to cast his wife Hillary …

My cell phone rang at about 3:30 a.m. on Jan. 27. I stuck my hand out from under the mosquito netting over my bed in …

It’s hard enough for a woman to deal with the revelation of her husband’s infidelity in the privacy of her own home, but I cannot …

More than 99 percent of black-owned businesses can be described as small businesses. They are literally the backbone of our community. Their success means job …

NEW YORK (AP) — With a deal in place to save Bear Stearns from bankruptcy, the company's shares traded above the offer price this week, …

NEW YORK (AP) – Ron Finklestein found a good reason for not compiling his business tax return: $1,600.

In 1831, Tice Davids, a runaway slave from Kentucky, dove into the Ohio River in pursuit of his freedom. He swam across the river, his …

TALLAHASSEE (AP) – Justice Peggy Quince, who attended segregated schools in her native Virginia, will be the first black woman to lead the Florida Supreme …