Kiera Wilmot, the Florida teen who found herself facing possible felony charges after a high school science experiment went wrong, spoke to Roland Martin on the Tom Joyner Morning Show this morning.

The precocious teen was handcuffed and arrested at her school when after reportedly combining tin...

A relatively innocuous tweet by student loan giant Sallie Mae caused an eruption of disdain and hate on Twitter Monday.

The nation's leading education-related financial services company drew the ire of mostly black Twitter users far and wide, and became a nationwide trending topic in the process,...

Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of civil rights icon Malcolm X, has been killed in Mexico according to The Amsterdam News. He was 28.

Shabazz's death was also confirmed on Twitter and Facebook by Terrie Williams, a friend of the Shabazz family.

I'm confirming, per US Embassy, on...

Kevin Krigger stands to make history this weekend. For the first time since 2000, and for only the second time since 1921, a black jockey will ride in one of the nation's most popular horse races - the Kentucky Derby.

In a segment for HuffPost...

On May 1, 2013, Chris Kelly of the legendary child rap duo Kris Kross was found dead in his home.

Widely remembered for their mega-hit "Jump" the duo performed the song on the popular television show "In Living Color" on May 29, 1992. As the world remembers Chris...

Trayvon Martin's family has reached a settlement in a wrongful death suit they filed against the homeowners association of the sub-division where Martin was killed, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

Martin was shot to death just steps from his father's home on Feb. 26, 2012, by volunteer neighborhood watchman...

"I don't care if Rick Ross is 40 years old -- he's a misguided 40-year-old person."

Strong words from Talib Kweli Monday as he addressed the recent controversy over Rick Ross' rap verse on the song U.O.E.N.O., in a HuffPost Live segment hosted by Marc Lamont Hill.

While...

On this day, 23 years ago, Nelson Mandela was released from the South African prison where he'd been held for nearly 27 years.

In August of 1962 Mandela was arrested, jailed and convicted of leaving the country illegally and inciting workers to strike. He was sentenced to five years...

On this day, 45 years ago, three men were killed and 27 were wounded on the campus of South Carolina State College in a violent series of events that would become known as the Orangeburg Massacre.

According to The New York Times, on February 6, 1968, a group of students...

On this day, 69 years ago, the activist, scholar, and revolutionary Angela Davis was born in Birmingham, Alabama.

Davis has spent much of her life fighting for and defending forgotten or marginalized groups in America and abroad. Known for her political activism during the turbulent 1960's, she...

No single Hollywood film in the last decade has sparked the kind of controversy and wide-ranging response as Quentin Tarantino's latest, Django Unchained. Is Django racist? Some believe it is, some have said it's one of the year's best films and everyone seems to have an opinion on the film's...

Mexican authorities have confirmed that the remains of Jenni Rivera have been identified and turned over to her family, according to CNN.

The Mexican-American superstar was killed in a plane crash Sunday. Shortly after taking off from the northern city of Monterrey on her way to...

Labor Day is upon us and with it comes the beginning of the end of the Summer of 2012. It's amazing how quickly the days go by. It seems like just yesterday we were planning Memorial Day BBQs, Juneteenth commemorations, and Fourth of July excursions. Now it's back to school...

George Jefferson, entrepreneur, pillar of the Upper East Side community and legendary example of black American financial ascendency has died.

Today HuffPost Live host Marc Lamont Hill, along with Jermaine Spradley of HuffPost BlackVoices and Daryl Parks, one of the attorneys representing Trayvon Martin's parents discussed Fox News' interview with George Zimmerman -- his first since shooting Trayvon Martin.

Zimmerman sat down Wednesday with Fox News' Sean Hannity...

"Who are you? What am I? Maybe you're nothing ... I'm not ... I'm valuable."

Pretty heavy introspection and melodrama are at the top of a 30 second spot pushing Kraft's latest snack venture-the Milkbite. According to their website, the Milkbite "combines real milk with whole grain granola and...

It is as ingrained into the fabric of the American success story as the auto industry in Detroit, free market capitalism, and baseball. Go to high school, go to college, get a good job, buy a house, live happily ever after. This, or some variation of this, has been the...