Rushmore Drive, launched last quarter, is an online search engine aimed towards the African American community. Yes, a search engine. My guess is you’re wondering why someone would even bother going down this road … ask MSN Search, now LiveSearch … I bet they’d wave a big “Dead End” sign, with “Except for Google” in fine print.

I live in a State known for racial discrimination. Those in Authority took many innocent lives. I'm not just referring to the pre-Civil rights days. The injustices continue to this day. Whether it's refusal to hire, unfair wages, biased expectations, or rejection of opportunity the discrimination continues. The purpose of this opinion is not to "bash" the bad guys. I wrote this information to encourage all people (but primarily people of color).

The battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the mantle of America's Democratic presidential candidate has moved into the pews of important black churches.

The nation's first study to examine African Americans' evacuation response in a disaster has found that a combination of poverty, optimism about riding out the hurricane, and perceptions of racism by authorities coordinating the evacuation influenced many people not to leave New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina, researchers at the University of South Carolina have found.

General Motors has earned a coveted spot on the 2007 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list. In addition to its top 50 ranking overall, GM was No. 5 on Diversity Inc.'s list of Top 10 Companies for African Americans