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The number of people living in poverty has climbed to 14.3 percent of Americans, the highest rate since 1994.

Beginning Thursday, the head of the National Black Farmers Association will ride a tractor to Capitol Hill to press Congress to fund a historic discrimination case settlement involving minority farmers.

First Lady Michelle Obama and France’s first lady Carla Bruni met in Strasbourg, France in April 2009. What does Michelle Obama think about being First Lady? She calls it “hell.”

The U.S. Department of Education has released preliminary data on degree attainments during the 2008-09 academic year. That year more than 467,000 African Americans were awarded higher education degrees.

Smoking bans can lead to major improvements in childhood asthma, and potentially save lives, a new study shows.

African American students are suspended far more frequently than white children, especially in middle school, according to a new study by a UCLA researcher and a colleague in Indiana.

With new commitments of support from Sens. George Voinovich (R-OH) and George LeMieux (R-FL), President Obama said “we are finally on the verge of passing a small business-jobs bill that will cut taxes and provide loans for millions of small business owners across America.”