Herman Cain has been something of an anomaly to those following the build up to the 2012 elections. The presidential hopeful is the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza, a one-time mathematician for the US Navy, a cancer survivor and a dark horse candidate (though he refers to himself as a "black horse") in a motley Republican field filled with millionaires and some Tea Party favorites.

Hey ladies: the next time you're feeling the sting of racism, don't try to soothe your aching spirit with a mani/pedi, candles, incense or meditation. According to a study published in "Psychology of Women Quarterly," none of the above will ease a black woman's racism-related stress in any meaningful way.

Two major providers of online content geared toward African Americans have merged, looking to become a force in the increasingly competitive black-centric media space.

The doctor's words crashed down on Darrick Cornelius like a thunderclap.

Nearly a week after New York City police clashed with concertgoers following an album release party last Wednesday for DJ Pete Rock and the rap group Smif-n-Wessun, the artists joined a group of activists, fans and politicians on the steps of City Hall to protest what they called police "wilding" and abuse.

The accounts of what happened after the Peter Rock and Smif-n-Wessun show in New York City early on Wednesday morning couldn't be more different. But a few things are clear: dozens of police converged on the crowd outside of the venue, at least a few patrons were beaten and five police officers were injured.

You can call Chris Brown the comeback kid, at least if his standout performance and sweeping victory at the 2011 BET Awards is any indication of the much-maligned R&B star's buoyant popularity.

Perhaps the most explosive and explicit example of police brutality in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina took place on September 4, 2005, when a group of officers gunned down six unarmed civilians on the Danziger Bridge in eastern New Orleans.

Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has joined other conservatives in using high unemployment rates among African-Americans as a bid against President Obama, saying that the president has performed so poorly that blacks will vote Republican in 2012.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's "blackness" has long been questioned, but revelations of his off the bench relationships have now called into question his ethics.