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Motown legend Gladys Knight and her son Shanga Hankerson have gone to war over the use of her name at his Atlanta restaurants, Gladys Knight’s Chicken & Waffle. Her name and brand have been greatly sullied and contaminated since her son was arrested for allegedly robbing the restaurant chain – just months after one of […]...

The U.S. Department of Justice will stop contracting with for-profit prison operators. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates made the announcement, “They simply do not provide the same level of correctional services, programs, and resources; they do not save substantially on costs; and … they do not maintain the same level of safety and sec...

Farmers from the Southern region and their supporters gathered in front of the Supreme Court building in D.C. on Friday, demanding justice for what they called an unfair settlement in a landmark class-action lawsuit and the continued discrimination by the Department of Agriculture....

Civil rights attorney Waukeen McCoy today praised a U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California for its ruling to allow 11 African American women to continue to press their discrimination case against the former and new......

There are a lot of lawyers in the United States, but according to a 2014 only 3 percent of the lawyers at large law firms are African American. And only 1.9 percent of the partners are African American, found the American Lawyer’s Diversity Scorecard. So creating your own law firm is one way to ensure career advancement in the legal p...

The old adage, “the more things change, the more they stay the same”, seems somehow an apt description for what a growing number of communities…...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law, legislation that fully deregulates the practice of natural hair braiding and repeals the occupational license aspiring braiders were forced to obtain before earning an honest living braiding hair. This puts an end to nearly 20 years of conflict.The effort to deregulate natural hair braiders follows a...

As Baltimore protests over police conduct turned violent Monday, CVS closed a nearby store that was later looted and set on fire. Flames also engulfed an affordable housing center for seniors, owned by the Southern Baptist Church, which was months away from opening.[Related: Social Media, Tech Play Role in Baltimore Riots and Recovery]While...

The heirs of Anna Short Harrington -- the second-ever woman to serve as the face of the Aunt Jemima breakfast brand -- are alleging 60 years of unpaid royalties in a brand new lawsuit....

A founders' agreement can help you avoid a messy divorce from your business partner. Here's what you need to know.Though it can be hard to believe, most feuding cofounders probably got along once upon a time."Sometimes things don't work out and you have to get a business divorce," Stephanie Margossian, partner at San Francisco-based law firm...