Medgar Evers accomplished a great deal as a civil rights leader before his untimely death in 1963 outside his home in Jackson, Miss., but many remember him primarily as a victim of assassination. His widow, Myrlie Evers-Williams, and daughter, Reena Evers-Everette, want to change that, the Associated Press reports. As the 50th anniversary of his…

Reebok has released Rick Ross as a company spokesman in the aftermath of a vociferous uproar from activists and rape survivors about his song “U.O.E.N.O.,” which seems to glorify date rape, according to a report at TMZ. The news comes just a few days after a group of activists and rape survivors petitioned Reebok to…

Lil Jon, the King of Crunk, is diversifying his platform, borrowing a page from hip-hop moguls such as Russell Simmons, Jay-Z and Diddy. Vibe magazine reports that Lil Jon has partnered with celebrity Zumba instructor Gina Grant and will play DJ for the new Zumba Nightclub Series that launched this week in Boston. According to…

Republican leaders planned their party’s political comeback at Thursday’s Republican National Committee spring meeting. Their strategy includes courting minority voters and updating their political operations, Time magazine reports. But there could be a major stumbling block: Hillary Clinton. One early primary state RNC member put it simply: “If she gets in, we’re toast.” To be…

Updated Monday, May 13, 2013: Dr. Kermit Gosnell has been found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder for severing the spinal cords of infants born during abortions, according to the Washington Post. He was also found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of 41-year-old Karnamaya Mongar, who died from an overdose of drugs…

Business Insider is reporting that diversity in Silicon Valley has become a hot topic lately. In a one-and-a-half year long investigation, CNNMoney probed 20 of the most influential technology companies in the U.S. What they found: racial minorities and women are generally underrepresented in management roles. And those roles are typically dominated by white and…

First lady Michelle Obama’s slip of the tongue while promoting her Let’s Move! campaign, accidentally calling herself “a busy single mother,” continued to reverberate a day later. Proponents and opponents tried to analyze the statement, asking whether there is marital strife, pointing out the president’s public acknowledgment of another beautiful woman, along with a lot…

CNN is reporting that a federal judge in Brooklyn, N.Y., has ordered the Food and Drug Administration to make the morning-after birth control pill available over the counter to people of any age without a prescription. This order overturned a 2011 decision by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to require a prescription for…

We all know that President Obama likes to joke, but did he cross the line when he praised the beauty of California Attorney General Kamala Harris? By now you may have heard that he called her “the best-looking attorney general” during remarks at a fundraiser in Atherton, Calif., according to ABC News. “You have to…

Beyoncé fans sort of got what they were looking for on Thursday when Pepsi released an ad showcasing her dancing to her upcoming single, “Grown Woman,” which is produced by Timbaland. The ad, called “Mirrors,” highlights some of Beyoncé’s outfits and dance moves through reflections seen in a studio of mirrors. The commercial is part…