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Wells Fargo & Co and the Department of Justice are negotiating to settle allegations that the bank illegally targeted African-Americans for expensive subprime loans, according to a source familiar with the matter.

The wealth gaps between whites and minorities have grown to their widest levels in a quarter-century. The recession has erased decades of minority gains, leaving whites with 20 times the net worth of blacks and 18 times that of Hispanics.

For many in the black community, where unemployment has risen, job loss has knocked them out of the middle class and back into poverty.

White people like movies. Black people like movies. But do white people like black movies? Indiana University telecommunications professor Andrew J. Weaver investigated in “The Role of Actors’ Race in White Audiences’ Selective Exposure to Movies,” published recently in the Journal of Communication.

Amid awards for the top artists, actors and athletes, Steve Harvey was recognized for his humanitarian work at Sunday's BET Awards.

Blacks and other minorities with cancer are more likely than whites to say they would spend everything they have on aggressive treatments that ...

Former Duke standout Grant Hill is criticizing former Michigan star Jalen Rose for saying the Blue Devils "only recruited black players that were 'Uncle Toms."'

Michael Steele, the first black chairman of the Republican Party, faces long odds of winning re-election.

Perry earned 19 nods Wednesday, including best director for "For Colored Girls" and best screenplay for "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?"

Nearly two-thirds of nursing home patients have advance directives, documents allowing people to make end of life decisions when they might not ...