“Scandal,” the hit ABC political drama starring Kerry Washington, has been renewed for another season, the network announced. According to E! News, the series garnered 6.4 million viewers and 1.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic for its most recent airing May 10. In “Scandal,” Washington plays D.C. crisis manager Olivia Pope, who has an affair [...]

Although the 2012 Grant Thornton International Business Report may observe that 21 percent of senior management roles are held by women globally, around the world women are expertly succeeding in business and in growing their fields. In South Africa, the Oliver Empowerment Awards, a prestigious event to highlight leadership and innovation in empowerment, showcases two [...]

An obscure grave in Portland’s Lone Fir Cemetery is the final resting place of a Black woman who helped change the world. Her name was Hattie Redmond, and she was a leader in the 1912 campaign that won equal voting rights for Oregon women. Now, 100 years later, the Century of Action committee plans to [...]

WASHINGTON — Federal authorities are paying tribute to a man they say is the first black federal law enforcement official killed in the line of duty in the post-Reconstruction era. A ceremony Monday at the headquarters of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is honoring William Henderson Foote. Foote’s name will be unveiled [...]