Black radio hosts’ efforts to support Barack Obama could help increase voter turnout in a vital part of his coalition.

Vikki Pryor is the chief executive of SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance and S.USA Life Insurance.

The Congressional Black Caucus is demanding that a tobacco-regulation bill place restrictions on menthol cigarettes, the type heavily favored by African-American smokers.

The Congressional Black Caucus is calling for changes to a tobacco-regulation bill, demanding that the legislation place restrictions on menthol cigarettes, the type heavily favored by African-American smokers.

The Congressional Black Caucus is calling for changes to a tobacco-regulation bill, demanding that the legislation place restrictions on menthol cigarettes, the type heavily favored by African-American smokers.

Mr. Johnson was the first black reporter at Newsday and later, at The New York Times, one of the first black journalists to work as a foreign correspondent for a major daily newspaper.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had accused the restaurant of “severe and pervasive” harassment of female, black and Hispanic employees.

A black antismoking group said the legislation failed to adequately protect the health of African-Americans because it would not ban menthol flavorings from cigarettes.

The legislation would ban candy, fruit and spice flavorings in cigarettes, but specifically exempts menthol flavorings.

25 million homes have at least one TV set that will go dark when the nation converts to digital television in nine months, and 10 million of those homes are “completely unready” for the switch.