ST. LANDRY PARISH, La. — Observing a joyous children’s holiday parade in the Louisiana parish she calls home, Clara LaFleur said that she isn’t surprised that the political power of Black Louisianans ...

Homelessness experts and local leaders say such personal questions exacerbate racial disparities in the ranks of the nation’s ...

In the crowded field of marketing, the Washington, D.C.-based Creative Theory Agency stands out for a few reasons, including ...

Writer and scholar Alexis Pauline Gumbs makes greens almost every day: chard, kale and — this time of the year — heaping pots ...

Saundra Bishop has many memories inside the idyllic pink, craftsman-styled Alpha Kappa Alpha house in Los Angeles. The space ...

This story was originally published by The Appeal. Twice the number of detainees at Georgia’s notorious Clayton County Jail died in 2024 compared to the previous year. The deaths of eight people ...

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Alma Jean Thomas-Carney is a local historian, civil rights activist, and entrepreneur who brought the first health clinic to Haywood County. She seen at the Dunbar Carver Museum in Brownsville, ...

Democratic U.S. Rep.-elect Shomari Figures of Alabama poses for a photograph outside the U.S. Capitol in November. Figures will represent Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, which had recently been ...

Playing spades under the smooth, lifting flow of old-school R&B, the air thick with the warm embrace of soul food’s aroma, feels like the perfect low-key New Year’s Eve. Yet it’s more than just a ...

Tolu Familoni quit her job and moved to Mexico City last year. She is one of thousands of Black Americans who've made the move in recent years. (Adam Mahoney/Capital B) Over the last two months, more ...