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 ...

When Oklahoma City residents were asked how to revive two buildings that once served Black residents, they weren’t short on ideas. They asked if the former home of a Black entrepreneur became a ...

Black Voters and the Fight for Democracy is a multipart series that explores the stakes of the 2024 election for our communities. This project was produced as part of the Advancing Democracy ...

Cowpea is the common name for the legumes known to botanists by the scientific name Vigna unguiculata. But they’re also ...

Few people know that a Black inventor named Lewis Latimer worked with Thomas Edison and played a role in improving the light ...

Writer and scholar Alexis Pauline Gumbs makes greens almost every day: chard, kale and — this time of the year — heaping pots of vegan collard greens. Gumbs, author of the recent Audre Lorde biography ...

The federally funded program optimized the court processing system. As it concludes, some fear problems will return.

After a long battle with their landlord, several former residents of Fairburn & Gordon said they have found better housing and are glad they took a stand.

In under a month, the agency announced results of 4 pattern or practice investigations into police departments across the U.S.

Paez Terán’s parents say they have been denied answers about the circumstances surrounding their child’s death ...

From Atlanta’s Westside to Chicago’s South Side, Black neighborhoods are driving bold, innovative climate solutions rooted in community pride and collective action. These efforts aren’t just about ...