On Aug. 31 a jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur, finally ...

Nearly two weeks after a derecho knocked out power, thousands of Gary residents were still waiting for electricity. While ...

It is now 63 years since more than 250,000 people marched on Washington, D.C., for jobs, justice and the right to vote. That march was pivotal to the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 ...

Baltimore ranked second in the Community Justice Action Fund’s 2025 Violence Prevention Index, which assesses cities’ ...

During the first public safety hearing back from summer recess for the D.C. Council on Sept. 18, a young woman shared her experience with sexual assault and the criminal legal system. “I was sexually ...

Bertha Maxwell-Roddey, 20th national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and pioneering educator, died at her home in Charlotte, North Carolina, on March 20, at the age of 93. “Dr. Roddey was an ...

A children's clothing line is facing controversy after it paired a clothes hanger depicting a Black child's head over the shirt body of a cartoon monkey. The Just Add a Kid clothing line uses images ...

April 2019 marks the 18th Anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. During the month of April, all around the country, there are activities and educational campaigns to raise public awareness ...

At the 2025 Democratic Issues Conference in Leesburg, Virginia, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) held a press conference to address critical issues affecting Black communities and the nation at ...

Short for post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD is defined as a mental health diagnosis “that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening or traumatic event,” according to ...

The pandemic has been tough on everybody, but particularly so on Black students. They've seen their parents, grandparents, and other caregivers disproportionately die from COVID-19, and they've ...

During an international diplomacy trip to the United States, Dr. Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, who serves as South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, made a visit to Howard ...