By Hosanna School Museum  This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the Upper Bay Juneteenth Festival, a three-day Freedom ...

By Ed Towns After decades in public service, I can say this with certainty: healthcare access remains one of the greatest moral failures in America. Baltimore tells a story that too many American ...

By Jaimie Ding and Thomas Peipert The Associated Press Police still had no suspects in custody June 7 after a weekend shooting near an Ohio street festival wounded 12 people and sent attendees ...

By Morgan Knight, Armani Durham and Zoe Cummings Howard University News Service As the federal government moves toward automatically registering men ages 18 to 25 for the Selective Service System, a ...

An Associated Press investigation examines how the 47th president’s Education and Justice departments are reshaping civil rights enforcement by challenging programs designed to address longstanding ...

Nathan C. Irby Jr., a longtime civil servant and former Maryland state Senator, passed away, having served on a variety of ...

In a Juneteenth reflection, AFRO CEO and Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper argues that the holiday serves as a reminder not only of ...

Grammy-winning R&B legend Peabo Bryson, whose powerful voice helped define romantic ballads and Disney classics such as ...

U.S. Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.-12) secured her party’s nomination for a third term in Congress, defeating challenger Will Parker in the May 19 Pennsylvania Democratic primary. Lee led Parker by 62.3 ...

Global Circle for Reparations and Healing Global action produces global results as Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical ...

Researchers have changed the name of PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) to PMOS (polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome) to better reflect the condition's complex hormonal or endocrine disorder and to ...

The 42nd Annual Helen Hayes Awards celebrated the creativity, diversity and impact of the Washington, D.C.-area theater ...