The city of Philadelphia will start twice-weekly curbside trash pickup in Center City and South Philly beginning early next ...

Harriet Tubman, like most Black women of her era and many Black women today, was often dismissed, underestimated and ignored.

The US Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation of Illinois’ Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office four months ...

ATLANTA — Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party's prodigious fundraising operation raised more than $1 billion in her loss ...

WASHINGTON — The House has passed legislation that would provide full Social Security benefits to millions of people, pushing ...

I’ve been told that I give the Black church too much credit. But when you look at how our ancestors navigated through the ...

Even after she stopped performing with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and became its artistic director, Judith ...

As I write this, I find myself overwhelmed with gratitude. A year ago, I was just coming out of the hospital, having survived a heart attack that required resuscitation 10 ...

Philadelphia’s largest union representing city workers officially authorized its members to go on strike if their demands for ...

Efforts to free Melissa Lucio, a Texas woman whose execution was delayed in 2022 amid growing doubts she fatally beat her ...

In a little over two decades, almost 260 million people in the United States are predicted to have overweight or obesity, ...

As the only boy in the family, Majere Debrady was considered to be the man of the house, charged with taking care of his mom ...