New Orleans-based Liberty Bank And Trust took 50 years to surpass $1 billion in assets under its founding CEO Alden McDonald, Jr. Now it needs to convince a new generation to buy into its mission of ...

On June 19, 1865, news of freedom finally reached the remaining enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas—two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, but undeniable nonetheless. Since then, Black ...

Every year, Banned Books Week shines a light on the stories some people would rather see erased. At a time when literacy rates in America are slipping, it’s ironic that some of the most impactful, ...

Tear gas rains down on a woman kneeling in the street as she raises her hands in the air. She was part of the protest that erupted in response to the killing of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, ...

Around this time five years ago in the wake of George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis, we kicked off a year-long series in which community members shared personal stories about “being Black in America.” ...

These four Black billionaires are richer than Oprah, Jay-Z or Tiger Woods. There is a new richest person in Black America. On Tuesday, Forbes released the annual Forbes 400 ranking of the nation’s ...

In his new book, “Aging While Black: A Radical Reimagining of Aging and Race in America,” Raymond Jetson, a former state lawmaker and health department official from Louisiana, says the United States ...

Black hair has been through more drama than a season finale of Scandal. From braids that carried secret maps during slavery to the never-ending debate over natural vs. relaxed, our hair has been both ...

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Trymaine Lee was in the middle of writing his first book when the unthinkable happened. At 38, a massive heart attack nearly took his life. That near-death experience ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Trymaine Lee was in the middle of writing his first ...