Asantehene Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II, the paramount ruler of Ghana’s Ashanti Kingdom, celebrated Akwasidae Festival at Bowie State University on Aug. 30, ...

Nearly two weeks after a derecho knocked out power, thousands of Gary residents were still waiting for electricity. While officials investigated what went wrong, Black churches were already doing what ...

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

The first day of school in Prince George’s County started off in spectacular fashion on Aug. 26 as County Executive Aisha Braveboy kicked off the morning with a lightshow and marching band on the ...

There's no question that Black artists have played a pivotal role in shaping every genre of music known and loved today. When asked the question “What is Black music?” many complexities and layers ...

As a sophomore at South Carolina State University, Shawn Callaway's life changed in an instant when a stray bullet—accidentally fired by a fellow student playing with a gun—struck him in the temple ...

A medical examiner has ruled the death of a Haitian asylum seeker after being released from federal custody a homicide. An attorney representing her family said he expects her relatives to sue ...

A Rutgers University report out of the Program for Disability Research estimated that nearly 40.2 million people with disabilities were eligible to vote in the 2024 election, comprising about ...

Transformation Church Pastor Michael Todd in Bixby, Oklahoma, called on churches across America to take the lead on the issue of reparations as he presented $200,000 checks to each of the only living ...

Halima Cisse, a 25-year old woman from the country of Mali, recently gave birth to nine babies at once and all of them survived, which apparently broke a world record. Cisse gave birth by cesarean ...

CLLCTIVLY, a Baltimore-based Black philanthropy network, will launch a 24-hour fundraising event at midnight on Aug. 7. The initiative, CLLCTIVGive, is an annual time to raise funds for organizations ...

THE SACRAMENTO OBSERVER – (CBM) – The Black community in Tulsa, known as the Greenwood District, which has been referred to as the “Black Wall Street,” was decimated by a heavily armed White mob, with ...