On this day in 1960, a group of Black teenagers who were part of the NAACP was attacked by a…
On August 27, 1963, the world marked the passing of Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois, a figure whose intellectual and activist…
NYC Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced that more than…
On this day in 1918, Katherine Johnson, the mathematician whose calculations helped send American astronauts into space and safely back…
Gary, Indiana, has spent more than a week dealing with widespread power outages, and Karen Hunter says the crisis should…
Teens are increasingly using artificial intelligence for schoolwork without developing AI literacy skills, according to a new study by Common…
Althea Gibson, one of the greatest athletes of our times, was born on August 25, 1927, in Clarendon County, South…
During this Black August, U.S. White Nationalists have continued to compile victories in the federal court, from Donald Trump’s White…
NABJ’s decision to give a thumbs down to Stephen A. Smith due to his “recurring public pattern of disparaging commentary directed at…
The National Gallery of Art will add works by artist LaToya Hobbs as part of a number of notable new…
On August 24, 1950, Edith Sampson, a distinguished attorney from Chicago, broke significant ground as the first Black American to…
On this day in 1989, Huey P. Newton died, leaving behind a complicated but lasting legacy as a co-founder of…