Elegance, education and purpose came together as Baltimore leaders, philanthropists, educators and supporters gathered for the 2026 UNCF Baltimore Mayor’s Masked Ball, an evening that made clear the ...

A new analysis finds insurance costs 16 percent more in Black neighborhoods — and the gap persists even after researchers account for risk. For Black homeowners, protecting the family home can come ...

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people, authorities said, as they struggle to contain what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history. The latest ...

Recently, Nikole Hannah-Jones wrote an essay in The New York Times Magazine that has stayed with me. She reflected on a choice she and her husband made ten years ago about where their daughter would ...

Suzan Johnson Cook spent the day helping stranded New Yorkers before heading to Ground Zero, where firefighters simply asked her to pray. The NYPD’s first Black woman chaplain entered Sept. 11 ...

On the night of Sept. 14, I watched the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards’ three-hour broadcast from beginning to end, only to realize that not a single Black performer had crossed the stage to accept an ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Two separate mass shootings in South African townships within hours of each other have left at least 27 people dead, police said on Sept. 27. South Africa has struggled ...

DaQuan Lawrence, Ph.D. Members of the Prince George’s County community gathered Sept. 22 at Capital Christian Fellowship church located in Lanham, Md., calling for justice in the police-killing of ...

Every day, a child dies or is misdirected because we are not listening to their cries. They are asking for help, and too often all we give them are speeches, excuses and parties that do nothing to ...

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) celebrated its 50th anniversary with its annual Phoenix Awards Dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, celebrating a half-century of the ...

The Baltimore County Council unanimously voted to extend its moratorium on data center development on Sept. 22. The construction of new data centers will now be paused until Dec. 31, 2027, giving the ...

Afro Charities partnered with Johns Hopkins University (JHU) to present “Re-Reading the News: The Baltimore Orphan Girl Who Changed a Nation” at the Bloomberg Student Center on Sept. 15, honoring ...