Black people make up a disproportionate share of postal workers. That's why the Postal Service's fate will affect Black communities. osh Dubose did not intend to become a mail carrier.…

JOHANNESBURG —   Health authorities on Tuesday are expected to declare the African continent free of the wild poliovirus after decades of effort, though cases of vaccine-derived polio are still sparking outbreaks…

KENOSHA, Wis.—Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers declared a state of emergency Tuesday, as state officials prepared for another night of protests sparked by a police shooting of a Black man that left government…

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was watching an episode of former linebacker Emmanuel Acho’s digital show, “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man,” when he realized something about his own life. He…

They’ve made it with authorities checks and household assist. They’ve made it with financial savings and odd jobs. They’ve made it with church charity, nonprofit rescue funds, GoFundMe campaigns. One…

(CNN) - As one storm heading toward the US Gulf Coast is weakening, another is growing stronger. Louisiana is likely to be spared from back-to-back hurricanes this week as Marco was downgraded…

By all accounts, Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum has been a fast-rising political star in Oklahoma. Part of a political dynasty whose uncle, grandfather and great-grandfather all served as mayor of…

The physique of a Detroit firefighter was recovered from the Detroit River on Saturday, a day after he dived into the water to save lots of three younger ladies from…

The fossil fuel divestment movement won a significant victory on Friday: Harvard University alumni elected three new divestment-focused members to the school’s Board of Overseers, the governing body with a…

The trouble began, as too often it does in Chicago, with a gun. On a humid afternoon, on Aug. 9, a woman called 911 to report that a man in a…