Kansas City’s historic entertainment and cultural district hosted an early Juneteenth celebration over the weekend. Several hundred people lined the parade route along 18th and Vine with some...
Words of kindness and condolence provided a profile of the Tulsa doctor gunned down in America’s latest mass shooting. Dr. Preston Phillips, his colleague Dr. Stephanie...
The chairs lining the grounds were filled with veterans and their families gathered at the WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City for a special ceremony...
Millions of young Americans are graduating from college this year, but the future for higher education may very well include fewer male students. According to Inside Higher...
The mayor of Buffalo, New York, called it a day of “great pain” for his city after a gunman opened fire at a supermarket, killing 10...
One of the most iconic paintings associated with Black culture sold for $15.3 million at Christies’ 20th century auction in New York. Energy mogul Bill Perkins,...
After several months of Republican opposition, the Senate voted Tuesday to confirm economist Lisa Cook to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, making her the first...
America is considered the world’s melting pot – an ethnic stew made rich by its diverse cultures — but new research shows that for Black Americans,...
The Urban League’s annual report on the state of Black America provided a bleak portrait of the voting rights challenges facing African Americans leading up to...
The economic impact of learning loss during the pandemic is still being tallied, but a recent McKinsey Report estimates by 2040 the delays could lead to “annual losses...