During Black Music Month, a look back at Ray Charles’ 2001 World Series performance of “America the Beautiful” and how his ...

There is a dangerous myth embedded in the fight for reproductive justice: that the battle is solely about women, or even solely about those who can become pregnant. It is not. It is equally about men, ...

There’s a somber scene in a new documentary about Patrick Kelly, where executive producers Jess Manning and Ray Cornelius are at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center, about to dive into ...

The party of Andrew Jackson has spent a decade running from him. It should keep the two things he got right. I was 14 the first time I raised my hand to volunteer. I was short for my age. I had a bad ...

The United Negro College Fund has asked the public for help to pass historic multi-million-dollar legislation that would undergird infrastructure projects at HBCUs across the nation. The IGNITE HBCU ...

I do not even pledge allegiance easily. Allegiance to what? To two nations, one Black and one White, under whose God, divisible, with justice for some? We are asked to place hands over hearts and ...

“This is an economic engine, not just for the South Side of Chicago … most certainly here, but it’s going to be an engine for the city and the region. It’s going to be a beacon of hope to the world at ...

As a long-time death penalty abolitionist, I’ve often compared the death penalty in America to a train with no brakes: Once the machinery starts moving, it becomes extraordinarily difficult to stop.

A new report just released by Texas Defender Service shows that 92% of the death sentences sought by the Tarrant County District Attorney’s office since 2012 have been against people of color. When I ...

After former President Carter used the cancer drug, Keytruda, cancer patients across the United States had one request for their doctors: "I want what Jimmy Carter had." But not everyone who wanted ...

CHICAGO – At the top of the Obama Presidential Center, in its sunlit Sky Room is where viewers are meant to take it all in. The panoramic views are impressive: surrounding the campus is Chicago’s ...

If stress causes digestive woes, eating late at night isn’t doing the stomach any favors. For thousands of participants in new, early research, those eating more than 25% of one’s daily calories after ...