Democrat Scott Colom is projected to defeat Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's U.S. Senate race.

Irma P. Hall, the actress who played the beloved family matriarch Big Mama in the 1997 film Soul Food, has died. She was 91.

By Dennis Archer, Jr. - Chairman & CEO, sixteen42 ventures Colleagues & Friends,A few weeks before the general election, a dear friend of mine,...

Peter Marketos, a senior U.S. Marshals Service official, is under investigation after a watermelon was left on a Black colleague's desk. It remains unclear who placed the fruit there or whether Marketos was directly involved.

'Sinners' breakout star Miles Caton will play Washington's grandson in an upcoming thriller directed by Christopher McQuarrie.

An 18-year-old Ole Miss student has apologized after identifying herself in a video showing racist gestures outside a Black student's apartment. The university confirmed she is no longer enrolled.

Did you know that Harriet Tubman was a spy?

Photo credit to Marshall Harris Interactive workshop led by local designer celebrates the opening of Levi’s® flagship Chicago store, empowering Gen Z to customize and...

WHAT: The Black McDonald’s Operators Association (BMOA) of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana will bring holiday meals and essential community resources to thousands of local families...

The field of candidates seeking to become Chicago's next mayor could change in the coming weeks as election officials begin reviewing challenges to nominating petitions submitted for the February 2027 municipal election. The Chicago Board of Elections began hearings Monday on objections involving m

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama plans to reintroduce legislation designed to strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965, renewing a congressional effort to address Supreme Court rulings that have narrowed federal protections for minority voters. Sewell announced Monday that she is working with voti