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White and Black activists worked strategically in parallel in Detroit 50 years ago, fighting for civil rights

A member of the Michigan National Guard stands at the ready as firemen battle a blaze in Detroit in July 1967. AP Photo by Say...

Weight loss plans are less effective for many Black women − because existing ones often don’t meet their unique needs

People who are obese or overweight are at higher risk of developing several chronic diseases. andreswd/E+ via Getty Images by Loneke Blackman Carr, University of...

Chicago’s Black Press Urges Mayor to Fire Officers With Oath Keepers Ties

By Erick Johnson of The Chicago Crusader Publishers and owners of Chicago’s Black media organizations have banded together, urging Mayor Brandon Johnson to keep his...

Are Black mayors under attack across the U.S., some say it’s a pattern

African American Mayors Association 2024 Conference photo by Stephanie Gadlin, The Chicago Crusader New York Mayor Eric Adams has vowed to fight the five-count federal indictment...

When Compliance Isn’t Enough: The Reality of Police Violence Against Black Men

Screenshot of police body cam footage of NFL star Tyreek Hill's Sept. 8 arrest (Credit: Miami Dade Police Department).   The barrel of that New York...

From slavery to colonialism and school rules: a history of myths about Black hair

One of the first dilemmas that Black people face is whether to let strangers touch their hair – and under what circumstances. Thomas Mukoya/Reuters by...

This Week In Black History August 21-27, 2024

AUGUST 21 1831—The Nat Turner slave re­bellion begins in Southampton, Va. It was the best organized and most deadly slave revolt in American his­tory....

J. Pharoah Doss: Kamala Harris, Black identity, and Republican defectors

When California’s Democratic Attorney General Kamala Harris was elected to the US Senate in 2016, an Associated Press headline boasted: California’s Kamala Harris becomes...

From Michael Brown to Sonya Massey, a decade of police anti-Black violence causes grief, worry and coping for Black parents

Demonstrators protest the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., in August 2014. Joshua Lott/AFP/Getty Images by Seanna Leath, Washington University in St. Louis...

COLUMN: Trump’s NABJ Convention Interview Was the Disaster Everyone Expected

Donald Trump onstage with Rachel Scott of ABC News, Kadia Goba of Semafor and Harris Faulkner of FOX News (Photo Credit: Nicole Joseph). The Donald...

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