Despite the uphill battle to pass federal reparations bills for African Americans, some lawmakers continue to reintroduce the ...

Opinion - On Juneteenth 2025, I stood in Monrovia, Liberia--the city named after a U.S. slaveholder president--and announced my candidacy for the highest office in the land of my birth: President of ...

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters said she believes President Donald Trump's airstrikes in Iran are "tantamount to a declaration of war ...

Carla Hayden, librarian of Congress since 2016, was abruptly fired from her position. She was the first woman and first ...

Columbus Day and Presidents Day are now in the crosshairs as debate erupts over which holidays America should actually ...

The president also lashed out at two other female Democratic lawmakers, Reps. Jasmine Crockett (Texas) and Ilhan Omar ...

After the justices let the administration deport migrants to countries with which they had no connection, a federal judge ...

We push for African political, social and economic emancipation because it’s glaring that the majority of those from the ...

Dr. Carla Hayden, a trailblazing librarian of Congress, was fired by President Trump in May. Geoff Bennett recently spoke with her about being blindsided by the decision, the administration’s ongoing ...

Democrats feel the deal would hinder hospitals, especially those in rural areas and persons of color in underprivileged ...

Juneteenth, the June 19th federal holiday that commemorates the end of America’s slavocracy and celebrates freedom for ...

The Beacon of Freedom rises 47 feet and was designed by Perkins&Will, and fabricated by Demiurge. It was inspired by civil leader and activist Lyda Moore Merrick, who once said: “My father passed a ...