Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper is publisher and CEO of the AFRO-American Newspapers. This week, she speaks to the contribution of Black women in the world of sports.

“It literally just became a grassroots movement because people started seeing Black women running,” she said. “You know, not in the traditional sense of track and field, but your ...

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Get to know the mayoral candidates, check who’s leading, and learn how to vote in the upcoming New York City election.

The Allan government will fast-track a ban on the sale of machetes after a series of terrifying incidents over the weekend.

The Tribune has reviewed the names of people who have received pardons or commutations going back to the 1950s. Here’s a look at people with Chicago or Illinois connections who have been ...

According to the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), the number of Black women running is record-breaking, NBC News reports. “People are becoming more comfortable with seeing ...

Such as U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly and Lauren Underwood, who, like Stratton, are African American women. All could be vying to become the third Black female U.S. senator in the nation’s history and ...

She became the third Black woman in Grammys history to do so. The rapper and Best New Artist nominee acknowledged as much in a teary but ecstatic acceptance speech as she shouted out Cardi B and ...

British artist Thomas J Price probably could have counted on some controversy when he erected a sculpture of a Black woman in New York’s Times Square. Unveiled on April 29, the 12-foot-high ...