A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election Saturday to serve as the city’s chief criminal court record keeper, despite the state ...

Located in Louisiana, between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, lies Cancer Alley or Death Alley- an 85-mile stretch containing approximately 200 fossil fuel and petrochemical plants, producing thousands ...

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has made a $27 million gift to Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) in South Los Angeles, one of the nation’s four historically Black medical schools ...

Bishop George I. Mason leaves a faith-driven legacy that he built over decades by serving both the streets of Los Angeles and the city's spiritual community.

The Los Angeles Sparks brought local youth teams together to compete in their annual Balln on the Beach 3-vs-3 basketball tournament at Venice Beach.

The California Black Women’s Collective Empowerment Institute, in partnership with the Los Angeles South Bay Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., hosted a community screening of the ...

The no. 12 UCLA men’s basketball team pulled away down the stretch in the second half to defeat Pepperdine 74-63 on Friday night at Paulley Pavillion. Xavier Booker scored a team-high 15 points to ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has been receiving around-the-clock care at home, has been hospitalized with a rare neurological disorder, according to his Chicago-based organization. The civil rights ...

The 2025 IDEAS Program — which stands for Inclusion, Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Access, and Success — has grown from three cities to nine, including Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, ...

The novel “The Summer I Ate The Rich” by Maika and Maritza Moulite brings to mind the saying “revenge is a dish best served cold.” ...

Bonnie Watson Coleman, who was the first Black woman elected to represent New Jersey in the U.S. House, said Monday she won’t seek reelection next year. Watson Coleman, 80, said in a statement that ...

The Kwame Brathwaite Story” tries to be two films at once—one about the meaning and legacy of “Black is Beautiful,” and another about Kwame Brathwaite, who gave that phrase its visual soul.