Multi-platinum gospel recording artist Erica Campbell is sharing her joy with the release of a new single “Feel Alright,” which she describes as “an up-tempo affirmation of the power you find in choosing joy even when life is messy and unpredictable.”
When video footage of 25-year-old Rodney King being beaten by Los Angeles police was publicly broadcasted in 1991, it shocked the nation. A year later, in 1992, the acquittal of the four officers who had been caught on camera brutally wielding their batons against King’s body led to historic…
Three days after Congresswoman Cori Bush took office to represent the voters of Missouri's First Congressional District, the Capitol insurrection occurred. As she begins her second term, Bush said she’s just as committed to holding former president Donald Trump and all those who participated…
It’s been a long time coming for working, breastfeeding moms. On top of limited maternity leave, when moms do return to work, many are faced with a lack of support from employers when pumping breast milk.
Whether it’s autism or dyslexia, emotional disturbances, or a hearing impairment, it’s easy for students with disabilities to get lost in the classroom. As a result, they might behave in ways their teachers and peers don’t understand — and their teacher may lack the training, or empathy, to …
Bishop William J. Barber II, co-leader of the Poor People’s Campaign and renowned civil rights leader, will become the director of Yale Divinity School’s new Center for Public Theology and Public Policy.
A Los Angeles Police Department officer repeatedly tased Keenan Anderson, a cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors, who died later that day, January 3, from cardiac arrest.
Former Pope Benedict XVI, who died on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022, at age 95, met with two sitting US presidents and a future American president during his time as leader of the Catholic Church.
Oprah Winfrey penned a touching tribute to Barbara Walters after her death on Friday.
The Black Press of America entered its 195th year in 2022, highly engaged in the continued fight for freedom, justice, equality and equity. Just one year after the Jan. 6 insurrection not only threatened America’s democracy but freedom for people of color, the United States and the hundreds …
Claudine Gay, a widely admired higher education leader and distinguished scholar of democracy and political participation, will become the 30th president of Harvard University on July 1.Since 2018, Gay has served as the Edgerley Family Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), th…
When I was a child, my father kept an editorial cartoon pinned up in the vestibule of our church that made a deep impression on me I have never forgotten.
A record number of women will soon serve in state legislatures, breaking the previous cap of female lawmakers by at least 69 seats and bringing total representation to more than 32%, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.
Brittney Griner is on her way back to the United States, President Biden announced early today on Twitter. A White House press conference is planned for later Thursday morning.
On a bright, crisp morning in October, a crowd of Donald Suggs Jr.’s friends, neighbors, and family from across the country gathered at the southwest corner of East 6th street and Avenue B in New York City’s East Village. In front of a verdant community garden, they witnessed the unveiling …
St. Louis based Williams & Associates, Inc., a minority community based public health agency addressing minority health disparities and health equity, observed World AIDS Day 2022 on Dec. 1 with the opening of its South City Service Center.
When the 2023 legislative session opens on Jan. 4 in Jefferson City, Democrats will again be underdogs against Republican super majorities in the House and Senate.
Congress held its first hearing about establishing a non-voting delegate seat for the Cherokee Nation on Wednesday, November 16. The historic move is the closest the federal government has gotten toward satisfying a promise it made to the Cherokee Nation nearly 200 years ago.
In a year fraught with financial challenges, going home for the holidays will have heightened significance this year for many Black and Latino families.
Vice President Kamala Harris, right, ceremonially swears in St. Louis native Candace Bond as Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, next to Bond's husband Steven McKeever, Sr., Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, from Harris' ceremonial office at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House co…
At least 5 people were killed and 18 others injured in a shooting late Saturday night at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs.
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