Forty-five years after Stevie Wonder helped to galvanize support for the holiday, historians warn that King’s legacy is being undone.

Health care advocates struggle to figure out why this Texas county has some of the nation’s highest rates of maternal and infant mortality.

Kevin E. James led the Atlanta-based college to accreditation and expanded enrollment. Now, he’s leaving the role with little ...

Once known for its trees and community, Altadena is now a test of who – and what – gets to return from disaster.

For decades, Colvin was an unsung hero despite refusing to surrender her seat nearly 10 months before Rosa Parks’s famous act ...

From teaching herself to sew via YouTube to creating a dress that went viral in days, Rita Shamou has turned her creativity into a thriving business.

BROOKLYN, New York — In a neighborhood just miles from where his father was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer ...

A woman waves a Venezuelan flag among members of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces during a rally in support of ousted President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in Caracas on Jan. 6.

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After Katrina, the city moved to all-charter schools until 2024. Less than two years later, the only district-run school ...

Garnishing wages could have major ramifications for Black borrowers, who owe a disproportionate amount of the national ...

Black immigrants in the metro are weighing the cost of going to work or school against the risk of deportation after a ...