For the first time, Alexandrians are poised to see a Black woman voted in as their mayor this Election Day. State of the race ...

The campaign for mayor might come down to a first-ever runoff in December that could reflect Richmond's new diversity.

Hosted by the Burlington County Commissioners and Burlington County Women’s Advisory Council, the event recognizes women who ...

Morial, who was also the widow of New Orleans’ first Black mayor, Ernest N. “Dutch” Morial, and mother to former Mayor Marc H ...

Author, poet, consummate performer, singer, dancer, activist, freedom fighter, professor, feminist, humanitarian, songwriter ...

The ceremony was one part of a two-day stretch of events marking Morial’s life. On Sunday, the community was invited to a ...

Funeral services for a New Orleans activist and matriarch of one of the city's most iconic political families are scheduled for Monday at Xavier University.

Denver police chief Ron Thomas is raising concerns about his department's ability to recruit more officers of color. Why it ...

When Shirley Franklin was elected mayor in 2001, she not only became the first Black woman mayor in Atlanta, but the first of any major Southern city. Now more than 23 years later, city leaders ...

More than three decades after Sean Combs named his label Bad Boy Records, he’s been arrested on federal racketeering and sex ...

One booted Black woman started her own Facebook group ... The day after the council meeting, then-Mayor Mike Pruitt left for ...

ARE JUST MINTUES AWAY FROM GETTING AN UPDATE FROM BIRMINGHAM POLICE ON THE DEADLY MASS SHOOTING FROM SATURDAY NIGHT. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AS DOZENS OF PEOPLE WERE STANDING OUT SIDE OF BIRMINGHAM’S ...