DETROIT — A Warren, Mich., man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to spray-painting racist graffiti on a predominantly Black church. David Bluer, 34, entered the plea to one count of damaging religious property — a federal…

In recognition of Poetry Month, a program for all ages highlighting the life and work of the black poet and social activist Langston Hughes will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Iola Public Library.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in to the Supreme Court, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court. The 51-year-old Jackson is the court’s 116th…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman selected to serve on a court that once declared…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday named 13 new cardinals, including Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who would become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red hat.  In a surprise…

For practically my entire career, when I’ve written about the experiences of Black people I’ve had to do so using a lower case “b.” It never felt right. But that was the official style at…

DETROIT (AP) — Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms captured the nation’s attention when she addressed the civil unrest occurring in her city after George Floyd’s death. “I am a mother to four black children in…

About 1 in 1,000 black men and boys in America can expect to die at the hands of police, according to a new analysis of deaths involving law enforcement officers. That makes them 2.5 times…

BOSTON (AP) — In a political stunner, incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano lost Tuesday’s primary to Ayanna Pressley, a Boston city councilor who is virtually assured of becoming the first black woman to serve…