People who are obese or overweight are at higher risk of developing several chronic diseases. andreswd/E+ via Getty Images
by Loneke Blackman Carr, University of...
By Erick Johnson of The Chicago Crusader
Publishers and owners of Chicago’s Black media organizations have banded together, urging Mayor Brandon Johnson to keep his...
A hand fan depicting Kamala Harris lies on the sidewalk in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 6, 2024. Bastien Inzaurralde/AFP via Getty Images
by Farida Jalalzai,...
African American Mayors Association 2024 Conference photo
by Stephanie Gadlin, The Chicago Crusader
New York Mayor Eric Adams has vowed to fight the five-count federal indictment...
On August 30th, a powerful gathering took place in Denver, Colorado, as residents, city leaders, and the state’s Attorney General, Phil Weiser, came together...
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1831—The Nat Turner slave rebellion begins in Southampton, Va. It was the best organized and most deadly slave revolt in American history....
Demonstrators protest the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., in August 2014. Joshua Lott/AFP/Getty Images
by Seanna Leath, Washington University in St. Louis...
