Education

Crank Lucas can make you laugh and dance at the same time. The Washington, D.C., content creator, who got his start doing comedic rap parodies, is now an established artist and producer. Recently, he started […]

Black educators and schools can get a helping hand with $1 million in grants from The 1954 Project, a philanthropic venture to support those working on new approaches to schooling black children. Applications are being […]

As a young girl, Dana W. White absorbed key lessons that would shape her worldview. Her education began at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune, a weekly black newspaper started by her grandfather, Randolph Lewis White, in 1954. She […]

NEW YORK — The New York City Racial Justice Commission has real power — it can revise the New York City Charter. It can propose key structural changes and policy reforms to eliminate the systemic racism […]

Two groups are much more likely to have their kidney transplants fail sooner than their white counterparts: black recipients and recipients who received kidneys from Asian donors, according to new research presented at the European […]

KAMPALA, Uganda — Over 5,000 people employed by 54 non-governmental organizations in Uganda are staring at joblessness after the government halted their operations. The National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO Bureau) indefinitely suspended the operations of the […]

Darryl Smith’s No. 7 football jersey still hangs in the garage of Dante Jones’ home in Dover, Delaware, just as it did over his desk as the head coach of Baltimore Edmondson High, a memorial […]

Whether on the big screen or over the airwaves, Angelo Diaz is making his presence felt. Starring on TV One’s top-rated show “ATL Homicide” since its debut in 2018 is just the tip of the […]

Glaucoma took a young Jaleel Knight’s eyesight but not his ability to chase his musical dreams. He overcame being bullied, knowing that his journey would not be easy. But it never deterred him. One of […]

A Huntsville, Alabama, resident aims to inspire boys and girls across the country to help others one lawn at a time. Rodney Smith Jr.’s “50 Yard Challenge” asks kids to help the elderly, disabled, single […]