A new analysis finds insurance costs 16 percent more in Black neighborhoods — and the gap persists even after researchers account for risk. For Black homeowners, protecting the family home can come ...
Recently, Nikole Hannah-Jones wrote an essay in The New York Times Magazine that has stayed with me. She reflected on a choice she and her husband made ten years ago about where their daughter would ...
In this opinion piece, Beverly Moran and LaToya B. Parker argue that the federal head of household tax filing status fails to meaningfully benefit the single mothers—particularly Black women—it was ...
Recently, schools across the country have begun banning books on topics such as religion, “witchcraft,” sexuality, police brutality and racism from the classroom and pulling them from school libraries ...
A couple years ago, award-winning chef Sammy Davis approached Dierdre Campbell, owner of Baltimore-based Buns and Roses Chimney Cakes, with a new concept for a restaurant in Charm City— one that would ...
The recent horror that unfolded on and around Pennsylvania Avenue and North Avenue should shock every single one of us to our core. A mass overdose. Let that phrase sink in. Not an isolated incident, ...
How do you name the greatest Rhythm and Blues bands of the 1970's, arguably the greatest and most influential decade of American Popular Music? Short answer is, you don't. It is virtually impossible ...
This is the third in a series of articles about laws that have significantly impacted Black women in America. On Aug. 22, 1996, then-U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and ...
Two breast cancer survivors from very different walks of life are sharing their deeply personal journeys of surviving mastectomies and the long, emotional road toward healing. Their stories highlight ...
Over the years the AFRO has had the privilege of capturing a range of tea events in Black society. Whether to honor mothers in the community or simply fellowship and reassure social bonds, gathering ...
The Maryland General Assembly passed emergency legislation aimed at limiting cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and banning most law enforcement officers from wearing ...