Joseph Petito has spent the last three years advocating for missing Black and brown people through the Gabby Petito ...

Volunteers are grappling with environmental havoc across more than 35 miles of coastline, after at least 3,700 tons of heavy ...

Biden's historic commutation of death row inmates will not include prisoners who committed terrorism and hate-motivated ...

Beyoncé debuted 'Cowboy Carter' at the top of the country charts, shining a spotlight on other country artists like Shaboozey ...

Thirty years after Florida required schools to teach African American history, how the subject is taught remains inconsistent ...

Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) led the panel of lawmakers -- mostly from the Congressional Black Caucus -- to ...

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has applauded President Biden for commuting the federal death sentences of 37 inmates, ...

As 2024 comes to a close, Capital B is reflecting on some of the stories that resonated most with readers and our staff.

Russia declared a federal emergency on Thursday over an oil spill caused by two Russian tankers in the Black Sea, the ...

Black men born 1951-1970 always have had the greatest risk of dying of overdoses, even in their 20s, 30s and 40s. It's true ...

But Hughes is one of a handful of artists whose work spanned both the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement of the ...

Today's improved genetic testing can help African Americans pinpoint their ancestry with greater precision than ever.