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Instead, she found herself tied to a man who “changed from being kind to being a monster.” He would beat her “with his bare...

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent Childcare is draining American families with a force that has begun to rival housing costs, and...

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent Republican power in this country has chosen cruelty as policy. It is not an accident. It...

By Lauren Burke In a ruling signed by a federal court and signed by a Judge nominated by President Donald Trump, new congressional maps created...

By Lauren Burke At a press conference at the base of the steps of the U.S. House on a cold November morning, just hours before...

FORD MOTOR COMPANY SPONSORED CONTENTBy Shauna StuartThe Birmingham Times Cassandra Griffen, an activist and renowned documentary photographer whose many notable images included the Civil Rights...

Tierra Walker had reached her limit. In the weeks since she’d learned she was pregnant, the 37-year-old dental assistant had been wracked by unexplained...

Months after fighting to keep secret the emails exchanged between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and tech billionaire Elon Musk’s companies, state officials released...

By D. Kevin McNeirSpecial to the AFROkmcneir@afro.com In 1990, Jimmie C. Gardner, now 59, was a member of the Chicago Cubs Minor League team in...

By John-Michael Lawrence Medical research shows that a plant-based diet reduces the need for medication, reduces the need for health care, and prevents chronic ailments...