A request of the Virginia's Appomattox County Board of Elections to close precincts serving Black citizens created fears of ...

From racial terror to literacy tests to modern-day voter suppression, efforts to silence Black political power have never stopped.

With President Donald Trump enacting mass deportations, attacking birthright citizenship and targeting other civil rights, ...

We may not always agree, but disagreement should never turn into disrespect,” Councilor Byron Hickey of District 1 told the ...

These 10 remarkable individuals are upholding John Lewis' tradition of making “good trouble” in the name of securing voting ...

ESSENCE Black Futures honorees, Dr. Brandon Frame, Tevon Blair, Dr. Topeka Sam and W. Mondale Robinson discuss the power of ...

D.C. is bracing for $1 billion in budget cuts that will impact all residents, but Black communities stand to be hit the ...

Donald Trump hosting a Black History Month celebration at the White House, packed with shallow symbolism over substance? I expect nothing less from Trump — but the reaction from the mostly Black ...

declaring segregation unconstitutional — to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, white Southerners escalated their campaign of intimidation and violence to keep Black voters from the ...

Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday signed a bill that will expand early in-person voting in New Jersey primaries, starting with June’s gubernatorial and Assembly races. The bill, which passed both chambers ...

Black Vote, Black Power,” a collaboration between Keith Boykin and Word In Black, examines the issues and what’s at stake for ...