There are compelling arguments for a Cuomo victory — and several more for a flameout. Let’s start with the obvious: Cuomo is, ...

Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt, the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who ...

Monroe Nichols supports “significant elements” of the measure to recompense the families of Black people killed or left homeless by the 1921 race massacre.

Vultures make Honesdale look "like an Alfred Hitchcock movie," a resident says. They're also helpful by clearing dead animals ...

Breaking barriers and making history. Ella Jones became the first Black person elected to the Ferguson City Council in April 2015. In June 2020, she became the city’s first Black mayor.

The Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association president said he expects an appeals court to rule in its favor after oral ...

We kick off our Black History Month series by highlighting and honoring Alice Scott, the first woman and African American to hold the office of mayor in the City of Canton.

President Donald Trump’s attack on diversity, equity and inclusion programs is leading to pushback from Baltimore's mayor.

CHARLOTTE — Charlotte’s past and present black mayors gathered at Belmont Regional Center on Tuesday morning to tell stories ...

In Boston’s upcoming mayor’s race, the city’s Black electorate is up for grabs. And as Black voters go, so goes the election.

Tulsa’s new mayor on Tuesday backed doing more for victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and their descendants but stopped ...

Mayor Cavalier Johnson presented awards for outstanding citizen, education advocate, minority business champion and ...