At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family line, and he takes readers along on the journey.

Avoiding offense with a sports team name isn’t complicated. Why can’t Kansas City do it?

L.A. elected officials had been facing budget pressures well before the fires broke out. The city’s emergency reserve has fallen to $320 million, or about 4% of the city’s general fund budget ...

This fact sheet relies on people self-identifying their race and ethnicity in the Census Bureau’s 2023 ACS to describe the nation’s Black population. The racial and ethnic categories used in census ...

White House national security adviser Mike Waltz has ordered a “full review” of personnel at the National Security Council (NSC), starting a process to weed out detailees at the agency who are ...

President Donald Trump’s national security adviser is directing roughly 160 career government employees on temporary duty at the White House National Security Council to work from home for the ...

President Joe Biden created two new national monuments on more than 860,000 acres of California sacred tribal lands, beloved hiking trails and wilderness habitat at the White House on Tuesday evening.

Taylor Swift, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce's girlfriend, has regularly attended games at Arrowhead Stadium since the pair started dating in 2023. Swift is a global megastar and when ...

When Freeman faces off Monday in Atlanta against the school where he once was a standout linebacker, he’ll become the first Black man to coach in the FBS national championship game. Need a break?

At its core, the National Space Council itself is composed largely of the same senior administration officials that sit on other White House councils, such as the National Security Council ...

In the years that followed, racial covenants were deemed illegal, which sparked a White flight to the suburbs that enabled Black Americans across the country to purchase homes for their families ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce gave pop superstar Taylor Swift plenty to cheer about Saturday. With his girlfriend watching alongside WNBA star Caitlin Clark from a suite ...