U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced plans to take action against Caribbean governments linked to Cuban medical ...

Funeral services for late NAACP New York State Conference President Hazel Dukes are being held at Mother A.M.E. Zion Church ...

The U.S. faces an ongoing HIV epidemic, with women, particularly women of color, bearing a heavy burden. While there have ...

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A public memorial service bursting with music, including planned performances by Stevie Wonder and a surprise one by Lauryn ...

The Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation (WHEDco) created its Just Ask ME (JAM) program from an innovative idea to face teen pregnancy.

Tamron Hall, an award-winning journalist, television host and author, was a guest speaker at Abyssinian Baptist Church’s 72nd ...

In a February report by the Pew Research Center, the think tank surveyed thousands of U.S. adults on the five-year impact of ...

Queen Latifah, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Diana Ross, and Mariah Carey were all born in March during Women's History Month.

The Black Male Initiative (BMI) at CUNY is celebrating 20 years of empowering Black and Latino males in higher education.

Claims opened up last month for the Onadia class action settlement, which accuses the city of unlawfully extending detainments in local jails.

Carol Weaver, who wrote the Amsterdam News “The Lash and the Cross” religion column in the 1980s, died on January 17.