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Politicians bash businesses. “Stop the greed!” shouts Sen. Bernie Sanders. Many Republicans are equally ignorant. When some ...

Politicians bash businesses. “Stop the greed!” shouts Sen. Bernie Sanders. Many Republicans are equally ignorant. When some Florida businesses raised prices in response to sudden demand during a ...

Former governor of Arkansas, Orville Faubus, died with history noting that this one white man stood up to the President of ...

Tyronda Boone created the documentary, “Generational Wealth-Triumphs and Tribulations” in 2023 with a purpose in mind. “I ...

Near the corner of 23rd Street and Cedar Avenue in East Lubbock, the Chatman Hospital has stood tall for 80 years.

SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WTVD) -- Since she was 16 years old, Mary Cox Matthews has spent every moment by her late husband Frank J. Matthews' side. She was emotional as she stood in front of a historical ...

As Margaret Burman Risher looks out from her porch, she thinks back on the 94 years she has lived in Turner Station, remembering a different world. Here's why.

The lives of James Hanover Thompson and David Simpson were forever changed, destroying their childhood innocence. Over 65 ...

Donald Trump’s measures ending government diversity efforts are part of a much broader effort to reverse civil rights gains ...

Some rich people got absurdly rich. So what? The poor got richer, too. Quietly, capitalism, harnessing individuals’ greed, ...

Carol Gordon is an avid collector of Black American memorabilia and has assembled a traveling history museum that she takes ...