Jared Banner has been named the Baltimore Orioles’ first Black general manager and the eighth Black general manager in Major ...

Patricia Ann Alsobrooks, the mother of U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), died at age 79 on Oct. 9, the senator announced. She was preceded in death by her husband, James “Mack” Alsobrooks, who died ...

Erica P. Loewe joined the Biden Administration as Director of African American media in May of 2021 and changed the trajectory of hundreds of media outlets within the past two years. Born in South ...

It’s been almost a year since Georgia Pastor Jamal Bryant’s Lenten Target fast began. The movement, started in March 2025, was spurred by the retailer’s decision to axe their equity, diversity and ...

(Black Press USA Wire) – Fifty summers ago, in 1976, journalist and author Alex Haley published his masterwork, “Roots: The Saga of an American Family.” The timing was exquisite: As the nation ...

Maryland’s quantum ambitions depend on more than research: an inclusive ecosystem of legal, policy and business support could shape who benefits from its growth. Ever heard of quantum technology? It’s ...

Leading with humanization, Dr. Tanya Johnson has over 25 years of experience in higher education and is making waves with her research on people-centered practices in higher learning. “My work that ...

School resource officers (SROs) and zero-tolerance policies have long shouldered the blame for the disproportionate introduction of Black and disabled students into the school-to-prison pipeline. "I ...

This timeline reflects the founding of some of the world's oldest historically Black colleges and universities, otherwise known as HBCUs. In 1867, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, ...

Baltimore has served as home base for most of April Ryan's life. The award-winning reporter, author and White House correspondent is a proud graduate of Morgan State University. But for Ryan, who was ...

BALTIMORE — A standing-room-only crowd filled the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Sept. 12, as family members, friends and colleagues gathered for the ...

Morgan State University (MSU) is pressing forward in its efforts to achieve R-1 status—a designation from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education and the American Council on ...