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5th Annual International Modest Fashion Show offers cultural display in New York

NEW YORK—On the heels of New York Fashion Week, the 5th Annual International Modest Fashion Show and awards ceremony hosted by Women Working Together...

White House officials address newly appointed Memphis task force, issuing strong threats

MEMPHIS—U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, U.S. Defense Department Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, in a recent trip...

The direct, indirect costs of America’s responsibility for genocide in Palestine

The genocide in Gaza could not have happened without the United States providing more than $20 billion in funding and resources to Israel, and...

30th Anniversary of the Million Man March Holy Day of Atonement 2025 will be commemorated Sunday, October 19, at Mosque Maryam in Chicago

CHICAGO—Three decades ago, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan made a Divine Call, and nearly two million Black men responded, standing before the world and...

Pam Africa leads community forum on media oppression, power, organizing

PHILADELPHIA—On a crisp fall afternoon, the Crossroads Women’s Center in Philadelphia became a hub of revolutionary thought and action. Community activist Sister Pam Africa,...

From prison to power: Women lead at Returning Citizens Summit on healing and reentry

CHICAGO—On Chicago’s West Side, community leaders, elected officials, and formerly incarcerated residents from throughout the city gathered for the Returning Citizens Summit, Sept. 26,...

Woman sues Mississippi police over son’s killing

JACKSON, Miss.—The mother of a 25-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by police is suing the officers involved, the Mississippi Capitol Police and...

Black history and labor conference brings scholarship, history together

ATLANTA—The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) conference aims to promote, research, preserve, share, and disseminate information about Black...

They are killing us through the food

  The first thing Elijah Muhammad said we should do with your first million dollars—He said, ‘Set up farming to feed your people,’ that’s number...

Chemicals in everything from nail polish to perfume to hair spray may trigger ‘more aggressive’ breast cancer

Phthalates in plastics, personal care products and food packaging can intensify breast tumors, according to a study published this month in Ecotoxicology and Environmental...