Even before Mayor Tishaura Jones was sworn in as the first African American female mayor, the murmurs of the curse started to ...

FITCHBURG, Wis. (WKOW) -- Frances Huntley-Cooper made history in 1991 when she became the first Black mayor ever elected in the state of Wisconsin. In 2023, the city dedicated the Common Council ...

WASHINGTON – The shrill, metallic banging noises of a jack hammer echoed around the White House on Monday as crews started ...

Michael A. Hepburn is a product of the city he now wants to lead. Born and raised in Miami, Hepburn, 42, was molded into an activist and advocate by his community, and seeks to give back to the ...

WASHINGTON — Black Lives Matter Plaza will change its name, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser confirmed in a statement Tuesday, marking a shift from the plaza's biggest advocates amid pressure from a ...

Mayor Muriel Bowser’s decision comes amid calls by the president and other Republicans for more federal control of the city. By Campbell Robertson and Tim Arango Campbell Robertson reported from ...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is defending her decision to paint over Black Lives Matter Plaza. Bowser announced on Tuesday plans to remove the large yellow lettering that’s been a landmark in the ...

On New Year’s Day, Mayor Brandon Johnson welcomed 2025 by reminding Chicago leaders of the headwinds Black politicians like him face. The mayor sent a Crusader piece from last October titled ...

Work to dismantle the Black Lives Matter Plaza street mural in Washington, DC, that was put up in 2020 following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor began on Monday. Reconstruction at ...