Writer and activist Darnell L. Moore is in Philadelphia presenting his book, “No Ashes in the Fire,” an autobiography inspired by his traumatic experience… ...

As a self-identified “mixed girl” growing up in Northeast Ohio, Janis Bowdler wished for a long, blonde ponytail. Bowdler, appointed in April as the president of JPMorgan Chase Foundation, remembers ...

"Damaris" of the lush black hair and inquisitive dark eyes is a single mom and for the past four years has been a sex worker in Mexico City, fighting day by day against discrimination and police ...

The practice of slavery during Colonial times brought many African people to the Latin American continent. In countries like Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay, Blacks account for a big proportion of the ...

This map shows the locations of cases where the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection confirmed drinking water had been contaminated by fracking.

The popular US vintage cars of the 1940s and '50s, still seen driving around the streets of Cuba, played the leading role at the CubaNostalgia fair, which opened Friday in Miami. The three-day event, ...

Mia Roberts Perez, one of the candidates elected yesterday to Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas, will be bringing more diversity to the bench where there are currently only a few Latino judges in a ...

A quinceañera is a birthday celebration of a girl's 15th birthday that symbolizes her transition into womanhood. Quinceañeras are primarily a tradition in Latino culture, particularly among Mexicans ...

The Philadelphia Bar Association announced the final results of the Association’s ratings of the qualifications of candidates for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and candidates for Philadelphia ...

La prolífica escritora estadounidense Ursula K. Le Guin ha traducido al inglés una selección de la poesía de la chilena y premio Nobel Gabriela Mistral, que sorprendentemente es poco conocida en EEUU ...

Originalmente encargado por el Presidente Franklin D. Roosevelt en 1945, "El Pendón Estrellado" fue finalmente puesto a disposición del público.

La importación de uno de los ingredientes más populares de la cocina mexicana, el cilantro, ha sido prohibida de manera temporal en los Estados Unidos por la Food and Drug Administration (FDA). La ...