Andrew Couch had voted at the same polling location in the last two elections. But when he arrived at his polling place on Election Day, he was told he was registered in a different county that he hadn’t lived in for six years.
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Dolores Huerta, the legendary labor leader and co-founder of the United Farm Workers, has passed away at age 96 due to complications from cancer. A pioneering civil rights activist, Huerta was instrumental in securing collective bargaining rights for migrant workers and popularized the rallying cry “Si se puede.” From her early days as a community organizer in Stockton to receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom, her decades of advocacy transformed the American labor movement and inspired generations of activists to fight for social justice. Learn more about her life and legacy.
On Oct. 15, the first day of early voting, students from A&T, Bennett, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro marched together to Union Square, the closest polling place left open to them. The trek took about 45 minutes in 85-degree heat, on roads where missing sidewalks forced some into traffic, and many waited hours more to vote on arrival.
The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), a coalition of 150,000 African American and Latino faith communities representing 27.7 million members, is pleased to endorse Angie Nixon for the US Senate.
William Owen Hanna, a Pennsylvania Army veteran, reached his 100th birthday on October 4, 2026, with a bowling ball still in his hands. He celebrated the milestone at a local bowling alley, where family, friends, and fellow league members watched him enjoy the game he has loved for more than eight decades.
The Mississippi police officer who fatally shot 1-year-old Kohen Wiley has resigned as newly released body camera footage shows the moments leading up to the child’s death in a Walmart parking lot.
Former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, America’s first elected Black governor, has encouraged an audience of civil and voting rights activists, community organizers and politicians to never stop fighting for the good of other people.
Twenty-two days before a national election, with early ballots already being cast, federal agents arrived at the home of a sitting member of Congress with a search warrant.
A North Carolina police department is under fire after numerous officers were discovered using racist language against Black residents and even discussing a competition to see who could stop the most Black drivers. While a number of officers involved in the racism scandal have been removed or are set to be fired, concerned members of the community are calling for further investigation into their past conduct and significant changes to be made for the future.
Ten graduates of Tuskegee University’s Class of 2026 have achieved an extraordinary academic milestone, maintaining perfect 4.0 grade point averages throughout all four years of their undergraduate education.