Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago as Robert Francis Prevost, is Black. He is a descendant of Creoles in New Orleans, including ...

When news broke that Pope Leo XIV had Black and Creole ancestry, the internet practically collapsed. How could this white man ...

Darkened theaters showing the hit movie “Sinners” are among the few public spaces left in America where Black people feel ...

Some now-adult transracial adoptees are determined to share their stories too, to combat what they say is an overly rosy narrative about adoption.

PBS News asked readers to share their thoughts on having children and incentivizing childbirth — and more than 900 people ...

Hollywood icon Robert De Niro turned heads at the 78th Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, May 13—not just for his storied film ...

Ruth Anne King will be presenting a free literary event from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 15, in the Bloomington Public ...

taxonomized the human family into five races: Caucasian or white race, Mongolian or yellow race, Malayan or brown race, ...

Left-wing partisans believe that anything a black person does must be motivated by group identity. That’s the very definition ...

Though family trees show that the author is related to the new pope, there are some relatives he's less proud to have.

The Nazis targeted Black people living in Germany, excluding them from society through forced sterilization and denial of citizenship. Activists and historians still strive for recognition of these ...

The star opens up about her debut children's book, the lessons she learned from her mother, and the realities of raising a ...