The Vulcan Society was founded in 1940 by Wesley Williams, one of the first Black fire chiefs in the country and has long advocated for Black firefighters.
As the nation commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center’s twin towers, the health fallout from the attack still affects thousands of individuals — and ...
Overview: Nearly 3,000 people died from the attack on the World Trade Center. But the lingering physical and mental health effects have reached far beyond that number. As the nation commemorates the ...
Overview: America remembers the passengers who fought back aboard Flight 93. Far fewer know about LeRoy Homer Jr., the Black ...
A Baltimore minister’s unlikely move to Nova Scotia connects centuries of Black migration and faith with a historic congregation confronting a thoroughly modern question: how to preserve its past ...
A twice-yearly injection can dramatically reduce the risk of HIV. But the Black Americans who could benefit most from long-acting PrEP remain among the least likely to get it. First, the good news: ...
She boarded Flight 77 to help her students in Washington, D.C. Twenty-five years later, her story lives on through her ...
Black residents demanded a moratorium after Musk’s Colossus expansion. A competing council proposal could make that pause ...
The “Food Is Medicine” movement argues that poor nutrition is a leading cause of illness, health care spending and lost ...