The Senate unanimously passed a resolution establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a U.S. holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.
Working families can look forward to receiving monthly stimulus checks as early as July, according to the IRS.
Tishaura Jones has made history becoming St. Louis' third Black mayor and the city's first Black woman mayor.
Kim Janey has become the first female and first Black to take the office as Boston's next mayor.
Governor Phil Murphy has signed historic adult-use cannabis reform bills into law, legalizing and regulating cannabis use and possession.
39-year-old Carl Dorsey, of South Orange, was fatally shot by Newark police minutes into the new year.
T'wina Nobles, the president and CEO of the Tacoma Urban League, was sworn in as a Washington state senator on Jan. 8, 2021
Issac Wright Jr., the formerly incarcerated lawyer who inspired ABC's For Life, has announced his run New York City's mayor.
Asbury Park students and Ghana students with the Solid Rock Foundation had a session about the 2020 U.S. Election.
Former rapper Shyne Barrow will continue his family's legacy as an elected official of Belize's House of Representatives.
