Dr. Christopher Harvey, the mayor of Manor, Texas, attended the 2025 African American Mayors Association conference to ...

Shaundel Washington-Spivey kicked off the month by making history as the first Black person and first openly queer person ...

Progressive icon and former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee is the new mayor of troubled Oakland, California, a city she represented ...

That’s of grave concern for Mayor Van Johnson, who anticipates the issue will be a top agenda item during this week’s ...

A high-ranking Oakland city official has been fired after a note she wrote last year that appeared to refer to black people ...

“Particularly if you are the first or second Black mayor, you inherit those who are part of an institution who say: ‘We are going to wait you out,’” said the mayor, referring to city ...

Los Angeles is rebuilding, but new crises are mounting and Mayor Karen Bass has been haunted by her absence when the fires ...

The African American Mayors Association hosts its annual conference in Washington, D.C., with a focus on forward-thinking ...

1983: Harold Washington was elected Chicago’s first Black mayor. Washington, a U.S. representative who also served in the ...

Dozens of vendors transformed 75th Street and King Drive into Chicago's "Black Wall Street" on Saturday. Dubbed "Bullseye: ...

Ed Gainey swept into office vowing to improve life for Black Pittsburghers. The new mayor of Pennsylvania’s second-largest ...