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Morris Brown, a primary care physician, listens to Sarah McCutcheon’s heartbeat in the exam room at his medical office in Kingstree, South Carolina, which sits in a region that suffers from health care provider shortages and high rates of chronic diseases. Gavin McIntyre for KFF Health News KINGSTREE, S.C. — One morning in late April, a small brick health clinic along the Thurgood Marshall Highway bustled with patients. There was […]

This image from Phoenix Police Department body camera footage from Aug. 19, 2024, shows Tyron McAlpin, a Black man who is deaf, being punched and shocked with a Taser by Phoenix police officers when they responded to a call that he had committed an assault at a convenience store in Phoenix, according to police. Phoenix Police Department/AP A deaf Black man with cerebral palsy was allegedly beaten and tased by […]

Vice President Harris campaigns in Raleigh, N.C., on Oct. 12 — part of a push to try to shore up her support among Black men. Brendan Smialowski/AFP Vice President Kamala Harris is pledging Monday to legalize recreational marijuana, protect cryptocurrency assets and give 1 million loans to Black entrepreneurs, as part of her efforts to court Black voters who may be pivotal in the presidential race. Polls show that some […]

Ta-Nehisi Coates teaches at Howard University, where he's the Sterling Brown endowed chair in the English department. Carol Lee Rose/Getty Images Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates says he long felt the pull to visit Africa — and yet it was a trip he kept putting off. "When you're Black in this country, Africa — or the story that's told about Africa — is a weight," Coates says. "I always knew it was […]

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution in a sweeping federal indictment. Federal agents arrested the music mogul in the lobby of a midtown Manhattan hotel last night (Sept. 16) on charges of this sealed indictment, now unsealed. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams confirmed the 54-year-old record exec and artist was in custody. He is expected to be arraigned today in […]