With fewer members, tithes have dipped steeply at historical houses of worship.

If the public education system can't or won't serve black kids, we have to come up with alternatives, says the Children's Defense Fund. 

Na Cola Franklin was given life behind bars without parole for stabbing her fiance.

Keeping up with the Joneses is foolish, writes Jamilah Lemieux at Clutch magazine, and she's found her way to self-support and personal pride.