Virginia Ali is working the front room at Ben’s Chili Bowl, stopping to greet nearly everyone who has walked into her 65-year-old diner on this Monday afternoon in late January. Ali turned 90 in ...

The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they ...

But it's the final touch, smothering the whole thing in homemade chili cooked down for ... Lisa: This is Kamal Ali, one of founder Ben and Virginia's three sons, all of whom left successful ...