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Biden-Harris Administration Unveils Ambitious Plans to Strengthen Teaching...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Ahead of Teacher Appreciation Week, the Biden-Harris Administration has unveiled comprehensive initiatives to bolster the teaching...
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Sacramento: At Capitol Rally, Former Inmates Share Memories of Forced Labor
By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media Assemblymember Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City) addressed a group of advocates and activists, including formerly incarcerated men and women at the State Capitol...
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Jayne Anne Phillips’ Novel ‘Night Watch,’ Eboni Booth’s Drama ‘Primary Trust’...
By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stories of race, slavery and the Civil War, real and invented, were winners this year for the Pulitzer Prizes. Jayne Anne Phillips’ “Night Watch,”...
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Twitter May Be No More, But a New Docuseries from Prentice Penny Shows Black...
By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Twitter may no longer be Twitter, but the presence of Black Twitter is still being felt. If you doubt that, just hop over to X (the platform formally known as...
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Black Voters Won a Big Victory in Louisiana. Some White Voters Said it...
By Tierney Sneed and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Nearly two years after a federal judge said that Louisiana’s congressional map diluted Black voting power, Black voters are at risk of voting for a...
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Experts Weigh-in on Mounting Concerns of Impending U.S. Civil War
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent In the wake of a recent survey revealing startling apprehensions among American voters regarding the possibility of a second civil war,...
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Will AI Change How Black Women Date?
By Apryl Williams, Word in Black When I first set up my Tinder profile a couple of years ago, I expected to find a match instantly. The pool of endless potential daters, literally at the touch of a...
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Black Teachers Matter. Why Aren’t Schools Trying To Keep Them?
By Sharif El-Mekki, Word in Black We need new Black teachers. Just as important, we need to keep the ones we already have. Teachers of all backgrounds are leaving schools at increasingly high rates....
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American Cancer Society Launches Largest-ever Study to Probe Disparities in...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The American Cancer Society is embarking on an unprecedented initiative spanning 20 states, including the District of Columbia, Maryland,...
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Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump Leads Class Action Against Geico, Alleging...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent On Tuesday, May 7, plaintiffs in a sizable class action lawsuit against insurance giant Geico joined prominent civil rights attorney Ben...
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Church Shootings Force Reckoning Between Faith and Security
By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware, Word in Black Rev. Glenn Germany, pastor of Jesus’ Dwelling Place Church in Pittsburgh, was halfway through his sermon last Sunday when a young man in jeans and a black...
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Arkansas Civil Rights Icon Daisy Bates Commemorated with Capitol Statue
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The recent unveiling of a statue honoring civil rights activist and journalist Daisy Bates in the National Statuary Hall brought out a...
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Biden-Harris Administration Showcases Historic Infrastructure Progress During...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent As the Biden-Harris Administration launches Infrastructure Week, White House officials are hailing significant strides made under...
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They Made One-Of-A-Kind Quilts that Captured the Public’s Imagination. Then...
By ANNA FURMAN, Associated Press Over the past two decades, Gee’s Bend quilts have captured the public’s imagination with their kaleidoscopic colors and their daring geometric patterns. The...
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In Reversal, Virginia School Board Votes to Restore Confederate Names to 2...
By MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press A Virginia school board voted Friday to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an elementary school, four years after the names...
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Florida Sheriff Releases Bodycam Video of Airman Fatally Shot in Apartment,...
By Christina Maxouris, Shawn Nottingham, Melissa Alonso and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A Florida sheriff publicly released bodycam footage from a deputy who fatally shot a Black airman in his home last...
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Harris Reflects on Breaking Down Barriers: Sometimes ‘You Need to Kick That...
By Donald Judd and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday reflected on her experiences as a barrier-breaking public figure, telling a crowd in blunt terms that...
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Body Camera Video Shows Fatal Shooting of Black Airman by Florida Deputy in...
By STEPHEN SMITH and MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff released body camera video Thursday showing a deputy outside an apartment door and firing...
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Commentary: Support Early Detection Technology to Save the Lives of Black...
By Rhonda Smith, Special to California Black Media Partners In 2008, I received news no one ever wants to hear. I was diagnosed with Stage I breast cancer, with an ER/PR positive tumor type. The road...
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Caitlin Clark, Much Like Larry Bird, the Focus of Talks About Race and Double...
By KYLE HIGHTOWER, AP Sports Writer For much of the past two years, Caitlin Clark has been the centerpiece of the college basketball world. Now Clark, like NBA Hall of Famer Larry Bird was 45 years...
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