Turning tragedy into purpose: Gabby Petito’s father advocates for missing Black and brown people
Joseph Petito has spent the last three years advocating for missing Black and brown people through the Gabby Petito ...
Florida requires teaching Black history. Some don't trust schools to do it justice
Thirty years after Florida required schools to teach African American history, how the subject is taught remains inconsistent ...
Religion News Service15h
More than 60 years later, Langston Hughes’ ‘Black Nativity’ is still a pillar of African American theater
But Hughes is one of a handful of artists whose work spanned both the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement of the ...
Congressional Black Caucus applauds Biden’s death row clemency
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has applauded President Biden for commuting the federal death sentences of 37 inmates, ...
Biden commutes sentences of federal death row inmates, ‘striking blow’ to system that has ‘always targeted Black people’
Biden's historic commutation of death row inmates will not include prisoners who committed terrorism and hate-motivated ...
Congress members urge Biden to exonerate Black civil rights leader Marcus Garvey
Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) led the panel of lawmakers -- mostly from the Congressional Black Caucus -- to ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution15h
The year in Black culture, according to UATL reporter Ernie Suggs
As the year closes out, UATL’s staff members are looking back at Black culture and remembering what mattered. In this story, senior reporter Ernie Suggs shares his memories of the year that was.
Opioids have been killing the same generation of Black men in Chicago for decades
Black men born 1951-1970 always have had the greatest risk of dying of overdoses, even in their 20s, 30s and 40s. It's true ...
Joe Biden Pardons Close To 40 People In Largest Single-Day Clemency Act and Black Women Feel A Way
Civil rights activist Angela Rye and Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) want President Joe Biden to focus his pardons on Black Americans.
Why residents in Black neighborhoods will pay more to stay warm this winter
Massachusetts is already warning residents to expect higher gas bills this season, citing a frigid winter forecast. While ...