Community outraged by “alarming” racist incident at Virginia Beach high school
VIRGINIA BEACH — Parents were notified this week about a racist incident involving students at a Virginia Beach high school…
Barbershop killing escalates trauma for Boston neighborhood riven by gun violence
BOSTON — On days when the sun was shining and the air was warm with a gentle, cooling breeze, Ateiya…
Beloved pastor, gun violence activist killed in Memphis; woman charged in shooting
MEMPHIS — A local community is reeling from the loss of a well-known pastor and community leader who was fatally…
Massive layoffs at the Department of Education erode its civil rights division
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will…
West Africans have a high risk of kidney disease – new study confirms genetic cause
By Samuel Ajayi, University of Ibadan and Yemi R. Raji, University of Ibadan Kidney disease, leading to kidney failure, afflicts…
How Jesse Jackson embodied Southern politics − and changed American elections
By Gibbs Knotts, Coastal Carolina University and Christopher A. Cooper, Western Carolina University Holding hands with other prominent Black leaders,…
Hospital gun-violence prevention programs may be caught in US funding crossfire
DENVER — Seven years ago, Erica Green learned through a Facebook post that her brother had been shot. She rushed…
Junior Bridgeman, former NBA star and businessman, dies at 71
LOUISVILLE, KY — NBA basketball star-turned billionaire Junior Bridgeman, one of the wealthiest Black people in America, has died at…
How Eric Adams has backed a secretive NYPD unit ridden with abuses
In the fall of 2022, the New York Police Department began posting videos online to promote one of its latest…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s new book Dream Count explores love in all its complicated messiness
By Daria Tunca, Université de Liège Award-winning Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s new novel Dream Count has landed. It’s been…
