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Here’s Why Georgia Voting Rights Groups Are Boycotting President Joe Biden
After President Joe Biden announced plans to speak in Atlanta, a coalition of voting rights groups has vowed not to attend the events surrounding his...
Top-Ranked Speed Skater Erin Jackson Headed For Olympics After Teammate Gives Up Spot
Speedskaters Brittany Bowe and Erin Jackson both hail from Oacala, FL and have been friends for almost two decades. On Sunday, their friendship made the...
Child Welfare Worker Fatally Stabbed During Home Visit, CPS Community Posts In Solidarity
On January 4, Deidre Silas, 36, an investigator with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services was stabbed to death during a home visit....
New Tennessee Law Requires Hairstylists To Complete Domestic Violence Training
Beauty salons are one of the many sanctuaries for women. Hairstylists are the masters of beauty and keepers of secrets. The bond formed between beauticians...
All Three Of Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Sentenced To Life In Prison
After almost two years since his murder on February 23, 2020, the three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery, the unarmed 25-year-old Black...
Ahmaud Arbery’s Mother Jabs Back at Defense Lawyers Over “Dirty Toenails” Remark
Victim impact statements are meant to be impactful. It gives the families one last opportunity at justice. The family of Ahmaud Arbery, the jogger who...
Sister Entrepreneurs Break New Ground With ‘QuickHire’ Job App
Kansas sisters Deborah Gladney and Angela Muhwezi-Hall represent a host of fellow entrepreneurs who are seeing open spaces in their respective industries and is rewriting...
Racism Is Considered A ‘Public Health Crisis’ In New York
Last Thursday, newly minted Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into action a series of measures meant to combat discrimination and racism, including classifying racism as a...
Airbnb Blocks Oregon Guest Names From Hosts To Combat Racial Rental Bias
Sixty-three years ago, A Raisin in the Sun made its Broadway debut and shined a spotlight on the plight of African Americans facing housing discrimination....
NCCU, Norfolk State, Howard University And Four Other HBCUs Received Bomb Threats
Several law enforcement agencies, including the Norfolk FBI and Norfolk Police Department, are investigating bomb threats made to several HBCUs across the country. For NSU,...