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White House Exposes Republicans’ Plan to Gut Social Security, Medicaid
The White House exposed Lee and others on Thursday, just two days after their arrogant behavior during the globally televised event. When Republicans like Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Green and Utah’s Mike Lee interrupted President Joe Biden’s State of the Union
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Harlem Fine Arts Show Celebrates 15-Year Anniversary With 3 Days of 100 Featured Black Artists
The title sponsor of this year’s event is none other than Lexus of Manhattan, which is committed to culture, community, and commerce in New York City. L to R: Dion Clarke, Founder of the HFAS; Aleathia Brown, HFAS Artist; Stephen
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How Black Communities Cope With Trauma Triggered by Police Brutality
The release of footage showing the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police and protests in Atlanta have renewed public debate on the issues of police brutality and police reform. For some people, seeing is believing, and the circulation of videos documenting police violence
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Adults Judge Children Who Tell Blunt Polite Truths More Harshly Than They Do Liars
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Despite the common lesson that it’s paramount to tell the truth, adults judged children who told blunt polite truths more negatively than they did liars in a recent study my
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Lack of Diversity in Clinical Trials Is Leaving Patients of Color Behind and Harming the Future of Medicine
Its a great day when you find a piece of clothing that fits perfectly. A good shirt, the right pair of shoes or a well-cut dress is comfortable, looks nice and feels like it was made just for you. Now
Read More9-Year-Old Prodigy Begins College – But Schools Fail to Recognize Talented Black Students
Editor’s note: Amid numerous reports about how Black students lag behind others in educational achievement, occasionally you may hear about a young Black “prodigy” who got accepted into college at an early age. The latest example is David Balogun, a 9-year-old Pennsylvania boy who recently
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Angelique Kidjo: the diva from Benin carries with her a fierce history
Angelique Kidjo, the energetic singer-songwriter and activist from the Republic of Benin, represents a rare African phenomenon. In many respects, she belongs to the illustrious musical lineage of “Mama Africas” – the likes of South Africa’s Miriam Makeba, Letta Mbulu and Yvonne Chaka Chaka,
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Q&A: Author Boyah J. Farah reflects on being Black in America
When Boyah J. Farah arrived in the United States as a teenager, he expected the country to be paradise. And for a while it was – when he rode his bike down the quiet streets of his Boston-suburb, past smiling
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Turkey-Syria earthquakes: a seismologist explains what has happened
An extremely large earthquake has occurred in the southeast of Turkey, near the border with Syria. Data from seismometers which measure shaking of the ground caused by earthquake waves suggest this this event, in the early morning of February 6,
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Like Michael Jackson Before her, Beyoncé Proves More than Just a Music Superstar
Probably no two groups of people in the history of popular music have ever had more devoted followers than Michael Jackson and Beyoncé. Fans of the Beatles and Elvis Presley have been known to be a bit fanatical and even
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Seven Additional Police Officers Facing Discipline After Tyre Nichols Beating Death
Seven more Memphis police officers are facing discipline in the aftermath of Tyre Nichols’ death, according to City Attorney Jessica Sink. The officers will be given an internal statement of charges, which will inform them of policy violations. Sink stated
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Biden Renews Calls for Police Accountability During SOTU Address
With the parents of Tyre Nichols in attendance for the State of the Union address, President Joe Biden renewed the call for police accountability and the passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. The legislation bans chokeholds and
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Sundance and Slamdance Awards! – WMM Academy Awards Nomination Streak Continues
Sundance and Slamdance Awards! We’re excited to share great news from Park City, Utah: films and filmmakers from WMM won both Grand Jury prizes for Documentary at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT from
Read MoreIt’s A Family Affair: Part 3 – ADDI Appeals to Pan-African Students – A GDN Exclusive
On Saturday, January 14, Black Leaders met in the ADDI Pan-African Marketplace to do business deals with Pan-African businesses. Over 330 members of the African Diaspora Development Institute (ADDI), the meeting convener, discussed the development of Pan-African business relationships. However,
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How Some Enslaved Black People Stayed in Southern Slaveholding States – And Found Freedom
For generations, the Underground Railroad has been the quintessential story of resistance against oppression. Yet, the story is incomplete. What is far less known is that the majority of enslaved people who fled Southern slavery before the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation never crossed the Mason-Dixon line to
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What African Americans Want Most from Congress in 2023
As Black History Month begins, there remains key issues that African Americans want to see happen. As 2022 closed, Black Americans saw gains with historic candidates and timely legislation. President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act and later,
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NNPA Wraps Midwinter Conference Showing Strength of Black Press, and Star-Studded Celebration
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the trade association for more than 230 African American-owned newspapers and media companies, held its 2023 midwinter training conference in Puerto Rico. By the end of the four-day event, publishers, partners, sponsors, members, guests,
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Study Finds Six-Figure Earners Also Living Paycheck-to-Paycheck
In 2022, the economy proved as volatile as ever, with less disposable income and greater unpredictability. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index, inflation in the United States peaked at 9.1 percent in July 2022 and dropped
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Diversity and Moderation Over Tradition – Democrats and South Carolina Launch the 2024 Presidential Campaign
The Democratic National Committee approved a proposal on Feb. 4, 2023, that puts South Carolina first on the party’s presidential nominating calendar, upending 50 years of tradition. For the first time, voters of color, moderates, hourly workers – and Southerners – will
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Meet the Young Black Nurse Whose Platform Gives Thousand’s of Students a New Way to Study
Meet Samantha Cepeda, a licensed practical nurse, artist, and educator from Atlanta, who is also the founder and CEO of The Nurse Sam, a leading resource for visual and interactive learning for nursing students. Her platform offers a new approach to
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HBCU Grad, Founder of Largest Black-Owned Payroll Company, Celebrates 6 Years in Business
Meet Byron Jennings, a graduate of Prairie View A&M University who is now the founder and CEO of Next Generation Payroll, the largest Black-owned payroll, HR, and benefits provider in the country that uses its own software. To celebrate six years
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Civil Rights Legislation Sparked Powerful Backlash That’s Still Shaping American Politics
For nearly 60 years, conservatives have been trying to gut the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement. As a scholar of American voting rights, I believe their long game is finally bearing fruit.
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A Brief History of the Black Church’s Diversity, and Its Vital Role in American Political History
With religious affiliation on the decline, continuing racism and increasing income inequality, some scholars and activists are soul-searching about the Black church’s role in today’s United States. For instance, on April 20, 2010, an African American Studies professor at Princeton,
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MSNBC President Rashida Jones Scheduled to Headline Hampton University Journalism School’s 20th Anniversary Celebration
MSNBC President Rashida Jones plans to travel to Washington, D.C. in March to receive the First Amendment Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association. Although the award is among Jones’s long list of honors and accomplishments, it may pale
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Family of Double Amputee Killed by Police Pursuing Lawsuit
The family of a double amputee shot and killed by police officers on Jan. 26 has taken the necessary preliminary steps to file a lawsuit against a Southern California city. NBC News reported that the lawyer for Anthony Lowe’s family,
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The Story of Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, America’s First Black Pop Star
In 1851, a concert soprano named Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield embarked on a national tour that upended America’s music scene. In antebellum America, operatic and concert songs were very popular forms of entertainment. European concert sopranos, such as Jenny Lind and
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As Charges Loom Over Trump, Prosecutors Come Under Fire – A Criminal Justice Expert Explains What’s at Stake
Former President Donald Trump held his first presidential campaign events on Jan. 28, 2023, against the heavy backdrop of four major criminal investigations into his behavior while in and out of office. In the lead-up to his campaign launch, Trump
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How the Vietnam War Pushed MLK To Embrace Global Justice, Not Only Civil Rights at Home
On July 2, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. stood behind President Lyndon Baines Johnson as the Texan signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Although not the first civil rights bill passed by Congress, it was the most
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Jack Greenberg – His Dedication to Civil Rights and Equality Extended Far Beyond the Courtroom
Columbia Law School Emeritus Professor Jack Greenberg ’48, the legendary attorney who successfully argued many of the nation’s landmark civil rights cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, forming the legal basis for desegregation in America, died on October 12, 2016. He was
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Meet Bayard Rustin, Often-forgotten Civil Rights Activist, Union Organizer and Man of Compassion
As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues cautioned me not to “fall in love.” This, of course, is good advice for any biographer, and I tried
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Pain of Police Killings Ripples Outward to Traumatize Black People and Communities Across US
As the video goes public of Black police officers in Memphis beating Tyre Nichols to death, it is a stark reminder of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020. That set up the largest protests in U.S.
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Republicans Oust Rep. Ilhan Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee
In what many political watchers called hypocritical, vengeful, and a show of strength by the new Republican majority, the House voted to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, citing her past comments about Israel. The resolution
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