By Aziah Siid Originally appeared in Word in Black “School over already?!” That’s a question that Black parents and caregivers have jokingly asked for generations, whether it’s the first day […]
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Formula for Freedom: Joy Plus Imagination
By Joseph Williams Originally appeared on Word in Black Jenn Roberts had done everything right. But it all felt wrong. “I was one of the first in my family to […]
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Preparing for Climate Disasters Can Protect Black Wealth
By Bria Overs Originally appeared in Word in Black Climate disasters are here to stay, and they’re putting excessive and unequal burdens on the finances of Black Americans. Since 1980, […]
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Black Folks Get Factory Pollution, But Not the Jobs
By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in Word in Black The cause-and-effect (and effect, and effect) of climate change is abundantly apparent in Louisiana’s Saint John the Baptist Parish. Sandwiched between […]
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Protecting Their Dream Homes from a Fracking Nightmare
By Ben Jealous Forever home. That’s how folks from Aurora I met last week describe the houses they bought outside Denver. Now those dream homes are caught in what may […]
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To Be Young, Gifted, and Green
By Willy Blackmore Originally appeared in Word in Black From the children of famed activists who have thrown themselves into the family business to local organizers who simply responded to […]
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Latest Stats Show America’s Continued Love Affair with Mass Incarceration
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia Preliminary data released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) revealed a notable increase in the number of individuals held in local […]
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Anti-Censorship Group Expands Fight Against Book Bans
By Aziah Siid Originally appeared in Word in Black If freedom of expression is deeply ingrained in American society, why were more than 3,000 book bans reported in the 2022-2023 school year? […]
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“Bondage” & the Impacts of Slavery
By Martha Heimberg Bondage at Undermain portrays the trauma of slavery erupting from the tight gene pool of an island plantation. It’s a wise child who knows his own father,” […]
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Multiple Suspects Sought After Shooting Incident at Morgan State University
Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley and Morgan State University Police Chief Lance Hatcher told reporters that the incident happened around 9:25 p.m. when university police officers, on their regular patrol, detected gunfire from the campus. The victims, aged between 18 and 22, which include four men and a woman, sustained injuries that are reported to be non-life-threatening.