Malcolm X’s legacy is largely missing or misrepresented in K-12 education, but educators are finding ways to teach his full story to inspire young readers to organize and fight for a more just future.
Tag: This week
Posted inHealth
White House to Cities: Good Luck Fighting Lead Poisoning
Milwaukee and Cleveland are struggling to protect thousands of students from lead poisoning due to Trump administration budget cuts that have dismantled key public health protections across the country, leaving them without crucial expertise and assistance.
Posted inBusiness
Monday Newsletter: May 12, 2025
Top Stories for Monday, May 12th, 2025 News Politics Business Education Health Culture Lifestyle Sports Word In Black Opinion – Editorial
Posted inEducation
Why Libraries Are Still a Lifeline for Black K-12 Students
The American Library Association has released a report revealing a rise in efforts to censor books in libraries, often targeting books that focus on race, history, and identity.
Posted inClimate Justice
Why 90°F With Humidity Could Soon Be a Death Sentence
Scientists have discovered that Black Americans are more vulnerable to extreme heat and humidity, with wet-bulb temperatures of 31 degrees Celsius or higher posing a significant threat to public health, particularly in major American cities with large Black populations.
Posted inOpinion
Black History Under Fire: Trump’s Executive Order Puts Smithsonian’s Future at Risk
President Trump’s executive order targeting “anti-American ideology” in cultural institutions has left the Smithsonian Institution, including the NMAAHC, under scrutiny, with concerns over the potential erasure of Black history and the mission of the Smithsonian.
Posted inThis Week
Why Free Tuition Might Not Help Black Kids Go to Harvard
Harvard University’s new free-tuition policy may appear progressive, but it fails to address the systemic obstacles that keep Black students out of the elite college, including deeply segregated, chronically underfunded public schools and racial bias.
Posted inWomen
Women in Dallas Hosts Sold-Out Friendship Mixer, Proving Sisterhood is the Ultimate Glow-Up
Jasmine Ohen, a passionate marketing and community strategist, founded Women in Dallas to help women form deep, lasting friendships in adulthood, and recently hosted a Friendship Mixer on International Women’s Day to celebrate relationships and community.
Posted inEnvironmental Justice
Apparently, Planting Trees Is a DEI Plot
Support Our Urban Landscape, a Black-run nonprofit in New Orleans, has lost funding from the Trump Administration’s war on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, which would have allowed them to plant 5,000 trees across the city to combat the urban heat-island effect.
Posted inOpinion
The Enduring Disrespect of Black Women in America
By New York Amsterdam News Originally appeared in Word in Black “The recent incident involving Representative Jasmine Crockett being insulted on the floor of the House of Representatives by Marjorie […]