by Amy Johnson While I was pregnant with our second child, our local church held an Advent Fair where we all made Advent wreaths out of cardstock, paper greens, and small candles. We took ours home and I reverently placed it on our dining room table. “Let’s try something,” I said to my spouse. “Let’s…
By Aziah Siid, Word in Black Here’s what you probably know about school segregation in the United States: On May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously that racially segregated public schools were unconstitutional in the Brown v. Board of Education case. Many cities across the Jim Crow South refused to comply with…
By Cedric Jones, Word In Black I remember sitting in a small classroom in Barrows Hall at U.C. Berkeley when I learned of my acceptance into Teach For America, a national education nonprofit that supports public school systems by sourcing talent to lead as anti-racist educators within the classroom. Then — as is the case…
The Asociacion de Medios de Informacion seeks more than $598.6 million from Meta Mauro Orru | The Wall Street Journal A group representing more than 80 media outlets in Spain filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, saying the Facebook and Instagram owner hadn’t complied with European data-protection laws that require users’ consent before their data…
State/Health /Lifestyle News As if HIV and AIDS wasn’t scary enough… The disease has stricken the Black community for decades and was starting to see some action against the disease, but for the first time in nearly 20 years, a team of scientists has detected a new strain of HIV. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown…
By Stan Popovich Many people underestimate the impact that mental illness can have on an individual or family. It can be difficult to admit that you have a mental health problem in your life. Secondly, it can be just as difficult in getting the people you know to understand your situation without making any kinds…
Prep Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Total Time: 30 mins Servings: 2 Ingredients ½ cup buttermilk ½ cup water salt and pepper, to taste 1 pound catfish fillets, cut in strips 1 ½ cups fine cornmeal ½ cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon seafood seasoning 1 quart vegetable oil for deep frying Directions Mix…
By Tenzin D. Tsagong Editorial Assistant, Special Projects, Opinion It’s a cruel fact of war that at any moment, a journalist covering the story could become part of it. Another casualty. Another headline. And yet war journalism has perhaps never been more dangerous or more important. Since the Israel-Gaza war began on Oct. 7, over…
By Associated Press staff Facebook parent Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook kids and knew — but never disclosed — it had received millions of complaints about underage users on Instagram but only disabled a fraction of those accounts, according to a newly unsealed legal complaint described in reports from The Wall…
Vanessa Romo NPR (12/01/23) Phillip Hancock on Thursday became the fourth death row inmate executed in Oklahoma this year. The state’s parole board had voted 3-2 to recommend clemency for Hancock, who was convicted for the 2001 murders of two men, but the governor declined to intervene. Nationally, executions climbed for the second year in…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Iconic rock star Lenny Kravitz has clarified his comments regarding his absence from Black Awards programs, emphasizing that his concerns were not directed at Black-owned media companies. In response to his comments to Esquire, the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s Let It Be Known digital news broadcast…
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor New Colorado Buffaloes Coach Deion Sanders has been named Sports Illustrated’s “Sportsman of the Year.” After all the controversy with his decision to leave an HBCU, Jackson State University, Sanders remains a winner even after a losing season. The Colorado Buffaloes record is 4-8. But the excitement around…