Police tangle with students in Texas and California as wave of campus protest against Gaza war grows
by Nick Perry, Jim Vertuno and Acacia Coronado AUSTIN, Texas—Police tangled with student demonstrators in Texas and California while new encampments sprouted April 24 at...
The graves of our ancestors: A call for ethical repatriation and respect
PHILADELPHIA—In the still air of our collective history, the screams of those who were silenced by a transgression against their final resting place echo,...
Brown v. Board of Education, 70 years later
In 1940 the cost of a stamp was three cents, the first Social Security checks were paid, the Cincinnati Reds won the World Series,...
Celebration and service
Muslims observed and celebrated the conclusion of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, service and spiritual renewal. Eid-ul’Fitr (Id-al’Fitr) or “Festival of Renewal”...
New York City and navigating America’s migrant crisis
by Nayaba Arinde NEW YORK—“An entire city was dropped on our city, and everyone there can’t work,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams opined when...
Let her come home! Part 2. 11-year-old Black girl remains in custody with next court date slated for May 8
NEW IBERIA, La.—Again an 11-year-old Black girl’s family, friends and supporters expected her release from the Lafayette Juvenile Detention Center following a highly anticipated...
Discrimination and disinvestment lock Black people outside of safe, affordable housing and homeownership
On February 1, 1968, two Memphis, Tenn., sanitation workers, Echol Cole and Robert Walker, were crushed to death after sheltering in the compactor of...
The war in Palestine is nothing less than genocide
“Whoever kills a person, unless it is for manslaughter or for mischief in the land, it is as though he had killed all men....
Black Youth Marked For Death By U.S. Government
In the times of Moses, Pharaoh saw the Children of Israel multiplying. So he said, “Come, let us deal wisely with them lest they...
Significant increases in cancer mortality after COVID mRNA vaccination, Japanese researchers find
A Japanese peer-reviewed study found statistically significant increases in cancer mortality, especially after the third COVID-19 mRNA vaccine dose. John Campbell, Ph.D., analyzed the...