Ohio community stands in solidarity in Haitian student’s death
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio—A soft breeze blew the two flags stationed behind the podium in the quad area of Wright State University in Fairborn, Ohio: one...
Misled for 25 years? 9/11 air quality, environmental reports raise questions about government accountability
Three days prior to the 25th anniversary of 9/11, New York Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani’s administration released roughly 170,000 pages of city records about...
Oklahoma City renews Flock surveillance camera contract despite privacy concerns
by Nehemiah Frank The Black Wall Street Times OKLAHOMA CITY—The Oklahoma City Council voted 5–3 to renew a $270,000 contract with Flock Safety, keeping 90 automated license...
Servants in a mighty mission
The Fruit of Islam (F.O.I.) are the men of the Nation of Islam. These brothers work cheerfully to share the life, light, and power...
Police chief fired amid controversy in aftermath of child’s shooting in a small Mississippi city
The police chief of a northern Mississippi city where one-year-old Black child Kohen Wiley was shot and killed by police responding to a shoplifting call was...
Locked down and afraid! Springfield’s Haitian community after TPS termination and stepped-up immigration enforcement
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio—Jocelyn Rhau sits at a table near the entrance of the Rose Goute Creole restaurant. A Haitian flag and an American flag are...
The chemistry of death: Staple foods used by various cultures are targets of wicked scientists
Do you like Pop Tarts? Do you like Frosted Flakes? A chemist who works for Kellogg came in the barber shop one day, and...
3D-printed cookies made from plastic bottles—is this the future of food?
University of Illinois researchers are 3D-printing ‘edible’ vanilla cookies made from plastic bottles and corn waste broken down by genetically engineered yeast—though they haven’t...
N.O.I. Prison Reform Ministry visit Danville Correctional Center
Danville Correctional Center opened in October 1985. It is a medium-security adult male state prison operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections. Spanning an...
Inside Tacoma’s ICE detention center: worm-infested food, suicide, and neglect
The inhumanity concealed behind the walls of the Northwest ICE Processing Center (NWIPC) exposes an ICE detention system in which private companies profit from...