‘Overdue Justice’: Activists push despite slow-paced legal process in Breonna Taylor case
Over five months ago, a 26-year-old Black woman died. Her name has now become known all over the country. Her name is Breonna Taylor. Activists...
Calamity and pestilence vex America
“Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, sayest the Lord God of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I...
BreonnaCon builds momentum, organizes and brings on the ground pressure to fight
LOUISVILLE—Until Freedom, a social justice organization led by activist Tamika D. Mallory, hosted a four-day conference, BreonnaCon, to organize, educate, train and keep up...
Coaching great John Thompson of Georgetown dead at 78
WASHINGTON—John Thompson, the imposing Hall of Famer who turned Georgetown into a “Hoya Paranoia” powerhouse and became the first Black coach to lead a...
Report: Covid-19 third leading cause of death among Black people
America’s economic situation has substantially deteriorated since the onset of the Covid-19 crisis, and families across race and ethnicity feel the pain, according to...
Hurricane Katrina 15 years later, still recovering from scars
Andre Perry remembers returning to New Orleans in 2005 shortly after Katrina had savaged the city he called home. He recalls seeing the devastation...
Republican convention offers dark vision, appeals to White fears
WASHINGTON—Donald J. Trump concluded his party’s re-nomination of him for the presidency at the White House, alternating from portrayals of him as kinder and...
Harrowing video, police assaults stoke Black anger, trauma; nothing seems to stem or stop problem of trigger-happy cops
Stop shooting, killing us! Video of another Black man shot multiple times by White officers roiled emotions and anger, again, with more street protests and...
Looking beyond politics for Black survival
by Starla Muhammad, Charlene Muhammad and Tariqah Shakir-Muhammad “I just want the American people, and particularly Black people, to see that ‘influence’ is not gained...
Biden campaign ‘has a long way to go’ in gaining support from American Muslims
WASHINGTON—While Joe Biden received fairly good marks after the Democratic National Convention, one group of constituents remains unhappy—Muslim Democrats. The former vice president is...