Support grows for teachers’ union decision to cut ADL ties
Support for the National Education Association’s (NEA) vote to cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) poured in from Jewish activists, longtime educators and...
Police killings in U.S. not stopping and Blacks still most victimized
Despite nationwide protests and outcries from activists, organizations and everyday residents about police killings, the brutality and violence have not stopped. Additionally, Black people...
‘What happened to Saniyah?’
Family demands answers for Black woman who died in police custody July 4 started as a bright and sunny day in the Bronx. The weather...
Disaster preparedness workshop educates attendees at community center
MEMPHIS—More than 8,000 residents in Memphis experienced power outages after heavy rain, flash floods, and gusty winds swept through the city on July 17....
‘I got my brother’s back’ – HBCU alumni work to free Morehouse grad from ICE detention
ATLANTA—Alumni of historically Black colleges and universities in Atlanta have been rallying behind Alex Maganda, a Morehouse College graduate who was detained by United...
Eat right and exercise to have the best of health
I was having a conversation about how wonderful it would be to have “supreme” health. How can I have the best of health and...
F.O.I. share life, light and love in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The F.O.I. (Fruit of Islam, the men of the Nation of Islam), once again gathered in a city for a day of soldiering...
‘His life mattered, his death will not be ignored’ Alabama family pleads for answers in fatal shooting of teenager
It has been one month of delayed justice for the family of Jabari Peoples. The month has been littered with protests, marches and news...
Founding CBC member, Missouri trailblazer William Clay Sr. Dies
William Lacy Clay Sr., a civil rights leader, legislative powerhouse, and one of the 13 founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus, has died....
Black and Missing: Baltimore woman found, but her disappearance highlights ongoing national crisis
by Ashleigh Fields The AFRO Local police found Alayia Berry, a 21-year-old Baltimore woman who went missing on July 10, after a massive search involving dozens...