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January 2026

Don Lemon arrested, Sonya Massey killer sentenced, RIP Ms. Shirley
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 • Phil Lewis
Richard Smallwood’s Celebration of Life service draws generations of gospel lovers
People of all ages filled the seats of First Baptist Church of Glenarden International to honor Richard Smallwood’s legacy.
 • Phil Lewis
“Sinners” makes Oscars history, slavery exhibit taken down, RIP Gladys West
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 • Phil Lewis
Gladys West, trailblazing mathematician who helped develop GPS, has died
Gladys West, the trailblazing mathematician whose work helped develop GPS, has died.
 • Phil Lewis
What Black youth need, Morris Brown president out, RIP Claudette Colvin
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 • Phil Lewis
Claudette Colvin, a civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on bus, has died
Claudette Colvin, a civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, at the age of 15, has died.
 • Phil Lewis
What’s missing from the online discourse about the viral Jacksonville Jaguars interview
The Black Press never agreed to conform to the mainstream media’s ideal of “objectivity.”
 • Phil Lewis
A year later in Altadena, Venezuela oil in Black communities, family of Keith Porter speaks
I'm sending the newsletter in bit late this morning — I was waiting to see if the Supreme Court would announce its decision on the future of the Voting…
 • Phil Lewis
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