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‘The ultimate I told you so’: Black folks sit back and watch MAGA immigration war

Journalists to watch in 2025, Denzel Washington baptism, revisiting ‘Gullah Gullah Island’

Alfa Anderson, disco powerhouse and lead vocalist of the 1970s band Chic, has died

America’s oldest Black rodeo, Black enrollment falls at Harvard law, Vick heads to Norfolk State

Unearthing the 'hidden' racist history of America's sundown towns

RIP Nikki Giovanni, Daniel Penny acquitted, Jay-Z lawsuit

Tributes pour in for Nikki Giovanni, world-renowned poet and educator

The ongoing fight for reparations, Kendrick and SZA tour, YSL trial ends

Kendrick Lamar announces ‘Grand National’ tour with SZA

Drake's legal battle, Ajike “A.J.” Owens killer sentenced, Turkey Leg Hut closes

The go-go museum, X-odus, 'The Six Triple Eight'

The Negro Motorist Green Book exhibit makes its way to the DC Public Library

Information chaos age, big Denzel Washington news, RIP Judith Jamison

A 13-year-old with autism got arrested after his backpack sparked fear. Only his stuffed bunny was inside.

Project 2025 is here, some election wins, RIP Quincy Jones

Election Day approaches, Black men and HBCUs, Young Thug freed

Megan Thee Stallion sues blogger over sharing 'lies' in Tory Lanez case

A boy’s bicycling death haunts a Black neighborhood. 35 years later, there’s still no sidewalk.

Black rural voters, Sapelo Island tragedy, “Blade” pushed back

Who were the United Socialists: The Black anarchist squatters you’ve never heard of

Black men and the election, Tyron McAlpin, RIP Wanda Smith

ICYMI: Kamala Harris unveils 'opportunity agenda for Black men'

25,000 subscribers!, RIP Cissy Houston, more layoffs at The Grio

Podcast: What the #%&! is going on with student loan forgiveness?

Tulsa Race Massacre probe, RIP John Amos, Sean Combs accusers

'Corporate greed vs. workers rights': East Coast dockworkers go on strike

Marcellus Williams executed, NYC mayor Eric Adams indicted, ‘Sinners’ trailer

Maryland finally honors the Black suburb shut down by white developers

The quiet rollout of Cop Cities across the U.S. meets a growing resistance

Kamala Harris and NABJ, Sean Combs arrested, Marcellus Williams fight

Read the Sean 'Diddy' Combs indictment in full

Black women seek to double their numbers in the U.S. Senate

Losing legends, Fearless Fund drops grant program, Super Bowl halftime show

R&B soul legend Frankie Beverly has died

CBC Week approaches, Affirmative Action impact, RIP Rich Homie Quan

Two historic California reparations bills stall out — sparing Gov. Newsom a tough political call

Fatman Scoop, hip-hop’s hype man, has died at 53

Calif. reparations fight, Kamala Harris takes CNN, Keith Lee v. DC

DNC wraps up, Black Crossword pub date, and Black male voters

Missouri blocks Marcellus Williams deal; execution still on the table

My event for “The Chosen,” Jordan Chiles controversy, RIP “Famous” Amos

Wally Amos, the creator of 'Famous Amos' cookies, has died

Montgomery brawl anniversary, Cori Bush out, 'A Different World' remake

Weeks after Hurricane Beryl, Black Houston neighborhoods still recovering

Historic federal aid addresses discrimination for thousands of Black farmers after years of delay

NABJ Trump trainwreck, RIP Erica Ash, Simone and Sha’Carri

For Colman Domingo, 'Sing Sing' is 'a gift of radical love'

Kamala Harris bid, Sonya Massey video released, RIP Sheila Jackson Lee

Thousands of Black women tune into Zoom call in support of Kamala Harris

More Project 2025, RIP Joe Bryant, YSL judge removed

What will happen to America's oldest Black town?

CBC backs Biden, Essence Fest recaps, lost Margaret Walker book surfaces

CNN quietly disbands its Race and Equality team

The case for media reparations

Jail official promoted after detainee under his watch paralyzed in officer takedown

Cop who killed Tamir Rice resigns, Bryson Muir found, BET for sale again

The anti-DEI crusade threatens medical schools' efforts to recruit Black students

RIP Bill Cobbs, Fearless Fund co-founder steps down, BET Awards Sunday

Bill Cobbs, actor known for his long career and varied roles, has died

Tiny Alabama town will be allowed to vote for first time in decades

Happy Juneteenth, RIP Willie Mays, Kendrick Lamar pops out

Tulsa race massacre case dismissed, Four Tops singer lawsuit, Usher visits the Capitol

Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses Tulsa race massacre case

Fearless Fund under fire, Black Panther story, RIP Marian Robinson

Did a former Black Panther really just endorse Donald Trump?

DNA breakthroughs in the Tulsa Race Massacre invite new possibilities—and old questions

Black voters for Biden launch, Biggie’s mom speaks out, Sha’Carri victory

Disgraceful Diddy video, DEI gutted in North Carolina, the Black cowboy story

Landmark prison labor lawsuit, Biden at Morehouse, Kendrick No. 1 on Billboard

FAMU foundation board member speaks out on sketchy $237 million gift

FAMU donation scrutiny, ABC President steps down, veneer techs

The dangers and delusions of the veneer tech

Big HBCU news, the Grio layoffs, Kendrick responds

Flint Water Crisis 10 years later, Biden and Morehouse, Reggie Bush restored

Black maternal health week, NBA YoungBoy arrest, Morgan Price makes history

O.J. Simpson dead, Dawn Staley supremacy, J. Cole's big apology

Staring down the wrecking ball, these Brooklyn grandmothers won’t be moved

Webby Award honoree, Biden advisers warn, unreleased Marvin Gaye tapes

Casey Benjamin, saxophonist and member of Robert Glasper Experiment, has died

Diddy gets raided, DEI is the new slur, Crystal Mason acquitted

A New Orleans neighborhood confronts the racist legacy of a toxic stretch of highway

Josephine Wright settlement, 'Goon Squad' sentenced, 'Cowboy Carter'

NAACP urges athletes to avoid Florida, Fani Willis decision, “Bling Bishop” arrested

University of Florida drops DEI, last chance for Tulsa survivors, IKTR podcast

Jam Master Jay murder, Saint Augustine’s disaster, RIP Eric Mays

A new Mississippi bill aims to close three state universities. HBCU advocates are concerned.

RIP Hydeia Broadbent, Who TF Did I Marry, Beyoncé tops country charts

My trip to the Dept. of Ed, Beyoncé goes country, Rachel Dolezal fired

FDA’s plan to ban hair relaxer chemical called too little, too late

RIP Carl Weathers, California reparations(?) plan, Jay-Z shakes up the Grammys

Black History Month, missing organs in Alabama, big Byron Allen offer

RIP Dexter Scott King, Black student with locs targeted, Black Crossword book

Detroit’s Black businesses are loving the Lions playoff run, too

This program is bringing youth of color into a sport dominated by white men

Florida targets diversity and inclusion, Lincoln president on leave, ‘Rap Sh!t’ canceled

Women and minorities bear the brunt of medical misdiagnosis

Tragedy at Lincoln University, Halle Bailey's baby, Stephen A. Smith goes off

They were wrongfully convicted. Now they’re denied compensation despite Michigan law.

Hello 2024, Harvard prez resigns, Katt Williams goes off