Sitemap - 2024 - What I'm Reading
‘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
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.