Sitemap - 2025 - What I'm Reading

Black neighborhoods underwater, "Sinners" streaming, RIP Niko McKnight

Trump's education secretary avoids answering if she knows Ruby Bridges

Tulsa’s first Black mayor announces $105M reparations plan for descendants of 1921 Race Massacre

Five years after George Floyd, new Clipse coming, RIP Charles Rangel

DOJ drops police reform efforts, Kid Cudi takes the stand, 'Forever' hype

Cassie takes the stand, Southern accent fading, RIP John Edwards

Trump fires Librarian of Congress, Alabama discriminated against Black voters, Maya Cade takes Milestone Films

Dr. King’s attorney honored, T.D. Jakes steps down, RIP Alexis Herman

The NMAAHC 'purge,' NAACP prez disinvited, Shannon Sharpe steps away

Examining the Target boycott, Black Maternal Health Week, Uncle Charlie tour

Visiting Uncle Tom’s plantation

Trump admin terminates ‘illegal DEI’ settlement over raw sewage in poor, majority-Black Alabama communities

Black Milwaukee voters reject Musk, NMAAHC director resigns, ESSENCE Fest

Trump’s National Park Service is quietly whitewashing Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad (UPDATED)

Black men and college, FAMU fights for funding, “Last Friday” update

UMich rolls back DEI, Black Panther cubs, RIP George Foreman

A scholarship program helped boost diversity at U of M. Trump’s DEI crackdown just killed it.

Attack on Education Department, Black satire, Jess Hilarious speaks out

College confusion, BLM mural removed, RIP Junior Bridgeman

My first story for ContrabandCamp, Bloody Sunday, RIP D’Wayne Wiggins

MSNBC cancels Joy Reid, Trump fires top general, RIP Roberta Flack

Civil rights orgs sue Trump, A$AP Rocky verdict, Marla Gibbs honored

Podcast: Nebraska's first Black state poet wants to bring art to unconventional spaces

Education Dept. threatens to pull federal funding from schools that don't dump DEI

Black writers react to Kendrick, Sonya Massey settlement, PBS and DEI

Issa Rae, Shonda Rhimes withdraw from Kennedy Center amid Trump takeover

'No excuse': Mississippi is failing to prevent the most preventable cancer in Black women, report says

Fans love Kendrick Lamar’s use of the American flag during Super Bowl half-time show

Black church wins Proud Boys trademark, Tulsa reparations plan, RIP Harry Stewart

Trump’s chaotic week, DEI blamed in DC crash, brawl in Thornton Township

Ohio official drops out of MLK Day lunch after being told he can't mention DEI

Air Force reverses decision to pull course with Tuskegee Airmen following backlash

DJ Unk, the Atlanta hype man known for the snap hit 'Walk It Out,' has died

Trump’s takeover, Tulsa survivors speak, RIP Barry Michael Cooper

Reatha Grey, the social media star known as Rose of Retirement House, has died

‘This is a call to action’: Tulsa race massacre survivors express frustration with DOJ report

Rappers cozy up with MAGA during Trump inauguration festivities

Tulsa race massacre report, TikTok's fate, RIP Sam Moore

Black residents mourn lost homes, history as wildfires scorch Altadena

California fires, NAACP Image Awards nominees, RIP Mr. CIAA

60 years after assassination of Malcolm X, a lawsuit aims to uncover the truth

These programs help Black students graduate. A federal complaint claims they’re discriminatory.

2025 is here, horror in New Orleans, Va. landlord sentenced