Black Mothers and Daughters: Everlasting BOND
What started as perhaps everyday conversations with her students, Ateira Griffin is changing lives for generations to come. This Baltimore school administrator and daughter of a single mom, who was also raised by a single mom, has created the organization...
‘Cartersville 70’ Reach $900K Wrongful Arrest Settlement As Police Claim No Wrongdoings
WRITTEN AND CONTRIBUTED BY COY MALONE What You Need to Know: On New Year’s Eve 2018, Deja Heard rented out an Airbnb home to host her birthday party in Cartersville, GA. While Cartersville Police canvassed the neighborhood, they claimed smelling marijuana, called for...
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Take Center Stage
"Judge Jackson has been scrutinized more than any person I can think of. This is her fourth time before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The three previous times she came through with flying colors and bipartisan support."-Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate...
Let’s Get Ready For The REAL New Year…Aries Season
The Sun is wrapping up its transit through the zodiac with Pisces, encouraging us to bring endings to habits, routines, and other daily rituals that no longer contribute to the highest version of ourselves. Pisces Season is a time of heightened belief, spirituality,...
A Black Man’s Death Changed From Suicide to Lynching 100 Years Later
In 1922, George Tompkins, a 19-year-old Black man, was found hanging from a tree in Indianapolis, IN with his hands bound behind his back. His death was initially ruled a suicide. Marion County Deputy Chief Coroner Alfie McGinty corrected this ruling March 12 by...
Closing the Wage Gap
The White House announced Tuesday that it will propose a new regulation to prevent federal agencies from taking a job applicant's salary history into consideration in the hiring process. The Office of Personnel Management plans to issue the regulation, which arrives...
Zelenskyy Takes His Case to America
The invasion of Ukraine began February 24 as Russian soldiers and vehicles moved in to take over the Eastern European country. Almost three weeks later, speaking via an interpreter, Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelenskyy thanked the United States, but in an emotional...
White Former Cop Sentenced in Black Man’s Death
WRITTEN AND CONTRIBUTED BY COY MALONE What You Need to Know: Former Kansas City, MO police detective Eric DeValkenaere, who is White, was convicted in the 2019 killing of 26-year-old Black man Cameron Lamb and has now been sentenced to six years in prison. Jackson...
People of Color are M.I.A. in Campaign Staffs Nationwide
WRITTEN AND CONTRIBUTED BY TRACY SCOTT OF BLACK WOMEN'S PAC TEXAS What You Need to Know: Have you ever considered a career in political campaigning or legislative staff? Nationally, at all levels of government, there is a shortage of Black staff. As adults, we tend to...
Bloody Sunday Anniversary Spotlights Ongoing Fight for Voting Rights
What You Need to Know: March 7 marks the 57th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” commemorating the deadly 1965 march. On that Sunday, over 500 civil rights marchers began their trek in Selma, Alabama, demanding voting rights for Black people. Upon reaching the Edmund...