Bolivia’s Afro-descendants fight back with dance and memory
AFRO-BOLIVIANS: People descend from the Africans enslaved in the Americas during the European conquest between the 16th and 17th centuries are gather testimonies documenting the …
Sebabatso Mosamo, visual journalist in South Africa, 39
SEBABATSO MOSAMO: Described as fearless and always willing to speak up for what she believed was right. PHOTO COURTESY OF X.COM Cape Town, South Africa …
Zohran Mamdani’s been called a communist who’ll defund the police. Here’s where he actually stands
Zohran Mamdani PHOTO COURTESY OF BRITANNICA.COM New York – President Donald Trump calls him a “communist." His critics say he wants to defund the police. …
MacKenzie Scott gives $70 million to UNCF to financially strengthen HBCUs
The school year begins again, and UNCF gets more students to and through college. PHOTOS COURTESY OF UNCF.ORG New York (AP) — Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie …
Trump ordered to restore $500 million to UCLA
University of California PHOTO COURTESY OF UCLA Los Angeles (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million in federal …
No moral victories in losing, says coach McDaniel after Bills drop Dolphins to 0-3
COACH’S JOB SECURITY? Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s interception was the game’s lone turnover and his 10th in 10 meetings against the Bills, but Tyreek Hill’s and …
Trump’s promises to Black voters fall short
Washington (AP) — At one of his final rallies before the 2024 election, then-candidate Donald Trump warned that Black Americans were losing their jobs in …
Trump makes unfounded claims about Tylenol, discredited link between vaccines and autism
STOCK PHOTO Washington (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday used the platform of the presidency to promote unproven and in some cases discredited ties …
Rare portraits of enslaved Mississippians displayed at Mississippi Museum of Art
MIXTURE OF PRIDE AND SADNESS: “We don’t know if they had the choice of what they were wearing when they were painted," in only known …
Joseph McNeil, helped spark NC protest movement, at 83
JOSEPH MCNEIL: Later a two-star general, was one of four North Carolina A&T State University freshmen who sat-in at the Greensboro "whites only" counter on …