Slave descendants on Georgia island are fighting to keep their land
Hogg Hummock, a small Black community on Sapelo Island. PHOTO COURTESY OF BLACK LAND MATTERS DARIEN, Ga. (AP) – Descendants of enslaved people who populate …
Updated covid shots are coming
WASHINGTON (AP) – Updated COVID-19 vaccines are coming soon, just in time to pair them with flu shots. And this fall, the first vaccines for …
Patients need doctors who look like them, to treat them
STOCK PHOTO DETROIT (AP) – Dr. Starling Tolliver knew she wanted to become a doctor. Yet, as a Black girl growing up in Akron, Ohio, …
Advocates call attention to mass casualty racist attacks
THE REV. AL SHARPTON: Ubiquitous eulogizes. Most hate crime victims in the U.S. have been Black since the federal government began tracking such crimes decades …
Extra work, system familiarity helping Dolphins’ Hill to excel
TYREEK HILL: The team’s performance in Sunday`s 36-34 opener over the Los Angeles Chargers suggests the extra work is paying off. Next up: another road …
Jacksonville begins funerals for Black victims of racist gunman
ANGELA MICHELLE CARR, A.J. LAGUERRE, JERRALD GALLION: Ministers speaking at Carr’s funeral repeatedly criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis, who had made a “war on woke" a …
Google’s search engine dominance in biggest antitrust trial in decades
Google search page view on web browser. STOCK PHOTO The U.S. government is taking aim at what has been an indomitable empire: Google’s ubiquitous search …
DeSantis won’t meet with Biden during president’s trip to survey Idalia damage
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ` office said Friday that he has "no plans" to meet with President Joe Biden when the …
COVID-19: Never let them re-impose the ‘new normal’
STOCK PHOTO I keep hearing that COVID-19 is back — but of course, it never really left and likely never will. Case numbers and hospitalizations …
Biden to require firearms dealers to run background checks
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration is proposing a rule that would require thousands more firearms dealers to run background checks, in an effort to …