College education cost is bankrupting families in 2024
”U.S. student loan debt has ballooned in recent years, outpacing most other forms of consumer borrowing. In 2022 almost two-third of recent high school graduates …
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Trump’s complaint about ‘anti-whiteness’ is just racially inflammatory rhetoric
Axios recently cited polls showing former President Donald Trump gaining support among African Americans. CNN said its own poll and others indicate that “Trump’s share …
Virginia School District to reverse Confederate name removal
The shocking video of a Black man being murdered on the streets of Minneapolis by a white police officer caused a historic cry across the …
Jayne Anne Phillips’ ‘Night Watch,’ Eboni Booth’s ‘Primary Trust’ among Pulitzer winners
ALSO AMONG BEST OF BEST: History prize winner Jacqueline Jones ("No Right to an Honest Living”) wondered how Black people were treated in Boston at …
Foreign military bases, domestic instability keep Africa mineral-rich but food-poor
Three United Nations agencies recently announced that 55 million people face starvation in West Africa and Central Africa, the number quadrupling in the past five …
Unmasking the anti-heroes of democracy and peaceful protest on America’s campuses
Protests PHOTO COURTESY OF FREEDOMHOUSE.ORG VIA STOCK PHOTO America, land of the free, home of the brave. The place where democracy and civil liberties ebb …
Peace is the way in Lauderhill
PHOTO COURTESY OF LERUE SARVIS, JR. LAUDERHILL, Fla. – City of Lauderhill officials including Commissioner Melissa P. Dunn, at the podium, Vice Mayor Lawrence “Jabbow” …
Obstacles remain as women seek more leadership roles in America’s Black Church
"NOT FEARING ANY MAN": Rev. Gina Stewart and others are championing the women who speak of feeling worn down by the physical and psychological toll …
Pro-Palestinian protests: Another young generation becomes America’s conscience
On May 4, 1970, around 300 students at Kent State University in Ohio staged a protest against the presence of the National Guard on the …
High court slouching toward Trump immunity – and toppling democracy
U.S. Sup. Ct. Justice Clarence ThomasPHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA There have been important moments in history, American history, to which a generation’s collective consciousness can …