Joy Reid is Leaving MSNBC As The Network Cancels Her Evening Show
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Joy Reid is leaving MSNBC, the network’s new president announced in a memo to staff on Monday, marking an end to the prime time show...
View ArticleKendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show: A Genius Cultural Statement or a...
By Tihut Tamrat, Voice & Viewpoint Staff Beyond the all Black dancer crew and the most-watched Super Bowl at 133.5 million, 109 million more than the 24.6 million that watched President Trump’s...
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Black Judges Yesterday and Today in San Diego
By Voice & Viewpoint Staff During Black History Month we usually look back at those who have paved the way for so many of us today. But rarely have we looked at the Judicial beyond those who have...
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They Told Her Women Shouldn’t Box. Now She’s Ghana’s First Female World Champion
By NAA ADORKOR CUDJOE and ANNIE RISEMBERG, Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — When Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey decided as a teenager to become a professional boxer – an unusual choice for a young...
View ArticleWill A New CFPB Overdraft Rule Be Allowed To Save Consumers $5b Each Year?
By Charlene Crowell, Center for Responsible Lending On December 11, an important but under-reported U.S. Senate hearing addressed the nation’s challenging economy. After calling to order the session...
View ArticleCivil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Was A Yogi: ‘She Was Often Taking Care of Herself’
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — If you look closely, you can see a twinkle in her eye. The Library of Congress image, taken in Detroit in March 1973, shows the late civil rights leader Rosa Parks...
View ArticleThe Wayans Family to be Inducted Into the NAACP Awards’ Hall of Fame
By Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Wayans family, who through film, TV, sketch and stand-up comedy, have both entertained and created countless jobs both on and off camera in Hollywood, will be...
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In Unexpected Move, Calif. Republican Lawmaker Bill Essayli Introduces...
By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media Last month, about 100 reparations advocates met at the State Capitol to build support for bills they backed that didn’t make it to the Assembly...
View ArticleIn Derrick Adams’ Paintings, Black History Collides Joyfully With The Present
By Leah Dolan, CNN London (CNN) — As a young Black artist studying at Columbia University in New York, Derrick Adams made a discovery that would impact his career forever. “The unfortunate side of...
View ArticleNational Park Service Withdraws Black Community in Louisiana From Historic...
By JACK BROOK, Associated Press/Report for America WALLACE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana landscape of centuries-old sugar cane plantations and enduring Afro-Creole culture along the Mississippi River had...
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The Alternate Reality of Trump’s Black History Month Celebration
By Keith Boykin, Word in Black Donald Trump hosting a Black History Month celebration at the White House, packed with shallow symbolism over substance? I expect nothing less from Trump — but the...
View ArticleThe Power of Challenging the Black ‘Achievement Gap’
By Quintessa Williams, Word in Black An accomplished researcher, scholar, and advocate for equity in education, Dr. Ivory Toldson believes parents of Black K-12 students should no longer fall victim to...
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Black Students Are Punished More, Then Expected to Succeed
By Quintessa Williams, Word in Black It’s become routine for acts of school violence against Black children to float across our news feeds: In 2019, a Minnesota teacher segregated the Black students...
View Article‘Be Resilient’: New Orleans Fashion Designer Shares His Success Story While...
By Shay O’Connor, CNN Newswire NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — New Orleans is known for producing a lot of homegrown talent, from world-renowned musicians to Michelin-rated chefs. As we celebrate Black History...
View ArticleDurham Teens Fight For After-School Program Funding Amid Youth Gun Violence:...
By Sydnee Scofield, CNN Newswire DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — Durham teens showed up in full force Monday night at Durham City Council to voice their concerns about the lack of funding for after-school...
View ArticleThe Unexpected Pair Working Together In Fight For Reparations in California
By Ashley Zavala, CNN Newswire SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — An unusual pair has joined forces in the fight for reparations in California: The Democratic leader of California’s Reparations Task Force...
View Article$75 Million Was Awarded to Plant Trees in Places That Badly Need Them. In...
By DORANY PINEDA, Associated Press Arthur Johnson has lived in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward for nearly three decades, long enough to appreciate the trees that filter pollution from the big ships...
View ArticlePolitical Playback: California Capitol News You Might Have Missed
By Bo Tefu, California Black Media Asm. Corey Jackson: California Cannot Save You A day after the U. S. House of Representatives voted to approve a resolution cutting nearly $2 trillion from the...
View ArticleVMI board Opted Out of Extending First Black Superintendent’s Contract
By OLIVIA DIAZ and BEN FINLEY, Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Retired Army Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins will step down in June from his post as the first Black superintendent of the Virginia...
View ArticleLifelong New York civil rights advocate and NAACP leader Hazel Dukes dies at 92
By SEJAL GOVINDARAO, Associated Press Hazel Dukes, the president of the New York State chapter of the NAACP and lifelong civil rights advocate, died Saturday at the age of 92. Dukes peacefully passed...
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