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Government Shutdown Ends After 43 Days, But Fallout Still Felt Across Black Communities

The federal government’s funding stalemate has ended. On Wednesday night, Donald Trump signed legislation that re-opens the government after a 43-day lapse, the longest...

Cynthia A. Baldwin: Is this your America?

A country where masked, armed troops roam the streets of our cities arresting and deporting people without due process. A country where the president...

To Be Equal: Tell Congress to support families on SNAP

by Marc H. Morial (TriceEdneyWire.com)—“The loss of SNAP benefits leads to food insecurity, hunger, and malnutrition … Low-income children who go without nutritious food will...

Halfway to chains: What’s already been enforced under Project 2025

Republican Project 2025 Photo by Douglas Rissing / NNPA They said it would never happen here. Yet here we are. Forty-eight percent of Project 2025,...

Always watching: How ICE’s plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens privacy and civic participation

ICE’s surveillance gaze is likely to sweep across millions of people’s social media posts. Westend61/Westend61 via Getty Images by Nicole M. Bennett, Indiana University When most...

Mary Sheffield Becomes the Youngest Black Woman Ever Elected to Lead a Major U.S. City

Mary Sheffield is Detroit’s new mayor-elect. For the first time in 12 years, Detroiters elected a mayor other than Mike Duggan, who announced earlier this...

‘I Feel Very Sad’ – Families Worry as Powerful Hurricane Moves Through the Caribbean

Howard University News Service By Damenica Ellis and Bamidele Aina Students pray during a vigil for those impacted by Hurricane Melissa (Photo courtesy of Malik Morris) Shaneal...

ICE Will ‘Increase’ Activity On Halloween Despite Governor’s Request

Homeland Security has declined Illinois Governor JB Pritzker's request to reduce Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Chicago on Halloween to allow children...

This Week In Black History October 15-21, 2025

 October 15 1859—White minister and mystic John Brown leads a violent uprising in Harper’s Ferry, Va., in a bid to spark a Black uprising against...

O.J. Simpson’s Defense Attorney Says 30Years After the Verdict, What We’ve Lost Is Respect for the Rule of Law

OPINION: By Carl E. Douglas Thirty years ago, when the verdict in the O.J. Simpson trial was announced, half the nation exhaled in relief and...

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