Black Life and the Return to Normal Li(f)e
The state of mental health in Black communities has deteriorated in recent years as Covid-19 and racial inequities have taken a disproportionate toll.
“As I continue to hear that the country is working to return to normal, a part of me hopes that we aren’t. There is no un-ringing the bell of these disturbing times and a return to the status quo doesn’t bode well for Black people overall.”
Disaster Recovery: A System That Continues to Fail Its People
People don’t live single-issue lives: communities are still healing from COVID-19, unemployment, homelessness and now disaster recovery.
NAACP releases new data in its ‘COVID Know More’ Campaign
Health disparities left Black Americans vulnerable to contracting COVID-19 and dying from it at higher rates.
The Haitian Dilemma
You create your own humanitarian crisis by making the choice to follow the rumour that all you have to do is show up and come in.
Black Students Made Up Smallest Percentage of Enrollment in Advanced Placement Classes
Nationwide, less than 4% of Black students were enrolled in AP classes in 2017-2018.
Black and Missing and More: Message by Managing Editor ReShonda Tate
Why is it that authorities can move heaven and earth to find missing white women, but Black & brown women are rendered invisible?
COVID and Health Disparities
Approximately 73,000 African Americans have lost their battle with the virus and account for 15% of cases to date.
Emmys still so White; Black actors snubbed again
Year after year Black creatives get dolled up for Emmy night just to walk the red carpet, sit down and cheer for everyone else.
Marian Wright Edelman to receive the 2022 Moynihan Prize
The annual prize goes to a leading figure whose career demonstrates using research and evidence to improve the human condition.
Word In Black: Helping the Black Press Survive & Thrive
Ten Black newspapers joined forces to create a platform to “amplify the Black experience.”
White House calls video of border agents chasing Haitian migrants ‘horrific,’ promises to investigate
The images show U.S. border agents on horseback chasing Haitian migrants near the Rio Grande in Texas
School Board Uproar After Teacher Said He Wanted To Make Students ‘Revolutionaries’
After a two-day investigation, the district began the legal proceedings to fire the teacher.
Saddened by rise in refugees and migrants, Haitian-Americans denounce returns to Haiti
Haitian-Americans are worried about the increased frequency of their compatriots attempting to seek refuge in the U.S.