A Year In, Trump’s Spending Cuts Hit Hardest in Black Communities
The law’s shredding of the health and nutrition safety net is already measurable. Medicaid and enrollment in CHIP, the government-subsidized health insurance program for children, has fallen by 4.6 million…
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Is AI Hurting Black America? A Live Debate
Artificial intelligence is reshaping jobs, education, healthcare, and culture. But for many Black Americans, the technology raises familiar concerns about exploitation, environmental justice, and exclusion. During a live debate hosted by Word In Black and…
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Education
Toxic Legacy: How Lead in Schools Is Silently Harming Black Kids
Lead-contaminated infrastructure remains an unspoken crisis in many predominantly Black school districts — undermining students’ health and academic success.
Video
‘Breaking the Silence’: How Black Women Can Fight Breast Cancer
Despite medical advances, Black women remain more likely to die from breast cancer, with fear, delayed screening, and systemic inequities driving disparities—experts say informed patients, earlier detection, and accountability across healthcare systems are key to saving lives.
Money
EVENT: The Action Plan to Get Black Women Back to Work
It’s been a year since economic reports started to reveal that as many as 600,000 Black women – many of them highly educated professionals – are out of work. So what now? Join a virtual…
ReligIon
2819 Church Pastor Joins Pro-Trump Preacher’s Youth Conference
Mitchell has spent years cultivating a following centered on biblical authority, personal holiness and conservative theology. Now, his growing relationships with influential evangelical leaders suggest he is becoming an increasingly important bridge between Black Christianity…
Climate
I Grew Up Gasping for Air. Now I Fight the EPA’s Rollbacks
Dakota Gant wanted to sing opera. Air pollution turned her into an activist fighting the rollback of climate protections.
