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Illinois Democratic Senate candidate Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton celebrates her primary win on March 17, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Stratton is hoping to replace Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) who is retiring at the end of his term. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Illinois Voters Just Sent a Message About Black Women’s Power

by Glynda C. Carr March 18, 2026March 18, 2026

A typewriter has a piece of paper in it that says, "Write something."

So You Want to Be an Author?

by Houston Defender March 18, 2026March 19, 2026

A black and white photo of a protester holding up two Black power fists.

We Can’t Win a War We Ignore

by Houston Defender March 17, 2026March 17, 2026

We’d Best Prepare Now for the Coming Black ICE Storm

by Houston Defender March 16, 2026March 17, 2026

Primary school teacher waiting for class to start, in empty classroom, marking homework, looking at book

The Real Reason Black Students Are Turning to AI

by Julienne Louis-Anderson and Kamye Hugley March 13, 2026March 13, 2026

Wunmi Mosaku and Teyana Taylor attend the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on January 04, 2026 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)

For Black Women, the Oscars Are About More Than Best Picture

by Regina Davis Moss March 13, 2026March 13, 2026

Students at Howard University stage a walkout to protest the deployment of National Guard troops in in Washington, USA on September 9, 2025. (Photo by Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images)

At Howard, Protest Is Tradition. So Why Ban Kneeling?

by Julienne Louis-Anderson March 12, 2026March 12, 2026

As the Old Guard of Civil Rights Finish Their March, Ours Must Continue

by The Afro March 12, 2026March 12, 2026

The mechanism that decreed Eleanor Butler’s children born into bondage because she married Charles Butler, an enslaved man, has changed. The architecture — now deporting children because their parents crossed an invisible border without permission — has not. That structure is at the heart of President Donald Trump's strategy of separating children and their parents in his immigration crackdown.

Before Separating Families at the Border, They Did It at the Altar

by Dante King March 12, 2026March 12, 2026

USAF military ground personnel prepare a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) for a US Air Force (USAF) B-1 Lancer bomber jet on the tarmac at RAF Fairford in south-west England on March 12, 2026. Fairford is one of two bases, along with the Diego Garcia facility in the Indian Ocean, that the UK has given the US permission to use for "specific defensive operations into Iran" to destroy Iranian missiles at source, the British defence minister said in a statement. (Photo by Henry NICHOLLS / AFP via Getty Images)

War With Iran Could Cost U.S. Families Thousands

by Eric Morrissette March 12, 2026March 13, 2026