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The Fantasy of a Lily-White America

In 1970, two years and a couple days after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Time magazine published a special issue on Black America. The cover was a Jacob Lawrence portrait of Jesse Jackson, against the backdrop of bright yellows an...

Fewer than half of Black Americans say the news often covers the issues that are important to them

Four-in-ten Black Americans say that the issues and events most important to them are often covered in the outlets they get news from, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in 2023. Similar shares of Asian (38%) and Hispanic (37%) adult...

8 facts about Black Americans and the news

(FG Trade/Getty Images) Black Americans have long had a complex relationship with the news media. In 1967, the Kerner Commission – a panel established by President Lyndon Johnson to investigate the causes of more than 150 urban riots in the United St...

Cuban leaders call for open doors with Black Community

The San Francisco African American Chamber of commerce met with a delegation from Cuba in San Francisco.by Jose Ricardo G. BondocSAN FRANCISCO, CA (3/24)- On Wednesday (3/13), a diplomatic delegation from Cuba met with the San Francisco African Ameri...

Two Nigerian Hackers Samuel And Samson Ogoshi Plead Guilty To Sextortion Ring That Led To The Death Of Jordan DeMay

Two Nigerian hackers, Samuel Ogoshi and Samson Ogoshi, found themselves entangled in a ‘sextortion’ ring that led to the tragic demise of Michigan high school football star Jordan Demay. Pleading guilty after manipulating him into sending compromisin...

Advocates make pitch to province for investment in Alberta’s Black entrepreneurs

Damilare Odumosu remembers the challenges of harvesting palm tree fruit as a kid on his family farm in Lagos, Nigeria. Two decades on, those pain points are the seeds of Odumosu’s latest start-up. CropMind is an Alberta and New Brunswick-based ...

Caitlin Clark’s Boyfriend Connor McCaffery Slams Sheryl Swoopes’ Over Her Comments On Angel Reese Debate

When it comes to basketball debates, things can get as heated as a game-winning buzzer-beater. Recently, the spotlight shifted to Caitlin Clark’s boyfriend, Connor McCaffery, who weighed in on the Angel Reese debate following Sheryl Swoopes’ remarks....

Black coaches were ‘low-hanging fruit’ in FBI college hoops case that wrecked careers, then fizzled

By Eddie Pells | The Associated Press Book Richardson, director of the New York Gauchos boy’s basketball program, speaks with his players in the locker room at the Gaucho Gym, Monday, March 11, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Peter...

The EU continues to work on reparations for Ukraine: €37B in private and €208B in state assets of the Russian Federation are frozen.

As European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, stated: “We are working on this issue regarding Russian frozen assets, whether private or public. We have €37B of private assets in Europe and €200-208B of public assets.” Separately, he expresse...

Opinion: Special Interests Want to Profit Off the Backs of California’s Small Businesses

Jay King, CEO of California Black Chamber // California black media By Jay King, President, Special to California Black Media Partners The California Black Chamber of Commerce is the largest African American non-profit business orga...

Raven-Symoné Clears Up Controversial Comment About Her Race

Actress and Disney Channel star Raven-Symoné has finally addressed the Oprah Winfrey interview that brought her so much backlash in 2014—when she told the then-host, “I’m an American, I’m not an African American.” 10 years later, Symoné decided to...

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Black Americans Don’t Trust Our Institutions, But We’d Do Well To Remember History

By: Shayla C. Nunnally Black voters have not been turning out at the polls the way they used to. In the 2022 midterm elections, the Black share of the electorate fell to multi-decade lows. Black voters were a key part of President Biden’s winning co...

The Dyer Grant Program

The Dyer Family Foundation has generously supported leaders and non-profits over the years, which has made a great impact in the areas that Tammy and Jack Dyer felt passionate about. The Dyer Family Foundation was founded by Tammy and Jack Dyer in 2...

US government is changing how it asks about race and ethnicity and adding new category

CNN — The Office of Management and Budget on Thursday announced changes to how the federal government asks about people’s race and ethnicity, including in the US census. Under the new...