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Deadly Homecoming Weekend Prompts HBCUs to Rethink Campus Safety Plans

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Published: October 30, 2025 14:00

Bowie State University junior Tamia McClorin remembers people running after a shooting near campus during her first homecoming two years ago. It’s an image she can’t forget.  “I literally saw a guy that was shot and just lying in the ditch. … I was just…

Former Deputy Convicted in Killing of Sonya Massey After 15-Month Wait for Justice

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Published: October 29, 2025 22:00

An Illinois jury on Wednesday convicted a former sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder in the death of Sonya Massey, who was shot inside her apartment last year after moving a pot of hot water into a sink.  The 36-year-old mother of two called the…

Jackson State Alumni Say Leadership Instability Is Costing the School Its Future

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Published: October 29, 2025 20:00

For the fourth time in less than a decade, Jackson State University is searching for its next university president — and its alumni are calling for more transparency in the search process. The university’s presidents are picked by the Institutions of…

In Their Own Words: Black Workers Reflect on Federal Service Amid Shutdown

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Published: October 29, 2025 13:00

Photographs by Kuwilileni Hauwanga, Capital B As the government shutdown nears a month and the furloughs continue, hundreds of federal employees are lining up to get food and other items at local pantries. If the work stoppage persists, more than 40…

Hurricane Melissa Batters Jamaica With Strongest Hurricane Winds in 90 Years

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Published: October 28, 2025 19:15

Hurricane Melissa is hammering Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, bringing 185 mph winds. This is the strongest hurricane wind speed to make landfall in 90 years, threatening to cause catastrophic floods, landslides, and a sea surge up to 13 feet along the…

From Mississippi to Maryland, Black Communities Are Taking On Big Tech

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Published: October 28, 2025 12:00

When word spread through Bessemer, Alabama, earlier this year that a tech giant was eyeing hundreds of pine-covered acres at the city’s edge, Benard Simelton’s phone wouldn’t stop ringing. The longtime NAACP leader had fielded calls about toxic air and…

As Tariffs Rise, One Family’s Fields Tell the Real Cost of the Trade War

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Published: October 27, 2025 14:00

Willis Nelson, a third-generation farmer in eastern Louisiana, was hoping to avoid the worst. The 38-year-old farms 4,000 acres in Sondheimer with his brothers and father. They grow row crops such as corn, cotton, and soybean, which are the leading U.S.…

Indiana Man Seeks Clemency With Help From Jury Foreperson

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Published: October 27, 2025 13:00

After spending more than three decades in prison, Kofi Modibo Ajabu believed he had exhausted all legal avenues to reduce his 240-year sentence.  Ajabu was a college student when he was convicted along with two other men in the March 1994 stabbing deaths…

From Fani Willis to Letitia James, Trump’s Enemies List Targets Black Women Prosecutors

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Published: October 24, 2025 13:00

New York Attorney General Letitia “Tish” James did not fold when a federal grand jury in Virginia indicted her. Days after the Oct. 9 announcement, she took the stage at the United Palace in Manhattan to stump for New York City’s Democratic mayoral…

Black Virginia School Board Member Censured After Turning Point USA Clash

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Published: October 23, 2025 15:45

Weeks after a heated debate over the possibility of starting a high school chapter of deeply conservative Turning Point USA, a Black Virginia school board vice chairman has been censured for “unbecoming” conduct after a board meeting.  Prince William…

No School, No Fresh Air and Isolated

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Published: October 23, 2025 11:30

This story was originally published by MLK50: Justice Through Journalism. Subscribe to their newsletter here. In the hours after 17-year-old David was locked in housing unit H, voices filtered into his cell. The sound came from multiple places at once: the…

Legendary Transgender Activist Miss Major Dies at 78

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Published: October 21, 2025 12:00

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a legendary transgender activist, was known for many things in her community. As a caretaker, she was known for getting Black trans women off the street and housed when they faced poverty and violence. As a fierce advocate for…

Climate Disasters Are Destroying Black Retirements and the American Dream

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Published: October 20, 2025 13:00

Standing in front of the Pasadena, California, City Council in June, Totress Beasley begged for support. After being displaced twice — after previous landlords sold the rental properties she called home — she explained how she thought she should put her…

Federal Layoffs Put Head Start, FAFSA, and Civil Rights Investigations at Risk

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Published: October 17, 2025 14:00

The U.S. Department of Education has begun laying off more than 450 employees — many of whom oversee special education and civil rights enforcement.  After the layoffs, a federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump…

Hollywood South Is Hurting: Georgia’s Film Industry Weathers a Brutal Downturn

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Published: October 16, 2025 14:00

Atlanta has long been the scene where Black creatives could thrive both behind and in front of the camera. Since the 1970s, when then-Gov. Jimmy Carter launched the Georgia Film Office, the opening of Tyler Perry studios and other large-scale production…

Black Louisianans Finally Got a Fair Map. It May Be Gone Soon.

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Published: October 15, 2025 18:30

WASHINGTON — Living in North Baton Rouge is like being on the wrong side of the tracks, Martha Davis said. There are potholes everywhere that make you feel as if you’re driving on a washboard, southeastern Louisiana residents are still reeling from the…