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Jalen Rose will deliver the keynote address for the symposium concerning Black men and boys
Jalen Rose
Read MoreCongressman Donald Payne Jr. dies
Rep. Payne dies
Read MoreThe issue is key in a Sundown Town, where Blacks couldn’t live
The U.S. Supreme Court is taking on the issue of homelessness, which affects large numbers of Black people nationwide because, as a group, we comprise the nation’s largest homeless population. On Monday, the court argued whether local officials could ban homeless men and women from sleeping in the city’s public parks by charging them a…
Read MoreChicago police shot a driver 96 times for not wearing a seat belt
Chicago police shot at Dexter Reed 96 times
Read MoreO.J. Simpson is dead
O.J. Simpson has died
Read MoreWillis can pursue Trump, but Nathan Wade, the Special Prosecutor, is forced to step down.
Fulton County Georgia District Attorney Fani T. Willis can continue to prosecute former President Donald Trump for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election in which voters elected Joe Biden president, but Willis must dismiss Nathan Wade who went before the grand jury to indict 18 of Trump’s followers. Judge Scott McAfee ruled that Willis’s relationship with special prosecutor Nathan…
Read MoreJeffery Wright deserved the Oscar he didn’t win
Jeffrey Wright
Read MoreOprah Winfrey’s decision to quit WeightWatchers has put the company on a diet
Oprah Winfery
Read MoreJudge sentences former paramedic to prison for the death of Elijah McCain
A judge sentenced a former Colorado paramedic to five years in prison for contributing to the 2019 death of Elijah McCain. Peter Cichuniec, 51, a former lieutenant in Aurora Fire and Rescue was convicted Friday of criminally negligent homicide and second degree assault for the unlawful administer of drugs that eventually killed McCain. Jeremy Cooper,…
Read MoreAmerica’s top Black think tank has a new leader
America’s top Black think tank has selected Dedrick Asante-Muhammad as president of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, succeeding Spencer Overton, who served as president for 10 years before stepping down on June 14, 2023. Jessica Fulton, vice president of policy, was named interim president on June 14. She will remain in this…
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