Malaika Jabali
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Republicans Now Targeting Scholarships For Black Students After Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision
“It took Republicans no time at all to take the Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision and use it to attack other educational initiatives intended to...
Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio And Wife Announce Separation, Plan To Continue Living Together While Dating Other People
Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray have confirmed they are separating. They will not be getting a divorce,...
“There’s A Sense Of Allyship, But Little Action”: Key Data Spotlights The State Of Wealth And Health At The Global Black Economic Forum At ESSENCE Fest
This year’s ESSENCE Festival of Culture featured the Global Black Economic Forum (GBEF), which brought together leaders from around the globe to discuss strategies for improving...
EFOC: Wyclef Jean Gives Surprise Performance During ESSENCE Fest Wealth Building Panel
NEW ORLEANS – Only at ESSENCE Fest can you get your retirement planning with a side of rhymes, as rappers Wyclef Jean and LSU basketball...
Shocking Video Footage Shows Los Angeles County Cops Body Slamming Black Woman For Filming Them During An Arrest
Los Angeles County Sheriff Department officials “released body-worn camera footage of a disturbing use of force incident in Lancaster” showing a Black woman bystander being...
EFOC: Women Leaders Take Center Stage At The Global Black Economic Forum Summit At ESSENCE Fest
ESSENCE Festival of Culture was host to the Global Black Economic Forum Summit to gather world leaders, business executives, and community advocates to discuss strategies...
Whose Freedom Are We Celebrating?
The relationship America has with Black people and freedom is worth interrogating on the annual celebration of its independence. We should be asking ourselves not...
Travis Scott Will Not Face Criminal Charges Over Tragic Deaths At 2021 Astroworld Music Festival
Last Thursday, after meeting for six hours and listening to testimony from homicide detectives, a Texas grand jury declined to indict and press criminal charges...
Civil Rights Groups Strike Back After Affirmative Action Ban With Lawsuit Challenging Legacy Admissions At Harvard
On Monday, the Boston nonprofit, Lawyers for Civil Rights, filed a lawsuit “challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University.” The civil rights group is petitioning the...
Vice President Kamala Harris Criticizes SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision: Colorblindness Is Being “Blind To History”
NEW ORLEANS- Vice President Kamala Harris joined the ESSENCE Festival of Culture in a fireside chat speaking out against the Supreme Court for ending Affirmative...