Malaika Jabali
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A Second Police Officer Has Been Found Not Guilty In The Death Of Elijah McClain
On Monday, a Colorado jury found Aurora police officer Nathan Woodyard not guilty of all charges related to the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old...
Black Churches In Florida Are Stepping In To Teach Black History Where Schools Are Falling Off
This year Florida has been making headlines for banning AP African American history courses and teaching how “Black people benefited from slavery.” But Black churches...
Why Doesn’t The New House Speaker Include His Adopted Black Son In Shared Family Pictures?
Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican Congressman has had a meteoric rise to power after becoming the new Speaker of the House. But Representative Johnson is...
New Harriet Tubman Statue Design Chosen For Philadelphia City Hall After Controversy
The city of Philadelphia has chosen a new design for a Harriet Tubman statue outside City Hall after facing criticism over its initial selection of...
Op-Ed: U.S. Media Is Failing The Public On The Crisis In Gaza
The question of who gets to write the first record of history has always been about power and who gets to bear witness. It has...
There Aren’t Enough Black Transplant Surgeons. This New Program Is Trying To Change That
“There are very few transplant surgeons who look like me,” stated Dr. James Hildreth, president of Meharry Medical College. The numbers are especially dire for...
In News We Know: Black Families Have Highest Number Of Working Moms, Despite Households In Poverty
It’s harder for Black Americans born into poverty to break the cycle and escape than their white counterparts. According to the 2023 State of Babies...
U.S. Rep Ilhan Omar Fighting To Establish National Office For Missing Black Women And Girls
It’s been over a month since Democratic Representatives Ilhan Omar and Bonnie Watson Coleman introduced the Brittany Clardy Missing And Murdered Black Women And Girls...
T.J. Holmes Makes It ‘Instagram Official’ With Former GMA3 Co-Host Amy Robach As They Announce New Podcast
Embattled journalists T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach, former co-anchors of the ABC show GMA3, have announced their deal with the iHeartPodcast Network to debut their...
Meet The Black Couple Inspired By W.E.B. Du Bois To Make A ‘Love Letter To Black Families’ With Their New Book
In 1920, W.E.B. Du Bois understood the importance of positive and accurate representation of Black people in the print media. His solution: The Brownies’ Book,...