Malaika Jabali
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Alabama Now Required To Increase Congressional Representation For Black Voters
Alabama is required “to adopt a new congressional redistricting map with a second Black opportunity district,” NBC News reports. An opportunity district is a congressional...
These Stories Remind Us Of The Horrors Of Outdated Parole And Probation Laws. Reform Alliance Is Working To Change Them
“I lost all my rights. I felt like I failed my family,” Marcella Soto shares with ESSENCE. She was receiving welfare benefits and was in...
Baby’s First Book Of Banned Books— New Book Hopes To Inspire Activism From An Early Age
This year, Banned Books Week is October 1 – 7. Usually held during the last week of September, this annual event began in 1982. The...
Morgan State University Homecoming Canceled For The First Time Ever
Homecoming is officially canceled at Morgan State University after the shooting on campus earlier this week. Yesterday, President David K. Wilson provided an update. In...
Former NFL Player John Urschel Joins MIT Faculty As A Math Professor
Former Baltimore Ravens player John Urschel continues to make power plays off the field several years after retiring from the NFL. Urschel was recently hired as a...
White School Board Member Surveilled Three Black Teens And Accused Them Of Shoplifting Without Evidence
In a tale as old as time, a white man accused three Black teenagers of committing a crime without offering proof. In this instance, a...
Kevin McCarthy Ousted As Speaker Of The House. Here’s What This Means And What Happens Next
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted to remove California Republican Kevin McCarthy as Speaker. The House voted 216-210 to oust McCarthy, with a handful...
Two Years After Elijah McClain Died, The Accused Officers Are Finally Standing Trial For Their Role In His Death
The trial for two Colorado police officers accused in Elijah McClain’s 2019 death began last week. The 23-year-old Black man died just days after the...
Mass Shooting At HBCU Morgan State University Claims Multiple Victims
Student and staff ordered to shelter in place on Tuesday after police reported a mass shooting event at Morgan State University. Police say that at...
Did You Know Bethune-Cookman University Was Founded On This Day?
On October 3, 1904, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune opened a training school in Daytona Beach, Florida, with “$1.50, faith in God and five little girls.” Eventually, that...