Malaika Jabali
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Women’s History Is Now— The Oldest Living American Is Now A Black Woman
Houston, we have a celebration! At 114-years-old a Black woman living in Houston, has just become the oldest living person in America and fifth-oldest person...
Alabama Lawmakers Pass Bills Protecting In Vitro Fertilization After Court Ruled That Embryos Are Children
Alabama’s legislature voted Thursday to protect in vitro fertilization (IVF) providers and patients from civil and criminal penalties for damaging or destroying embryos. The move...
South Carolina Man Convicted Of Killing A Black Transgender Woman, Making It The First Federal Hate Crime Trial Over Gender Identity
Last Friday, Daqua Lameek Ritter of South Carolina was convicted of the 2019 killing Dime Doe, a Black transgender woman. Jurors found Daqua Lameek Ritter...
Ohio University Suspends Race-Based Scholarships Due To Supreme Court Decision
Ohio University has announced that it will pause awarding race-based diversity scholarships, The Associated Press reports. The school’s decision follows the Supreme Court’s ruling last...
‘No Empire Lasts Forever’: Here’s What Gives These ESSENCE ‘Black Futures Now’ Honorees Hope For Our Future
ESSENCE closed out Black History Month with a fiery conversation on our radical Black future. The panel featured some of the honorees on the inaugural...
“We’re Battling Just To Keep Our Family Whole”: Black D.C. Parents Detail Struggle To Prove Child Is Theirs After Home Birth
Teresa Williams and Jeff Williams’ son JJ was “born in an inflatable tub in his Southwest D.C. living room in August 2022 without any medical...
OP-ED: We Must Hold The Biden Administration Accountable To The Black Community On Marijuana Reform
No one should be in jail or arrested for marijuana. Yet, despite evidence that white and Black communities use marijuana at similar rates, Black people are...
‘We Don’t Have To Accept The Status Quo’: Young Black Organizers Are Fighting Hard To Protect Reproductive Rights
After Roe v. Wade was overturned, reproductive justice and women’s health care is more important than ever, especially with 2024 being an election year. Unfortunately,...
11-Year-Old Detroit Girl Killed In Drive-By Shooting While Sleeping
Lamara Glenn, an 11-year-old girl who was injured in a drive-by shooting last week in Detroit, has died. “Now, I have nothing. They took my...
Is North Carolina About To Abolish The Death Penalty?
North Carolina might be abolishing the death penalty, and it’s all because of a Black man. This week, a North Carolina trial court in Johnston...