Melissa Noel
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Black Women Are “Done”: Reclaiming Power After The 2024 Election
For the 92% of Black women who voted for Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 Presidential election, perhaps harboring high hopes that their fellow...
Voices For Change: Amanda Gorman, Angélique Kidjo And More Honored At UN Foundation’s We The Peoples Gala
In a year marked by global challenges, the United Nations Foundation’s 2024 We the Peoples Global Leadership Awards Gala in New York City illuminated the...
Paul Quinn College Receives $1.5M Grant To Expand Housing And Community Impact In Texas
Paul Quinn College has been awarded $1.5 million grant from the T.D. Jakes Foundation, in partnership with Wells Fargo, to fund a pioneering housing and...
The Recipe For Change: Tackling Health Disparities And Advancing Economic Empowerment
Throughout the year, the Global Black Economic Forum held numerous curated conversations focused on solutions to the most pressing economic and social issues facing marginalized...
Parents Of 7-Year-Old Black Student Demand Answers After Child Was ‘Hung’ And Injured In School Bathroom
The Charles County Sheriff’s Office in Maryland is investigating an incident where an elementary school student was allegedly found hanging on a hook in a...
The City Of Palm Springs To Pay $5.9 Million To Black And Latino Families Forced From Homes
More than 50 years after Palm Springs officials demolished and burned the homes of hundreds of Black and Latino residents in Section 14—a predominantly minority neighborhood...
Sweet Suprise: Chicago Man Discovers Bakery Owner Is His Birth Mom, And Now They Run The Business Together
Sometimes life surprises us in the sweetest way possible. For Vamarr Hunter, 50, that moment came in the spring of 2022 when a call from...
Black Women In Politics: Janelle Bynum Makes History, Becomes Oregon’s First Black Member Of Congress
Oregon State House Rep. Janelle Bynum has etched her name in history, securing a landmark victory in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District race. She will become...
Op-Ed: The Fear Of Large Groups Of Black Men Voting For Trump Was Wrong And Misplaced
Before election day, headline after headline suggested that large groups of Black men were not going to vote or would vote against Vice President Kamala...
Shooting At Tuskegee University Homecoming Leaves 1 Dead, 16 Injured
Alabama authorities are investigating a tragic shooting that erupted early Sunday during Tuskegee University’s 100th homecoming celebrations, leaving one person dead and 16 others injured,...