Melissa Noel
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Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill To Posthumously Award Congressional Gold Medal To Henrietta Lacks
On Wednesday, Maryland U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume reintroduced a bill in Congress to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Henrietta Lacks. Congressional Black Caucus...
NY Attorney General Letitia James Has Received Death Threats Amid Trump Prosecutions
Letitia James, the Attorney General of New York, has had to bolster her security detail due to her pursuit of federal charges against former President...
Egyptian Authorities Angry About “Afrocentric” Exhibition, Ban Dutch Archeologists From Excavating At Burial Site
Dutch archaeologists from the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO) in Leiden have been “banned from carrying out excavations in Egypt’s rich Saqqara necropolis,” a sacred...
Starbucks To Pay Former Manager $25.6 Million After Lawsuit Alleging She Was Fired For Being White
A former Starbucks regional manager won big in court after suing her former employer, alleging that she and other white employees were unfairly penalized after...
New Report Says Support For Black Lives Matter Movement Is At Lowest Point In 3 Years
It’s been ten years since the first #BlackLivesMatter hashtag appeared on Twitter. A decade later, Pew Research Center conducted a survey to assess the current...
Black Farmers Have Lost Their Land At Alarming Rates. New Documentary Highlights Why And The Push For Preservation
A new documentary about the legacy of Black farming in America is shedding light on the devastating impact of heirs’ property, which has been one...
Illinois Becomes The First State In U.S. To Put A Ban On Book Bans With New Law
As book bans in Republican-led states seem to be sweeping the country, Illinois is now a beacon of hope as it became the first U.S. state “to...
California Skate Park Named In Honor Of Tyre Nichols, Black Motorist Fatally Beaten In Police Traffic Stop
A skate park in California has been named in honor of Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist who was killed in January in what prosecutors said...
Dead Raccoon, “Racially Hateful” Message Was Left For Oregon Mayor, Black City Council Member
A dead raccoon and a sign with what’s described as “intimidating language” that mentioned a Black city councilor were left outside the law office of...
Pregnant School Bus Driver Evacuates Students Moments Before Bus Burst Into Flames
School bus driver Imunek Williams is being hailed a hero after evacuating 37 students from a bus just before it went up in flames. Williams,...