Tuesday, Hochul announced New York’s latest effort to combat the maternal and infant mortality rates, as infant mortality rose nationwide for the first time in decades....
By Fern GillespieAcross the U.S., thousands of Black families are desperately searching for mothers, daughters, and girls who just disappeared. In 2022, more than 80,000 Black...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeSugar. That’s the name ole folks used for someone with the all too common – diabetes.This sugar is not so sweet. It can affect...
by Nehemi’EL SimmsAmong the environmental injustice issues facing this country is the growing national water crisis impacting cities throughout the nation related to access to fresh...
By Abigail McGrathPeople take one look at me and immediately label me a sweet little old lady who feeds the birds and goes to the library...
UN officials, medics, and displaced people tell of overcrowding, panic, and lack of essentials as bombardment continues. Jason Burke in Jerusalemtheguardian.comUN-run shelters in Gaza are so...
By Mary Alice MillerThe National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sees the writing on the wall. In the face of increasing lawsuits from various factions of student-athletes...
New York, NY, June 27, 2025 – The Abolition Commemoration Day Committee is presenting its fourth Abolition Commemoration Day in...
NEW ORLEANS – Earlier this month, Dillard University, in partnership with the City of New Orleans and University Medical Center...
by NZINGHAJune is the month where we celebrate Father’s Day. It’s the day we honor men who embody the task...
The “Batman and Robin” of The Black Arts Movement by Cinque BrathMy father was not recognized for his unique parenting...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large“What would Malcolm X do?”Hundreds of New Yorkers asked as they came out to honor Malcolm X, who...
“Mothers are the peace on Earth that make the world go round. The love they give is always of hope...
By Da’Nelle Mason, at Age 9 It’s not everyday that a person gets to go back into the past. On...
-Bernice Elizabeth Green In late winter 1998, artist-photographer Barry L. Mason, his daughter, Da’Nelle Mason and I attended an Underground...
