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Los Angeles County Returns $75 Million Land to Black Family

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The beach resort once flourished while welcoming African American visitors in the 1920s – a time when Black people and other minorities weren’t allowed on White beaches. The property...

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Murder Plot Reveals a Deadly Mix: White Supremacists and Law Enforcement

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The lack of a federal database that tracks this type of misconduct or membership in White supremacist or far-right militant groups makes discovering evidence of intent more difficult....

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Stalled U.S. debt relief is the latest broken promise to Black farmers

By Elisa BrownContributing Writer, The Louisiana Weekly (Special from Facing South) — Out of 3.4 million farmers working in the United States, fewer than 50,000 are Black, according to the most recent...

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N.J. Faith Org Launches Statewide Make The Right C.A.L.L. Campaign To...

New Jersey Community Partners, Community Members Join Salvation and Social Justice for Campaign Launch Event in Elizabeth ELIZABETH, N.J. — (October 18, 2021) — Today, Salvation and Social Justice...

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Global Disruption: Decentralizing Clinical Trials for Diversity, Faster Results

TAMPA BAY, Fla., Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Diversity is a growing concern in all aspects of modern life, but the ramifications of this disparity in health care can have life threatening...

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The Boston Globe to host Boston Mayoral candidate, Michelle Wu, Suffolk...

BOSTON, Oct. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Boston Globe announced today the lineup of guests who will join hosts Jeneé Osterheldt and Meghan Irons on the second episode of the Globe’s Black News Hour...

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National Park Service Underground Railroad Lists Site with San Diego Connection 

By Helen O’Field, Special to The Orlando Advocate San Diegan Dolores Van Rensalier got the word on Mar. 29, 2022, from the National Park Service (NPS): The historic site she fought for had been added...

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Police Need Warrants to Search Homes. Child Welfare Agents Almost Never Get One.

by Eli Hager, photography by Stephanie Mei-Ling, special to ProPublica and NBC News ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive...

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Amid campus crackdowns, Gaza war triggers freedom of expression crisis

Across the United States, “heads are rolling” at the top of some Ivy League universities amid a campus-wide crackdown on students protesting Israel’s war in Gaza, shining a spotlight on the question of...

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Burkina Faso: UN rights office deeply alarmed at reported killing of 220...

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday raised alarm over the situation in northern Burkina Faso, where several hundred civilians, including children, were reportedly killed amidst fighting...

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