September 29, 2023

Globally known cancer center addresses racism diagnosis

By Nanette D. Massey
NABJ Black News & Views

Realities of Black life a central theme in fall movies and TV

By Carla Hay
NABJ Black News & Views

4 in 5 Black adults see racist depictions in the news either
often or sometimes, Pew study says

By The Associated Press

Federal judge refuses to block Fearless Fund grant program
for Black women entrepreneurs

By Itoro N. Umontuen
The Atlanta Voice

Bayard Rustin, March on Washington backstory
celebrated at Toronto International Film Festival

By Kathia Woods
NABJ Black News & Views

What to know about Elijah McClain’s death and the
criminal trial of two officers

By Colleen Slevin & Matthew Brown
The Associated Press

Despite outcry, Liberia extradites former
Sierra Leone official for alleged coup attempt

By Trokon Wrepue
NABJ Black News & Views

SURVIVAL: Watch, hear Birmingham, Alabama, share insights,
memories of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

By NABJ Black News & Views

Starving children fed grass, clinics running out of painkillers:
Aid to Africa shrinks as need soars

By Nicholas Bariyo
The Wall Street Journal

REPORT: Black filmmakers may be underrepresented,
but they lead in pushing diversity

By Carla Hay
NABJ Black News & Views

Biden administration: Tennessee shorted HBCU Tennessee State
by more than $2B

By Alexis Marshall
WPLN News

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Damarra Atkins pays respect to George Floyd at a mural at George Floyd Square, Friday, April 23, 2021, in Minneapolis. In a new study, Black Americans expressed broad concerns about how they are depicted in the news media, with majorities saying they see racist or negative depictions and a lack of effort to cover broad segments of their community. Photo credit: Julio Cortez, The Associated Press

4 in 5 Black adults see racist depictions in the news either often or sometimes, Pew study says

September 27, 2023

The prestigious Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, near downtown Buffalo, New York, has voluntarily made public a report detailing racism against Black doctors, nurses and other employees. Photo credit: Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Globally known cancer center addresses racism diagnosis

September 27, 2023

Hundreds of people mourned Temple University Acting President JoAnne Epps during a vigil on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Epps died suddenly on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, after collapsing on campus.

Hundreds mourn JoAnne Epps, Temple University acting president, after sudden death

September 21, 2023

Jury selection has begun in Brighton, Colorado, in the trial of Elijah McClain, a young, Black massage therapist who died Aug. 30, 2019 after he was forcibly restrained by police. Photo credit: The Associated Press

Racial makeup of jurors becomes sticking point in Elijah McClain case

September 20, 2023

Arts & Culture

Erika Alexander stars as Coraline and Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison in writer/director Cord Jefferson’s "American Fiction," an Orion Pictures release. Photo credit: Claire Folger © 2023 Orion Releasing LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Realities of Black life a central theme in fall movies and TV

September 28, 2023

Usher performs at the 51st annual Songwriters Hall of Fame induction and awards gala at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on Thursday, June 16, 2022, in New York. The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday that Usher will headline the 2024 Super Bowl on Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium. The music megastar, who has won eight Grammys, said he's looking forward to performing on the NFL's biggest stage. Photo credit: Charles Sykes, Invision/The Associated Press

Usher confirmed as Super Bowl 2024 halftime show headliner: ‘Honor of a lifetime’

September 25, 2023

This image released by Netflix shows Jeffrey Mackenzie Jordan, left, and Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin in a scene from "Rustin." Photo credit: Parrish Lewis/Netflix via The Associated Press

Bayard Rustin, March on Washington backstory celebrated at Toronto International Film Festival

September 22, 2023

Colman Domingo poses for a portrait to promote the film "Sing Sing" during the Toronto International Film Festival, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, in Toronto. Photo credit: Joel C Ryan, Invision, The Associated Press

Black boy joy, phony allyship, prison life among Black filmmakers’ themes at Toronto International Film Festival

September 18, 2023

Social justice

PERSPECTIVE: Reparations in San Francisco need Mayor London Breed’s support. Why hasn’t she given it?

September 22, 2023

Darryl George, a 17-year-old high school junior in Mont Belvieu, Texas, walks to Barbers Hill High School after serving a 5-day in-school suspension for not cutting his hair on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Photo credit: Michael Wyke, The Associated Press

A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle; the school says it wasn’t discrimination

September 20, 2023

BNV SPECIAL REPORT: COVID-19’s IMPACT on EDUCATION

In the era of COVID-19, Tulsa public schools lost a generation of Black and brown children

March 20, 2023

Educators share how disparities impacted Oakland high schoolers during COVID-19 pandemic

March 20, 2023

Virginia man shares his story of being disabled by COVID

March 20, 2023

COVID-19’s lasting impact on one Washington, D.C., family

March 20, 2023

POLITICS

Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, speaks during a panel on threats to democracy at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's annual legislative conference, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Washington. Photo credit: Stephanie Scarbrough, The Associated Press

Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones, New York Attorney General Tish James, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia push change at Congressional Black Caucus meeting

September 22, 2023

HBCU Tennessee State University. Photo credit: TSU

Biden administration: Tennessee shorted HBCU Tennessee State by more than $2B

September 21, 2023

Jaime Harrison, chairman of the Democratic National Committee and former Senate candidate, speaks at a watch party in Columbia, South Carolina, after losing the Senate race, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Photo credit: Richard Shiro, The Associated Press

Democrats aim to win back Black and Latino men who have drifted from party

September 8, 2023

Pennsylvania woman threatened with arrest after criticizing Moms for Liberty members

August 30, 2023

Sports

Jim Trotter, a former journalist with the NFL Network and now a columnist with The Athletic, has filed a federal suit against the NFL and the NFL Network alleging racial discrimination. Photo credit: Jim Trotter

Prominent Black journalist Jim Trotter sues NFL leadership in federal racial discrimination lawsuit

September 12, 2023

Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker watches from the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Central Michigan, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, in East Lansing, Mich. Photo credit: Carlos Osorio, The Associated Press

Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker denies sexually harassing Brenda Tracy

September 12, 2023

Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker speaks during an NCAA college football news conference at the Big Ten Conference media days at Lucas Oil Stadium, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Photo credit: Darron Cummings, The Associated Press

Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker suspended without pay amid sexual misconduct investigation

September 11, 2023

Coco Gauff holds up the championship trophy after defeating Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, in the women's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in New York. Photo credit, Frank Franklin II, The Associated Press

Coco Gauff wins the US Open for her first Grand Slam title at age 19

September 10, 2023

Health & Wellness

PERSPECTIVE: Sprinters Torie Bowie and Allyson Felix symbolize health crisis for Black mothers

August 23, 2023

Dehydration can be exacerbated by heat waves—here’s how to stay hydrated

July 28, 2023

OP-ED: Big Tobacco is marketing its deadly products to Black people. The FDA can stop this injustice.

July 15, 2023

How a backyard garden in Colorado bloomed into a community farmers’ market

May 30, 2023

Money

The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks outside the Richard B. Russell federal courthouse in Atlanta, on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. To his left in the black dress is Fearless Fund CEO and co-founder Arian Simone. A judge Tuesday refused to block a grant program the fund administers for Black women entrepreneurs, saying a lawsuit arguing it illegally excluded other races was not likely to succeed. Photo credit: Curlan Campbell, The Associated Press

Federal judge refuses to block Fearless Fund grant program for Black women entrepreneurs

September 27, 2023

Stephen A. Smith on ESPN layoffs: ‘More is coming’ and ‘I could be next’

July 5, 2023

Add being ghosted to the challenges facing people of color seeking a new job

June 29, 2023

Black workers suing Tesla detail ‘day in, day out’ use of vicious racial slurs in new filings

June 8, 2023

Global

Nelson Mandela's granddaughter, Zoleka Mandela, passed away from cancer, her family announced on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. Here, she is seen speaking at a meeting on non-communicable diseases at United Nations headquarters in New York on Sept. 27, 2018. Photo credit:

Zoleka Mandela, Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter, dies of cancer at 43

September 26, 2023

A worker walks next to a pile of sacks of food earmarked for the Tigray and Afar regions in a warehouse of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Semera, the regional capital for the Afar region, in Ethiopia Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. Photo credit: The Associated Press

Starving children fed grass, clinics running out of painkillers: Aid to Africa shrinks as need soars

September 25, 2023

Nigeria's President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, center first row, poses for a group photo with other West African leaders before an ECOWAS meeting in Abuja, Nigeria. Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. West African heads of state began meeting Thursday on next steps after Niger's military junta defied their deadline to reinstate the nation's deposed president, but analysts say the bloc known as ECOWAS may be running out of options as support fades for a military intervention. Photo credit: Gbemiga Olamikan, The Associated Press

African leaders warily eye their generals after coups surge

September 12, 2023

The statehouse in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Photo credit: The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

Despite outcry, Liberia extradites former Sierra Leone official for alleged coup attempt

September 5, 2023

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