Source: Handout / Getty Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in today as the 116th Supreme Court justice. She is the first Black woman and only the third Black person to ever sit on the highest court in America. Jackson is also the…
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These 5 States Have The Lowest Life Expectancy For Black People
Source: RgStudio / Getty The life expectancy for Black people in the U.S. always falls below the national average, but that doesn’t quite tell the entire story. Black Americans are living a lot longer than they did in the past,…
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A Juneteenth Reading Guide To Share With The Family
Source: FG Trade / Getty There’s no one way to celebrate Juneteenth. The newly created federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans is a celebration of Blackness. From our resilience throughout history to our excellence within culture, Juneteenth…
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Republican Sen. Ron Johnson Claims ‘Mouthwash Has Been Proven To Kill The Coronavirus.’ Yes, You Read That Right
Source: ALEX BRANDON / Getty If the Republican response to the coronavirus pandemic has indicated nothing else, it has indicated the possibility that a lot of white people were not practicing good hygiene pre-COVID. I started to suspect this during…
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Texas Southern Men’s Basketball Team Makes HBCU History By Dominating Florida Gators
Source: NCAA Photos / Getty The Texas Southern University men’s basketball team showed up and showed out for the HBCU community on Monday night. The Tigers went into Gainesville, Florida, and dominated the 20th ranked team in the country by…
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Black Florida College Student Shot And Killed On Campus By Police Who Say He Was Wielding A Knife
Source: AJC / iOne Digital I‘m going to go ahead and start this report with a reminder that last week in Michigan, a white teenager fatally shot four children with the intent on killing more people and despite still…
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Probe Into Lynching Of Emmett Till Closed By Justice Department With No New Charges, Because Of Course…
Source: Natasha Moustache / Getty In 2018, the U.S. Justice Department reopened the investigation into the horrific lynching of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Black child from Chicago who was tortured, killed and thrown in a river in Mississippi on August…
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The Homicide Rates Among Pregnant Black Women Will Shock You–Researchers Point To Systemic Racism
Source: Westend61 / Getty Pregnancy is such a stressful period for women. The risks they take to give birth are unmatched. If you google causes of death during pregnancy, the list of life-threatening complications would scare any normal human being….
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