Black country music ‘renaissance’ forces genre to reckon with racial history
The growing popularity of Black country artists, spurred in part by Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter,” has sparked a conversation ...
Turning tragedy into purpose: Gabby Petito’s father advocates for missing Black and brown people
Joseph Petito has spent the last three years advocating for missing Black and brown people through the Gabby Petito ...
Historic Black church in Rocky Mount, turning into community hub and learning center
It most recently served as a beauty salon in 2019 and has been sitting vacant since then. Now, it’s turning into a cultural ...
Black boxes of downed Azerbaijani jet recovered as questions mount over Russian involvement. Here’s what we know
Early indications suggest a Russian anti-aircraft system may have downed the passenger jet that crashed in Kazakhstan, a US ...
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Kwanzaa begins as Black Cultural Initiative prepares for community celebration
Each year, millions of people around the U.S. ring in the new year with Kwanzaa, the annual celebration of the African ...
‘Waiting list to nowhere’: Homelessness surveys trap Black men on the streets
Experts and community leaders say vulnerability questionnaires have worsened racial disparities among the unhoused.
Biden commutes sentences of federal death row inmates, ‘striking blow’ to system that has ‘always targeted Black people’
Biden's historic commutation of death row inmates will not include prisoners who committed terrorism and hate-motivated ...
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Here Are the Worst Black Moments of 2024
From Vice President Kamala Harris losing the presidential election to Mike Tyson losing his Netflix fight, we look back on ...
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The year in Black culture, according to UATL reporter Brooke Howard
She is a testament of Black women’s perseverance. Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter,” because it was a TERRRRRRIBLE attempt at country. TERRIBLE, and people are still lying about it. Kendrick Lamar’s album is ...