A Texas Court Ruling on a Black student Wearing Hair in Long Locs Reflects History of Racism in Schools

A Texas Court Ruling on a Black student Wearing Hair in Long Locs Reflects History of Racism in Schools

By Kenjus T. Watson | The Conversation A Texas judge ruled on Feb. 22, 2024, that the Barbers Hill School District didn’t violate the law when it punished Darryl George, a Black student, for wearing his hair in long locs. The Texas law in question – the CROWN Act – prohibits discrimination against hairstyles in schools and […]

Memory Loss: Alzheimer’s in Black Communities

Memory Loss: Alzheimer’s in Black Communities

By Linda Nwoke, Exclusive to New Black Voices Alzheimer’s disease is among the top seven in the United States with no cure, and despite the introduction of exciting treatments that slow its progression, the absence of a cure has remained a challenge. Generally, any form of memory loss affects an individual’s daily activities and is […]

Reading Octavia Butler in the Age of the Polycrisis

Reading Octavia Butler in the Age of the Polycrisis

Editorial credit: hamdi bendali / Shutterstock.com By Julia Tong | February 15, 2024 | Ethnic Media Services It is 2024, and America has collapsed. A dysfunctional, authoritarian government is unable to reign in rampant unemployment and poverty, skyrocketing drug abuse, and crime. The earth’s temperature continues to climb, while desperate people scramble for food, water, […]

California introduces first-in-nation slavery reparations package

California introduces first-in-nation slavery reparations package

Editorial credit: Bob Korn / Shutterstock.com By Lara Korte | MSN SACRAMENTO, California — California state lawmakers introduced a slate of reparations bills on Wednesday, including a proposal to restore property taken by “race-based” cases of eminent domain and a potentially unconstitutional measure to provide state funding for “specific groups.” The package marks a first-in-the-nation […]

Squad Member Jamaal Bowman on Slave Reparations – Says He Wants ALL 42 MILLION Black Americans to Get $333,000 and Reveals ‘Creative Ways’ to Pay Them

Squad Member Jamaal Bowman on Slave Reparations – Says He Wants ALL 42 MILLION Black Americans to Get $333,000 and Reveals ‘Creative Ways’ to Pay Them

Editorial credit: Paul Froggatt / Shutterstock.com By Bethan Sexton | January 18, 2024 | MSN Lawmaker tabled bill H.R. 414 in 2023 claiming the US has a ‘moral and legal obligation’ to make restitution to the descendants of slaves Bowman believes $14 T should be distributed to black people who make up 12 percent of […]

The Life and Career of Tracy Chapman, the Only Black Woman Ever to Have a Solo Writing Credit on a No. 1 Country Song with ‘Fast Car’

The Life and Career of Tracy Chapman, the Only Black Woman Ever to Have a Solo Writing Credit on a No. 1 Country Song with ‘Fast Car’

By Yoonji Han | November 9, 2023 Tracy Chapman is an American singer-songwriter with four Grammys under her belt. Her song “Fast Car” gained renewed popularity this year after Luke Combs’ cover of the song went viral. Chapman is now the only Black woman to ever have a solo writing credit on a No. 1 […]

Museum brings lone survivor of 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

Museum brings lone survivor of 16th Street Baptist Church bombing

Editorial credit: Mark Van Scyoc / Shutterstock.com During the 60th anniversary, the survivor reveals her journey through the book, The 5th Little Girl Memphis, TN, Sept. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The National Civil Rights Museum brings survivor-turned-civil rights activist, Sarah Collins Rudolph, to speak on her book, The 5th Little Girl: Soul Survivor of the 16th Street […]

[Opinion] There’s Still Resistance to Black People Receiving Reparations, Despite Evidence That We Deserve Them

[Opinion] There’s Still Resistance to Black People Receiving Reparations, Despite Evidence That We Deserve Them

Assembly member Reginald Jones-Sawyer, a member of the California reparations task force, in Los Angeles, California, US, on Friday, May 5, 2023. California has been the most proactive state when it comes to organizing a reasonable plan to give Black people reparations for the harm that slavery has caused them for hundreds of years. The California Reparations Task Force has […]

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