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ESSENCE
Black Nun's Exhumed Body Appears Intact Four Years After Burial, And Of Course Black Twitter Had No Chill.
BY MELISSA NOEL
UPDATED MAY 26, 2023
THE TELEGRAPH
Amanda Gorman’s poem for Biden’s inauguration banned by Florida school.
By The Associated Press
May 25, 2023
THE WASHINGTON POST
Why Buckingham Palace won’t return a ‘stolen’ Ethiopian prince’s remains
May 23, 2023 at 11:02 a.m.
THE NEW YORK TIMES - OPINION
CNN - OPINION
David Axelrod: After Barack Obama, America will never be the same.
Sat May 20, 2023 9:09 AM
THE WASHINGTON POST - OPINION
A pointed message from one judge to nine others about race and guns
By Ruth Marcus
May 12, 2023 at 5:21 p.m.
ZIP06
Celebrating Black American Women Composers With the NHSO.
BY INFORMATION PROVIDED BY NHSO • 05/12/2023 01:10 PM EST
NEW HAVEN REGISTER
Guilford historians hope to save 1816 house with direct ties to Black history, slated to be moved.
Susan Braden
Updated: May 10, 2023 10:54 a.m.
ARTS COUNCIL GREATER NEW HAVEN
ARTSPAPER
THE WASHINGTON POST
Black Va. lawmakers, NAACP demand ouster of Youngkin’s diversity chief.
By Ian Shapira
Updated April 29, 2023 at 12:11 p.m
ESSENCE
Alabama Governor Forces Out Black Education Official Who Provided Training On Structural Racism, Calls It "Woke."
BY MELISSA NOEL
UPDATED APRIL 24, 2023
THE WASHINGTON POST
In wake of Ralph Yarl shooting, Black teens face fear and resignation.
By Lauren Lumpkin,
Emmanuel Felton & Mark Shavin
April 23, 2023 at 5:00 a.m
THE ATLANTIC
This Country Will Break Our Hearts Again; But Ralph Yarl lives.
By Imani Perry
APRIL 18, 2023, 9:58 AM
THE NEW YORK TIMES - OPINION
Zora Neale Hurston’s Hometown in Florida Is in Peril.
By Nick Tabor
April 17, 2023
ESSENCE
Meet The Black Women Baseball Players Who Kept The Negro Leagues Alive When Jackie Robinson Left.
BY MELISSA NOEL
APRIL 14, 2023
BLACK AMERICA WEB
ESSENCE
Texas Southern University Becomes First HBCU To Win National Cheerleading Title.
BY RAYNA REID RAYFORD
APRIL 12, 2023
THE WASHINGTON POST
Nashville council votes to reinstate Black Tennessee lawmaker.
By Tim Craig & Emily
Wax-Thibodeaux
Updated April 10, 2023 at 5:45 p.m.
THE HILL
Two Black state lawmakers in Tennessee are expelled: Five takeaways.
BY NIALL STANAGE
04/07/23 6:50 PM
THE HILL
Tennessee House expels two Democratic lawmakers after gun violence protest.
BY JULIA MUELLER &
JULIA SHAPERO
04/06/23 4:53 PM
ESSENCE
Take Notes: MLK’s ‘Mountaintop’ Speech Is How To Talk About Economic Justice.
BY MALAIKA JABALI
UPDATED APRIL 4, 2022
WASHINGTON POST - OPINION
It’s not just Uganda. Much of Africa is marching backward on LGBT rights.
By the Editorial BoarD
April 2, 2023 at 9:39 a.m.
ESSENCE
Racist Police Tech Put This Man Behind Bars For Crime In A State He Never Stepped Foot In.
BY MALAIKA JABALI
UPDATED MARCH 31, 2023
BLACK AMERICA WEB
GOP Legislator Calls Largely Black D.C. Schools ‘Inmate Factories,’ But He’ll Probably Say He’s Not Racist.
by Zack Linly
Published onMarch 30, 2023
WASHINGTON POST - PERSPECTIVE
A Black man in the women’s Final Four, Kenny Brooks knows exactly who he is.
by Jerry Brewer
March 28, 2023 at 8:27 a.m
WASHINGTON POST
Rwanda to free Paul Rusesabagina, inspiration for ‘Hotel Rwanda,’ government says.
By Katharine Houreld
Updated Mar. 24, 2023 @ 10:27 a.m.
ARTS PAPER
ARTS COUNCIL GREATER NEW HAVEN
New Q House Show Shines A Light On Judge Motley.
Marie Sanford
March 23rd, 2023
THE WASHINGTON POST
Deadly Marburg virus outbreaks reported in East and West Africa.
Katharine Houreld/Rael Ombuor
Updated Mar. 23, 2023 @ 10:18 a.m