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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

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THE TELEGRAPH

Amanda Gorman’s poem for Biden’s inauguration banned by Florida school.

By The Associated Press

May 25, 2023

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THE WASHINGTON POST

Why Buckingham Palace won’t return a ‘stolen’ Ethiopian prince’s remains

By Adela Suliman

May 23, 2023 at 11:02 a.m.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES - OPINION

The Good News on Unemployment for Black Americans.

By Paul Krugman

May 23, 2023

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CNN - OPINION

David Axelrod: After Barack Obama, America will never be the same.

by David Axelrod

Sat May 20, 2023 9:09 AM

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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.

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ZIP06

Celebrating Black American Women Composers With the NHSO.
BY INFORMATION PROVIDED BY NHSO • 05/12/2023 01:10 PM EST

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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.

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ARTS COUNCIL GREATER NEW HAVEN
ARTSPAPER

Long Wharf Theatre Finds Its "Edge"

Lucy Gellman |

May 8th, 2023

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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

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ESSENCE

Alabama Governor Forces Out Black Education Official Who Provided Training On Structural Racism, Calls It "Woke."
BY MELISSA NOEL 
UPDATED APRIL 24, 2023

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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

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THE ATLANTIC

This Country Will Break Our Hearts Again; But Ralph Yarl lives.

By Imani Perry

APRIL 18, 2023, 9:58 AM

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THE NEW YORK TIMES - OPINION

Zora Neale Hurston’s Hometown in Florida Is in Peril.

By Nick Tabor

April 17, 2023

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ESSENCE

Meet The Black Women Baseball Players Who Kept The Negro Leagues Alive When Jackie Robinson Left.

BY MELISSA NOEL

APRIL 14, 2023

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BLACK AMERICA WEB

Black Police Chiefs On The Rise, But Their ‘Burden’ Seems ‘Unfair.’

Bilal G. Morris

April 13, 2023

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ESSENCE

Texas Southern University Becomes First HBCU To Win National Cheerleading Title.
BY RAYNA REID RAYFORD
APRIL 12, 2023

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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. 

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THE HILL

Two Black state lawmakers in Tennessee are expelled: Five takeaways.
BY NIALL STANAGE
04/07/23 6:50 PM

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THE HILL

Tennessee House expels two Democratic lawmakers after gun violence protest.
BY JULIA MUELLER & 
JULIA SHAPERO
04/06/23 4:53 PM

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LOCAL NEWS 8

LSU’s Reese on White House flap: ‘We’ll go to the Obamas.’

By Associated Press

April 5, 2023  3:13 PM

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ESSENCE

Take Notes: MLK’s ‘Mountaintop’ Speech Is How To Talk About Economic Justice.
BY MALAIKA JABALI
UPDATED APRIL 4, 2022

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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WASHINGTON POST

Rwanda to free Paul Rusesabagina, inspiration for ‘Hotel Rwanda,’ government says.

By Katharine Houreld

Updated Mar. 24, 2023 @ 10:27 a.m.

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ARTS PAPER
ARTS COUNCIL GREATER NEW HAVEN

New Q House Show Shines A Light On Judge Motley.
Marie Sanford
March 23rd, 2023

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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