Native Son Founder Emil Wilbekin on Turning Visibility Into Power
Native Son has spent 10 years making Black gay and queer men visible. Its founder, Emil Wilbekin, isn’t sure that visibility has turned into power. “We have great wins, and…
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Jon Ossoff, Mike Collins spar over extremism, Black homeownership in Senate debate
ATLANTA — Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Collins told Georgia voters Tuesday…
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How Marketing Executive Keisha McCotry Turned Unemployment Into Entrepreneurship With An App Helping Adults With ADHD
Keisha McCotry had a successful corporate career. A Forbes-featured marketing…
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Oklahoma Gives Voters Just 4 Days to Vote Early
Oklahoma voters who want to cast a ballot before Election…
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What Zelenskyy’s Bot Claim Means for Black Voters
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says online hate dropped after his…
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I Am Black. I Am Indigenous. I Am American.
Before I had the language to explain the intersection between…
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Politics & Opinions
John Croisant challenges Mark Tedford to congressional debate in Oklahoma’s 1st District
TULSA, Okla. — Democratic nominee John Croisant is pressing Republican nominee Mark Tedford to participate in a public debate before voters select their next representative for Oklahoma’s 1st Congressional District.…
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Nearly half of Black Americans surveyed misunderstand a key fact about HIV transmission
According to new data, Black Americans are more likely than the general population to say they understand HIV. Yet nearly…
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Black Maternal Health Week at 10: Preventable Deaths Persist as Black Women Lead the Fight for Change
Ten years after Black Maternal Health Week first sounded the alarm, Black women in the United States remain three times…
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GRAND Mental Health launches ApexCare app
TULSA, Okla. — GRAND Mental Health has launched a new digital platform to expand behavioral health care across Oklahoma. On April 6,…
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Americans are losing HIV care. The Real Housewives want you to know about it.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thousands of low-income Americans with HIV are losing access to vital medications, as states grapple with a lack…
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Langston University begins new strategic plan, expands leadership team
LANGSTON, Okla. — Langston University has begun developing a new long-term strategic plan as Oklahoma’s only historically Black university prepares for administrative changes…
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Ellie’s FutureMinDs Academy offers AI and coding classes for $10 a month
A St. Louis technology entrepreneur is betting that learning artificial intelligence and coding shouldn’t require families to spend hundreds of dollars. Ellie’s…
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Adobe Used His Photo Library To Train AI — Now Gerald Carter Is Protecting Music Producers With Pre-Label
For nearly a decade, Gerald Carter worked to fill a gap in the stock photo industry with his company, Diversity Photos. After seeing how difficult…
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Justice & Environment
How the Terence Crutcher Foundation transformed tragedy into 10 years of community action
TULSA, Okla. — 10 years ago, Tyrance Billingsley II was finishing his studies at Tulsa Community College when he learned that another TCC student had…
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Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis found guilty of Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder
LAS VEGAS — Nearly 30 years after Tupac Shakur was gunned down on a Las Vegas street, a jury has convicted the only person…
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Cole balancing local promises, Trump cuts in NOAA budget fight
Oklahoma ranks seventh among top 10 states for weather damage
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