OPINION: 25 years after 9/11, I’m still searching for the America I saw that day
Twenty-five years ago, I was sitting in a high school history classroom watching history happen in real time. I was 17 years old, a junior in Fairfax County, Virginia, about…
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James Talarico says he opposes trans athletes in girls’ sports ‘if it risks safety or fairness’
DALLAS — Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico on Wednesday said he…
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Black tennis is having a moment. But this moment was generations in the making.
Frances Tiafoe had just completed one of the biggest comebacks…
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Lonnie Bunch to retire as Trump escalates pressure on Smithsonian
WASHINGTON — Lonnie G. Bunch III, the first Black person to…
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Langston University begins new strategic plan, expands leadership team
LANGSTON, Okla. — Langston University has begun developing a new long-term…
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End Summer With Rooftop Views At The Tess In Atlanta’s Buckhead
Ten stories above Buckhead, The Tess, Autograph Collection, makes a…
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Politics & Opinions
Tulsa’s majority-Black District 1 challenges myth that Black people don’t vote
TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa’s only majority-Black City Council district appears to have recorded the second-highest estimated voting-age participation rate among the city’s six contested council districts on Aug. 25. 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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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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UPrep Tackles the Black Male Education Crisis Through Leadership and Career Training
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — At a time when many educators and policymakers are sounding the alarm over declining educational outcomes for Black male…
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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
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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117 women learned their jail strip searches were recorded. Their outrage changed the law.
Suzanne Garcia looked down and away from the officer’s gaze as she went through the motions of a routine jail intake inspection: Remove all…
Read MoreCatastrophe Looms: Hurricane Melissa’s Threat to Jamaica
Cole balancing local promises, Trump cuts in NOAA budget fight
Oklahoma ranks seventh among top 10 states for weather damage
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