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. Croisant’s campaign said it first challenged Tedford publicly in an Aug. 17 Facebook post. The campaign has continued raising the issue on social media but…
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Hunger Hides in Plain Sight: North Tulsa Deserves More Than Awareness
Hunger does not always look like an empty plate. Sometimes it looks like a full-time worker standing in a grocery aisle doing math. It is a senior deciding whether medication or groceries can wait, a college student skipping dinner, or a family that appears completely stable while stretching every dollar behind closed doors. Someone experiencing…
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‘American Diplomacy in Peril’: Black Leaders Seek to Restore LegitimacyÂ
WASHINGTON — As the United States faces wars abroad, strained alliances, tariffs and deepening debates over its role in the world, Black political and civil-rights leaders are drawing on a tradition that stretches from W.E.B. Du Bois to Rev. Jesse Jackson: using the struggle for civil rights as a framework for American diplomacy. That history…
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At The CBC Conference, Black Women Sound The Alarm On Jobs And Economic Security
Publisher’s Note: The interview subject requested anonymity. We have changed their name to Tasha* to protect their identity. When Tasha* lost her job after nearly two decades in public health, she lost more than a paycheck. She lost her health insurance, her home, and the financial stability she had spent years building. Her experience was echoed…
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Mississippi Godayum: An Open Letter To A State With A Song Of Silence
Dear Mississippi, Your silence is a show tune. But you’ve sung this tune for far too long. In 1955, there was the gruesome murder of Emmett Till. Silence. In 1963, the assassination of Medgar Evers and the bombing of Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, where four Black girls were murdered inside a sanctuary. Silence. In…
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Atlanta Fashion & Polo Classic raises $30,000 for Black youth polo programs
ATLANTA, Ga. — The ninth annual Atlanta Fashion & Polo Classic raised approximately $30,000 for programs that introduce young people from underrepresented communities to equestrian sports, organizers announced. More than 3,000 people attended the Sept. 19 event at Bouckaert Farm in Fairburn, according to organizers. The event combined polo matches, fashion, food and live entertainment…
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How One San Juan Hotel Shaped Puerto Rico’s Tourism, Nightlife And The Piña Colada
If the walls of the Caribe Hilton in San Juan could talk, they might recount the staff preparing for Elizabeth Taylor’s 1950 honeymoon with Conrad Hilton Jr. They might share behind-the-scenes stories from the filming of 22 Jump Street. And they would almost certainly boast about the day an in-house bartender created what would become…
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Pastor embezzled $504K from historic Vernon AME, which survived the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
TULSA, Okla. — Historic Vernon AME Church says former pastor Keith Rydell Mayes Sr. acted without the knowledge or authorization of church leadership when he diverted more than $504,000 while overseeing the finances of one of Greenwood’s most significant institutions. Mayes, 63, pleaded guilty Sept. 14 to bank fraud and tax evasion, according to the…
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Jabee takes Oklahoma City’s violence prevention work to New England conferenceÂ
BOSTON, Mass. — Oklahoma City artist and violence prevention leader Jabee brought his community-based approach to public safety to Gillette Stadium this week, joining hundreds of frontline workers focused on preventing violence before it happens. Jabee, who serves as executive director of LiveFree Oklahoma, was among the featured voices at UTEC’s 2026 New England Streetworker…
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How the Terence Crutcher Foundation transformed tragedy into 10 years of community actionÂ
TULSA, Okla. — 10 years ago, Tyrance Billingsley II was finishing his studies at Tulsa Community College when he learned that another TCC student had been killed by police. Billingsley did not know Terence Crutcher personally. But he remembers the heaviness that descended over the North Tulsa community after a police officer killed the unarmed Black…
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