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Trump Treasury Secretary Won’t Commit to Putting Harriet Tubman on $20 bill

August 7, 2026 admin 0

By Damian Paletta, washingtonpost.com Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday would not commit to carrying out the Obama administration’s plan to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, saying he had not made a decision […]

Hurricane Irma to Track Toward US; Residents of East and Gulf Coasts Urged to Prepare Now

August 7, 2026 admin 0

AccuWeather reports as Major Hurricane Irma churns across the northern Caribbean and towards the United States, residents along the Gulf and East coasts of the U.S. need to be on alert. Irma will blast the […]

Pullman Porter Museum on a Nationwide Search for Descendants

August 7, 2026 admin 0

Are you a descendant of a Pullman Porter? Or dining car waiter? On August 25, 2017 the National A. Phillip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum celebrated the 92nd anniversary of the founding of the nation’s first […]

Labor Day and Dr. King Should Always be in the Same Thought

August 7, 2026 admin 0

The following first appeared on ESPN’s The Undefeated. by Dr. Kelley Evans “The labor movement did not diminish the strength of the nation but enlarged it. By raising the living standards of millions, labor miraculously […]

Five Rules for Black Cookouts … and Life

August 7, 2026 admin 0

by Michael Harriot (The Root) As one of the world’s leading cookoutologists (I would say I’m the leading authority, but my aunt Phyllis hasn’t officially retired), I feel it is my duty to keep you […]

Texas Native Jamie Foxx Announces Sept. 12 Telethon for Hurricane Harvey

August 7, 2026 admin 0

by Lori Lakin Hutcherson According to Entertainment Tonight, Texas native Jamie Foxx announced on Instagram that there will be a telethon on Sept. 12 to raise money for those in need from the devastation of […]

AL Restores Voting Rights of Ex-Felons But They May Never Find Out

August 7, 2026 admin 0

Alabama does not have to notify tens of thousands of former felons that they recently regained the right to vote, a federal judge ruled. The judge also found that the state does not have to […]

Former FBI Director James Comey Gets a Chair at Howard University

August 7, 2026 admin 0

By Frederick H. Lowe James Comey, who was appointed FBI director by President Barack Obama and fired by President Donald Trump, has been named Howard University’s Opening Convocation keynote speaker. Comey also has been named […]

Do You Know the Difference Between “Real” Black Republicans and Sellouts

August 7, 2026 admin 0

By Raynard Jackson One of my favorite movies of all-time is “Deep Cover,” starring Laurence Fishburne. The movie debuted in 1992. Fishburne plays Russell Stevens Jr., an undercover Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agent. During his […]

Public Policy After Hurricane Harvey

August 7, 2026 admin 0

by Dr. Julianne Malveaux Hurricane Harvey did everything people said it would do, and more. It either drowned or swallowed everything it touched in Corpus Christi, Houston, Beaumont, the gulf coast of Louisiana, and a […]