January 23, 1977 sees the premiere of Roots, a groundbreaking television program. The eight-episode miniseries, which was broadcast over eight consecutive nights, follows a family from its origins in West Africa through generations of slavery […]
From our partners at Jaxtoday by Will Brown Loretta Barfield and William Batts have been neighbors for nearly 50 years. They individually purchased property in Christobel, a Northwest Jacksonville neighborhood, during the 1970s on […]
A federal judge has ruled that the government cannot prevent recipients of the nation’s largest food assistance program from using benefits to purchase candy, soda and other sugary drinks. The ruling affects the Supplemental Nutrition […]
A.L. Lewis Fund members and grantees celebrated its recent grantmaking at the Jessie Ball duPont Center. Photo credit: Jasmine Brown. The A.L. Lewis Fund, a collective giving initiative of The Community Foundation for Northeast […]
By Nataki Garrett Myers Let’s start with the numbers, because America often values economic losses over human suffering. According to a 2020 Citigroup analysis, racism cost the United States economy $16 trillion over twenty years. […]
As many Americans mark the Juneteenth season in 2026 with parades, festivals, educational programs and community gatherings, the holiday remains as relevant today as ever — not only as a celebration of freedom, but as […]
The Big3 basketball league plans to become the first publicly traded professional sports league in U.S. history through a $290 million business combination agreement. The 3-on-3 league, co-founded by O’Shea Jackson Sr. (Ice Cube) and Jeff […]
The Friends of the Brentwood Public Library, Inc. celebrated the 2026 James Weldon Johnson Young Writers Festival, a four-day literary and arts experience that empowered students in grades 3–12 through creative expression, cultural education and […]
by Dexter Bridgeman The recent comments directed at former First Lady Michelle Obama by UFC fighter Josh Hokit were not only offensive and inappropriate, they were part of a troubling pattern that Black women in […]
BEIJING — Videos circulating on Chinese social media featuring the abuse of a popular toy known as the “Natasha doll” have sparked international criticism, with activists and commentators condemning the trend as racist and dehumanizing. […]
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