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In New Orleans, community isn’t just a word—it’s a way of life. Long before Hurricane Katrina tested the city’s resilience, places like Congo Square stood as a gathering site for Black traditions like music, dance, and the spirit of resistance. Throughout the 19th century, Congo Square played a substantial role in the development of jazz as well as a spiritual base for Black New Orleanians. Even after the storm scattered neighborhoods and […]

Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Look, every time we characterize President Donald Trump as an authoritarian fascist who is taking pages from the first few chapters of Hitler’s Guide to a 21st Century Dictatorship, the MAGA world says we’re being crazy. Trump supporters say we’re all suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, a condition right-wingers made up while pretending they’re not the ones who committed a domestic terrorist attack on the […]

Source: Stephen Maturen / Getty The city of Minneapolis is once again grieving after a horrific mass school shooting claimed the lives of two young children and left 17 others injured at Annunciation Catholic School on the city’s south side.  The violence unfolded Wednesday morning during a school Mass, shattering what should have been a moment of worship and community. Authorities say the gunman, a man in his early 20s, […]

Source: Michael Hickey / Getty The University of Cincinnati’s (UC) African American Cultural and Resource Center (AACRC) has been dismantled, but Black organizations at the university are doing everything in their power to make sure the center’s crucial initiatives and resources dedicated to the needs of the community remain intact.  According to WVXU, the AACRC was forced to close in June following the implementation of the Advance Ohio Higher Education […]