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Source: National Urban League / nul.org/state-of-black-america For many of us, the economy never really rebounded post-pandemic. The last several years have seen quarterly layoffs become commonplace, inflation outpacing wage growth, with the actions of the Trump administration only exacerbating the economic turmoil. A report from the National Urban League has found that the so-called American dream is out of reach for more Black Americans since the Civil Rights Movement.  AP […]

✕ Sybil Wilkes is back with another edition of “What We Need to Know,” the daily roundup that keeps our community informed and ready to move. Her latest rundown touched everything from the state of Black America to a father-led movement in Atlanta. Here’s the breakdown of the news that matters most to us right now. READ MORE STORIES Sybil Wilkes Covers Today’s What We Need to Know: Ozempic Face […]

Smith Collection/Gado Food insecurity affects millions of American households who in turn rely on help from the government, particularly by way of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program otherwise known as SNAP. However, records have shown a noticeable decline of SNAP benefits distribution in the year since Trump signed off on the controversial One Big Beautiful Bill Act. An estimated 4 million people since July 2025 have reportedly already lost access […]

✕ Sybil Wilkes is back with another edition of “What We Need to Know,” the daily roundup that keeps our community informed and ready to move. Her latest rundown touched everything from the state of Black America to a father-led movement in Atlanta. Here’s the breakdown of the news that matters most to us right now. READ MORE STORIES Sybil Wilkes Covers Today’s What We Need to Know: The State […]

Source: Kevin Sabitus / Getty Lamar Jackson is entering the 2026 NFL season with urgency after the Baltimore Ravens missed the playoffs last year. The two-time MVP said he is cutting out distractions and committing himself to football, even if that means spending less time with family during the season. “I just told even my family, I’m locked in this whole season,” Jackson said on “The Lounge” podcast. “We’ve got […]

Source: Pacific Press / Getty We have reached a moment in America where, once again, masked men can abduct Black and Brown folks from unmarked vehicles as a legitimate form of law enforcement, while relying on the government’s indifference to shield the terror. And it doesn’t matter whether the abductors are legitimately hired federal agents or criminal impersonators. Quite frankly, in Donald Trump’s America, the only difference between the two […]

Source: SAUL LOEB / Getty Here’s a question: Is there anyone who is as figuratively and quite literally invested in upholding their bigotry as former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who, over the past decade and change, has found herself drowning in legal woes over her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples? For those who are unfamiliar with the Grinch Who Tried to Steal Gay Marriage, after the U.S. Supreme […]

Source: Courtesy of the family of Nolan Wells / Family of Nolan Wells When it comes to the mysterious death of Nolan Wells, white America has been, if nothing else, predictable. As soon as the story broke of a Black teen going missing after traveling with an otherwise all-white friend group on a trip to Horn Island, only to turn up dead days later, Black people already knew we would […]

Source: Fe Worthington / Dream Defenders A multibillion-dollar corporation that dabbles in fashion, not activism, has been accused of stealing from a non-profit activist organization an image of legendary civil rights activist Assata Shakur, and the organization that got co-opted by an exploitative capitalist machine is rightfully not having it. Dream Defenders, a Black-led, feminist, socialist, abolitionist, and internationalist political formation fighting for a world without prisons, police, capitalism, and […]