Source: Laylah Barrayn / Assata Shakur Archives Project Today would have been Assata Shakur’s 79th birthday. Although the legendary freedom fighter joined the ancestors on Sept. 25, 2025, her memory, legacy, and impact are still here to remind us that the work is not done and that we have so much more to accomplish. If you had been in the room at the Riverside Church in New York on May […]
✕ 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. From a mother’s fight for answers to a champion’s promise to lift up the next generation, here’s what mattered most this week. READ MORE STORIES Sybil Wilkes Covers Today’s What We Need to Know: Justice, History, and Triumph Take Center StageSybil Wilkes Covers Today’s […]
Source: Newsday LLC / Getty Today would have been Assata Shakur’s 79th birthday. Although the legendary freedom fighter joined the ancestors on Sept. 25, 2025, her memory, legacy, and impact are still here to remind us that the work is not done and that we have so much more to accomplish. If you had been in the room at the Riverside Church in New York on May 30 as we […]
Source: UCG / Getty In 1963, Medgar Evers made history as the first Black Mississippian to make a speech on local television when he spoke out. This should be a storied piece of Black History that’s displayed in museums, right? Well, unfortunately, that’s not the case, as it’s been six decades since the speech, and no one knows whether any recordings of it exist. WLBT, the station where Evers made […]
imageBROKER/Pawel Opaska Murder is without a doubt one of the worst crimes anyone can commit, and it’s even more of a heinous act when it occurs between flesh and blood. Illinois has been reeling over the recent news of five family members in East St. Louis who were killed following a murder plot between two teenagers, the youngest of the pair being a relative to the deceased. RELATED: No Man […]
Source: Paul Morigi / Getty Everyone needs, or should want to have, Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover on their side. Her book, “How Dare You- An HBCU President’s Fight for Half a Billion Dollars Owed-and the State’s Actions to Avoid Payment,” may have one of the longest titles, but it demonstrates the grit, persistence and dedication of one of the best in the business of education. After over a decade leading HBCU Tennessee […]
✕ 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. From a growing health scare to a major courtroom victory for Black farmers, here’s what you should keep on your radar this week. READ MORE STORIES Sybil Wilkes Covers Today’s What We Need to Know: A Win for Black Farmers, Politics, and a Major […]
Source: jabkitticha / Getty When it comes to economics in 2026 something we all know and have experienced is nationwide inflation, however, the burden of inflation is less in some states that others. TRENDING: America’s 10 Worst States To live In 2026 The cost of living is important when companies decided where to do business, low cost living helps then attract workers, it also means they may be able to […]
Request Feedback Ethan Miller It’s been nearly a decade since the scathing comment made by Fox News journalist Laura Ingraham in reference to NBA stars LeBron James and Kevin Durant, in which she told the two to “shut up and dribble” due to their comments on political matters at the time. It made for quite an uproar back in 2018, and in 2026 players are still fighting against the polarizing […]
