A Texas teenager who almost had to choose between his hair and wearing a cap and gown walked across the stage in the ceremonial attire on Saturday. Jacob Rush’s mother had to threaten legal action against Abeka Academy so that he and other students with “dreadlocks” and braids could commemorate the milestone in the traditional…

Grassroots organizers in Southwest Georgia Source: Albany Voter’s Coalition / Albany Voter’s Coalition With primaries in battleground states at the top of the news cycle, upcoming congressional upsets and emerging national leaders are the centerpieces of public political debate. But this focus makes it too easy to overlook the driving forces behind local efforts to…

Actress Tia Mowry brightened the day of her fans on Instagram by sharing a video collage of her best hairstyles. Mowry also posted a positive message with the video, noting the strength of Black women. Mowry captioned the post, “Y’all, black women – we are EVERYTHING! I love us!! We are strong, we are beautiful,…

“It’s not over anywhere until it’s over everywhere,” World Health Organization director-general warns as cases increase in dozens of countries The COVID-19 pandemic is “most certainly not over,” the head of the World Health Organization warned Sunday, despite a decline in reported cases since the peak of the omicron wave. He told governments that “we…

A survey of over 800 Black people in America shows little optimism about the threat of domestic hate crimes in America A national poll of Black Americans found that a large majority of respondents fear that they or a loved one could become a victim of a racially-motivated attack following a deadly racist rampage that…

For Shenaya Washington, the racist massacre at a Buffalo, New York grocery store is “a reality check” Shenaya Ann Washington and a close friend cleared a small patch of grass at the base of a utility pole on Riley Street. They dug a hole there and planted a red rose bush seedling. Next to it,…

Tiger Woods had a career-high 79 before pulling out from competition due to soreness There will be no Sunday red for Tiger Woods in the PGA Championship. The PGA of America said Woods has withdrawn. Woods had a career-high 79 in the third round Saturday at Southern Hills. He limped his way around in the…

“It is a concern in that if it were to spread it would be consequential,” President Joe Biden says of monkeypox cases President Joe Biden said Sunday that recent cases of monkeypox that have been identified in Europe and the United States were something “to be concerned about.” In his first public comments on the disease, Biden…

Although the nation has shown signs of a resurrection from the economic downfall caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Black men in America are stuck in a permanent recession stifled by the impact of systemic racism, a recent report shows. According to the Center for American Progress report published in late March, Black men have continued…

U.S. regulators expect baby formula manufacturer to have its Michigan plant reopened next week Enough specialty infant formula for more than half a million baby bottles is expected to arrive Sunday in Indianapolis, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. The formula, weighing 78,000 pounds, is being transported by military plane, Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air…