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Jacksonville Answers History’s Erasure With Color: “We’re still here”

September 3, 2026 Staff 0

Florida can paint over the crosswalks. It can turn off the rainbow bridge lights. It can restrict what is taught about race and LGBTQ+ issues in classrooms. But Jacksonville continues finding ways to put its […]

Editorials

Black Journalists Are Still Fighting. Karen Attiah Just Won a Round.

September 2, 2026 Lynnfaye 0

An arbitrator’s order to rehire the Washington Post’s last full-time Black woman opinion writer is a victory for everyone fighting for diversity in newsrooms. By Errin Haines, Phil Lewis.  Being a Black journalist means being […]

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Where Florida’s Gun Violence Exacts Its Biggest Toll on Black and Latino Children

September 2, 2026 Lynnfaye 0

by Daniel Chang, Fred Clasen-Kelly, Olga Pierce, Yona Gavino and Daralene Jones | An analysis of hospital claims data in Florida found that firearm injuries of children disproportionately hit families in a handful of ZIP codes, almost all of them in […]

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Local Ministers Call on Lawmakers to Keep TPS

September 2, 2026 Lynnfaye 0

By St. Clair Murraine | Outlook Staff Writer | Calling Haitians “part of the American story,” Rev. RB Holmes led a group of local clergy members in a protest of a recent Supreme Court decision […]

Sports

NFL Ends Pro Bowl Game Due to Declining Interest and Participation

September 2, 2026 Lynnfaye 0

Photo courtesy of gamblingexposed.org The NFL has officially ended the Pro Bowl game starting with the 2026 season, but players will still be recognized as Pro Bowlers. The NFL announced that the annual Pro Bowl […]

Education

Florida’s First HBCU Hits Enrollment Milestone with Largest Fall Class in Two Decades

September 2, 2026 Lynnfaye 0

By Peter Kerich | Edward Waters University enrolled 1,281 students for Fall 2026, nearing its all-time enrollment record. Edward Waters University, Florida’s first historically Black college and university, has reached its highest fall enrollment in […]

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Negro League, Japan Baseball 100-year Connection Honored

September 1, 2026 Staff 0

by Aswad Walker | Houston Defender The 2027 Tokyo centennial will celebrate Negro League pioneers whose talent, courage, and diplomacy helped transform baseball far beyond America’s shores.  The story of Negro League baseball is much […]

Editorials

The Changing Face of Martha’s Vineyard

September 1, 2026 Staff 0

by ReShonda Tate Let me start by saying I am by no means a Martha’s Vineyard expert. I’ve only been coming to the Vineyard for seven years, which probably makes me a newcomer to the […]

Entertainment

Ex-gang Leader Found Guilty of Murder in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 Drive-by Killing

September 1, 2026 Staff 0

LAS VEGAS — Nearly 30 years after the killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur became one of music’s most enduring mysteries, a Nevada jury has convicted Duane “Keffe D” Davis of first-degree murder in the […]

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Pope Leo XIV Addresses Black Ancestry, Family Ties to Slavery

September 1, 2026 Staff 0

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV has publicly acknowledged his Black and Creole ancestry for the first time, confirming that his American family history includes both enslaved people and slaveholders while stopping short of identifying […]

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