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50 Years Later, is ‘Roots’ on the Wrong Side of History?

June 27, 2026 Staff 0

January 23, 1977 sees the premiere of Roots, a groundbreaking television program. The eight-episode miniseries, which was broadcast over eight consecutive nights, follows a family from its origins in West Africa through generations of slavery […]

Local

Northside Sewer Project Improving Community Connections

June 23, 2026 Staff 0

From our partners at Jaxtoday   by Will Brown Loretta Barfield and William Batts have been neighbors for nearly 50 years. They individually purchased property in Christobel, a Northwest Jacksonville neighborhood, during the 1970s on […]

Local

Judge Rules Sugary Items Back on the SNAPS List

June 23, 2026 Staff 0

A federal judge has ruled that the government cannot prevent recipients of the nation’s largest food assistance program from using benefits to purchase candy, soda and other sugary drinks. The ruling affects the Supplemental Nutrition […]

Local

A.L. Lewis Fund Awards $70,000 in Grants to Local Organizations Serving Minority Communities

June 19, 2026 Staff 0

A.L. Lewis Fund members and grantees celebrated its recent grantmaking at the Jessie Ball duPont Center. Photo credit: Jasmine Brown.   The A.L. Lewis Fund, a collective giving initiative of The Community Foundation for Northeast […]

Editorials

Black Women Leaders Are Not Burnt Out, We Are Being Extracted From

June 19, 2026 Staff 0

By Nataki Garrett Myers Let’s start with the numbers, because America often values economic losses over human suffering. According to a 2020 Citigroup analysis, racism cost the United States economy $16 trillion over twenty years. […]

National

Juneteenth: Why It Matters in 2026

June 19, 2026 Staff 0

As many Americans mark the Juneteenth season in 2026 with parades, festivals, educational programs and community gatherings, the holiday remains as relevant today as ever — not only as a celebration of freedom, but as […]

Sports

Ice Cube’s Big3 Basketball League To Go Public In Historic $290M Deal

June 17, 2026 Staff 0

The Big3 basketball league plans to become the first publicly traded professional sports league in U.S. history through a $290 million business combination agreement. The 3-on-3 league, co-founded by O’Shea Jackson Sr. (Ice Cube) and Jeff […]

Local

Young Writers Festival Ignite the Next Generation

June 17, 2026 Staff 0

The Friends of the Brentwood Public Library, Inc. celebrated the 2026 James Weldon Johnson Young Writers Festival, a four-day literary and arts experience that empowered students in grades 3–12 through creative expression, cultural education and […]

Editorials

Op-Ed: The Attack on Michelle Obama Is an Attack on the Dignity of Black Women

June 16, 2026 Staff 0

by Dexter Bridgeman The recent comments directed at former First Lady Michelle Obama by UFC fighter Josh Hokit were not only offensive and inappropriate, they were part of a troubling pattern that Black women in […]

International

Global Backlash Follows Videos Showing Abuse of Black Baby Dolls Trend

June 16, 2026 Staff 0

BEIJING  — Videos circulating on Chinese social media featuring the abuse of a popular toy known as the “Natasha doll” have sparked international criticism, with activists and commentators condemning the trend as racist and dehumanizing. […]

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