National Despite push, states slow to make Juneteenth a paid holiday By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and CHEYANNE MUMPHREY Associated Press Jun 15, 2022 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Recognition of Juneteenth, the effective end of slavery in the U.S., gained traction after the police killing of Georg…
National Featured Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed as first Black female high court justice By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MARK SHERMAN Associated PressUpdated Apr 7, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a historic barrier by securing her p…
'Ain’t Misbehavin' Updated Apr 13, 2025 From left, Anthone Jackson plays piano, as Ken, with Katrina Lauren McGraw, as Nell, at the microphone in Hillbarn Theatre and Conservatory’s …
National Poll: Stark racial gap in views on Black woman on high court By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press Feb 24, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are starkly divided by race on the importance of President Joe Biden's promise to nominate a Black woman to the Su…
Arts & Entertainment Did ABC miss a learning opportunity by suspending Whoopi? By JANIE HAR Associated Press Feb 4, 2022 ABC's decision to suspend Whoopi Goldberg from "The View" for two weeks for her remarks about the Holocaust has opened the network up to criti…
Columnists Black History Month should remind us why we need more housing By Rudy Espinoza MurrayUpdated Feb 4, 2022 During the lifetimes of many of you, or those of your parents, Black Americans were prohibited from buying homes in white neighborhoods. It wa…
Arts & Entertainment Jury begins deliberations in trial of actor Jussie Smollett By DON BABWIN and SARA BURNETT Associated Press Dec 8, 2021 CHICAGO (AP) — The jury in Jussie Smollett's trial started deliberating Wednesday, after a prosecutor said there is "overwhelming evidence" th…
National Black women seeing guns as protection from rising crime By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press Sep 1, 2021 TAYLOR, Mich. (AP) — Valerie Rupert raised her right arm, slightly shaking and unsure as she aimed at the paper target representing a burglar,…
National Black women, across generations, heed Biles' Olympic example BY AARON MORRISON, ASTRID GALVAN and DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press Aug 4, 2021 NEW YORK (AP) — Naomi Osaka. Simone Biles. Both are prominent young Black women under the pressure of a global Olympic spotlight that few huma…
