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Family Without Borders: Pew Survey Maps the Depth of Black America's Kinship Ties
2+ hour, 25+ min ago (643+ words) Family, in Black America, has long stretched past the limits of law and lineage. It lives in the neighbor who kept watch from the porch, the church mother who corrected your grammar, the friend who became a cousin without a…...
DUMAS: The Slow Strangulation of Black Business Opportunity
1+ week, 24+ min ago (268+ words) That contraction is already visible. The Small Business Administration has admitted only 65 companies to the 8(a) program in 2025, compared with more than 2,000 admissions over the previous four years. It also suspended more than 1,000 of'roughly 4,300'active firms in January for noncompliance.' The…...
BOOK REVIEW: 'Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore' by Char Adams
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (357+ words) c.2025, Tiny Rep Books$32291 pages You're not planning on being selfish. But seriously, you've been waiting months for the release of your favorite author's newest book and it's in stores NOW. You have your copy, you'll be the first one to…...
Unbreakable: Black Women and Mental Health
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (297+ words) This year has been heavy for so many of us. Between the nonstop political news cycle, the pressures of returning to office life, persistent racial injustice, and the violence and division that weigh on our communities, the stress feels unrelenting....
Supreme Court Decision Leaves D.C.'s Black Students Vulnerable, Advocates Warn
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (428+ words) The Supreme Court's decision to let President Donald Trump move forward with plans to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education is drawing concern among educators and civil rights advocates in Washington, D.C., where many public schools serve a predominantly Black student population....
Joint Center Launches Tax Policy Committee as New Law Threatens to Deepen Racial Inequality
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (376+ words) The D.C.-based Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies has formally launched its 2025 Tax Policy Advisory Committee; a move leaders call critical as President Donald Trump's sweeping budget and tax overhaul reshapes the economic landscape for Black communities. The new…...
Trump's 'Big Ugly Bill' Heads to Vote Today — Top 5 Ways It Drains Black America
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (141+ words) The Senate is set to vote Monday on the "One Big, Beautiful Bill," or as the National Urban League has coined it, the "Big Ugly Bill" " a sweeping budget-and-tax package championed by President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans." Critics label…...
Gospel Singer CeCe Winans Takes a Seat at the Tiny Desk
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (306+ words) Before starting a European tour, celebrated gospel singer CeCe Winans recorded a "Tiny Desk" concert at National Public Radio (NPR) offices in Washington, D.C., premiering on June 13, in which a standing-only audience heard Winan's award-winning hits." Due to the small performance…...
Community and Racial Stress Fuel Depression in Young Black Men
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (626+ words) A new peer-reviewed study published in the American Journal of Men's Health finds that more than half of young Black men in Southern California are experiencing depressive symptoms " often without diagnosis or treatment. The research attributes these symptoms to chronic…...
From Banned to Baltimore: 'Ethiopia' Revival Comes to DMV in an Homage to the Black Diaspora
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (1043+ words) As the nation grapples with economic uncertainty, global adversity and targeted acts to oppress Black stories, IN Series" latest revival of Arthur Artent"s "Ethiopia" reminds audiences that these realities are no stranger to American archives." The original 1937 production holds…...