Author: Unite News

by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman August 18, 2025 ‘We have to actively resist what we are seeing,’ CEO and co-founder Ryan Wilson says. The Gathering Spot has opened its Washington, D.C., location to Black Washingtonians as President Donald Trump’s police continue its takeover of the city. The Black-owned private membership club typically

by Mitti Hicks August 18, 2025 Chef Harris had a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implanted in him in his twenties. “Chef Mayne” etched on a white jacket is the first thing students from Columbus Downtown High School’s culinary program will likely notice when their instructor, Jermayne Harris, walks into

by Daniel Johnson August 18, 2025 PragerU is a conservative ‘education’ platform has been criticized for whitewashing history. After the White House pulled federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting earlier in August, the Trump administration accelerated its partnership with PragerU, a nonprofit organization that has been credibly accused

by Daniel Johnson August 18, 2025 Earlier in August, Saint Augustine’s secured an important victory, a federal injunction that allows the university to keep its accreditation. The beleaguered Saint Augustine’s University appointed its first Black woman chair to its Board of Trustees as it attempts to create stability to restore

On a recent evening in Senegal ‘s capital of Dakar, an imam named Ibrahima Diane explained to a group of men why they should be more involved in household chores. “The Prophet himself says a man who does not help support his wife and children is not a good Muslim,” the 53-year-old

by Daniel Johnson August 18, 2025 Five former players are accusing their former coach, Maria Moseley, of psychological abuse, mental cruelty, retaliation, and discrimination Five former University of Wisconsin women’s basketball players filed a federal lawsuit against the school’s former coach, Maria Moseley, its former sports administrator, Justin Doherty, and

California Democrats are making a partisan push to draw new congressional districts and reshape the state’s U.S. House representation in their favor, but to pull it off, lawmakers returning to the Capitol on Monday face a tight deadline and must still win voters’ approval. Limits on federal immigration raids and advancing racial

by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman August 18, 2025 Tyrone’s Barber & Beauty Salon initially opened to serve Black servicemen from the nearby Air Force base. A Black-owned barbershop and beauty salon in Biloxi, Mississippi, has a new historic marker outside its doors. Tyrone’s Barber & Beauty Salon has stood in the southern city

by Daniel Johnson August 17, 2025 Lawyers for Payton Gendron argued that the federal charges should be dropped because there were not enough Black people on the jury that convicted him. On Aug. 14, lawyers for Payton Gendron, the white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket

by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman August 17, 2025 The Breeze Airways flight was diverted after the man managed to break free from restraints twice, police said. A Breeze Airways flight from Virginia to Los Angeles was diverted after a drunk passenger caused an offensive disruption, resulting in another passenger coming to the