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Source: Todd Rosenberg / Getty Raised fists stripped Tommie Smith and John Carlos of their Olympic medals. Kneeling got Colin Kaepernick blackballed. Valuing life keeps getting Azeez Al-Shaair fined. Nowadays, this is what “buck-breaking” looks like. The Houston Texans linebacker has become quite the “disturbance” this year, depending on your
Atlanta Aviation Maintenance Academy hosted by Delta and the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Delta) by Selena Hill September 29, 2026 Delta and OBAP’s Atlanta ACE Academy are giving students a hands-on look at aviation maintenance careers. For young people seeking a high-paying career that doesn’t
THE OSCARS® – The 91st Oscars® broadcasts live on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood and will be televised live on The Walt Disney Television via Getty Images Television Network at 8:00 p.m. EST/5:00 p.m. PST. (Eric McCandless via Getty Images)
Source: Utah Department of Corrections / Utah DOC In news that yet again justifies distrust in the American justice system, a Black man in Utah who spent over 40 years on death row was released this week after DNA evidence from the crime scene didn’t match him. CBS News reports
photo credit: pexels by Sidnee Michelle September 29, 2026 The idea began after Owobu started spending summers in Ghana at age 15. At 18, Bronx high school senior Max Owobu is using entrepreneurship and philanthropy to expand access to education for children in Ghana, Good News Network reports. Owobu founded
Former Vice President Kamala Harris says she believes America will eventually elect a Black woman president, while challenging the premise behind questions about whether the country is “ready” for one. Harris made the comments during an interview on UNDISTRACTED with Brittany Packnett Cunningham. The conversation, highlighted by The Meteor in
A breach involving a Defense Department personnel database exposed sensitive personal information belonging to nearly 3 million living and deceased people. Social Security numbers and details about jobs held by military and civilian personnel were also breached, according to a U.S. defense official cited by ABC News. The Defense Manpower
Angela Bassett is opening up about how difficult it was to find her next major role after her acclaimed portrayal of Tina Turner in the 1993 film “What’s Love Got to Do With It.” The Oscar-nominated actress says opportunities for Black women were “few and far between” at the time,
Jasmine Guy is back at Hillman College, but stepping into Whitley Gilbert’s shoes again was not as effortless as fans might expect. More than three decades after the original “A Different World” ended its six-season run, Guy has returned alongside several of her former castmates in Netflix’s new sequel series.
Source: Abu Hanifah / Getty The Trump administration keeps finding fresh ways to make this country worse while calling it making America great again. President Donald Trump has already done his best to make the nation unaffordable, to normalize white nationalist bigotry, and to make policy out of scientific illiteracy,
Source: Todd Rosenberg / Getty Raised fists stripped Tommie Smith and John Carlos of their Olympic medals. Kneeling got Colin Kaepernick blackballed. Valuing life keeps getting Azeez Al-Shaair fined. Nowadays, this is what “buck-breaking” looks like. The Houston Texans linebacker has become quite the “disturbance” this year, depending on your
Atlanta Aviation Maintenance Academy hosted by Delta and the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals (Photo Credit: Courtesy of Delta) by Selena Hill September 29, 2026 Delta and OBAP’s Atlanta ACE Academy are giving students a hands-on look at aviation maintenance careers. For young people seeking a high-paying career that doesn’t
THE OSCARS® – The 91st Oscars® broadcasts live on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood and will be televised live on The Walt Disney Television via Getty Images Television Network at 8:00 p.m. EST/5:00 p.m. PST. (Eric McCandless via Getty Images)
Source: Utah Department of Corrections / Utah DOC In news that yet again justifies distrust in the American justice system, a Black man in Utah who spent over 40 years on death row was released this week after DNA evidence from the crime scene didn’t match him. CBS News reports
photo credit: pexels by Sidnee Michelle September 29, 2026 The idea began after Owobu started spending summers in Ghana at age 15. At 18, Bronx high school senior Max Owobu is using entrepreneurship and philanthropy to expand access to education for children in Ghana, Good News Network reports. Owobu founded
Former Vice President Kamala Harris says she believes America will eventually elect a Black woman president, while challenging the premise behind questions about whether the country is “ready” for one. Harris made the comments during an interview on UNDISTRACTED with Brittany Packnett Cunningham. The conversation, highlighted by The Meteor in
A breach involving a Defense Department personnel database exposed sensitive personal information belonging to nearly 3 million living and deceased people. Social Security numbers and details about jobs held by military and civilian personnel were also breached, according to a U.S. defense official cited by ABC News. The Defense Manpower
Angela Bassett is opening up about how difficult it was to find her next major role after her acclaimed portrayal of Tina Turner in the 1993 film “What’s Love Got to Do With It.” The Oscar-nominated actress says opportunities for Black women were “few and far between” at the time,
Jasmine Guy is back at Hillman College, but stepping into Whitley Gilbert’s shoes again was not as effortless as fans might expect. More than three decades after the original “A Different World” ended its six-season run, Guy has returned alongside several of her former castmates in Netflix’s new sequel series.
Source: Abu Hanifah / Getty The Trump administration keeps finding fresh ways to make this country worse while calling it making America great again. President Donald Trump has already done his best to make the nation unaffordable, to normalize white nationalist bigotry, and to make policy out of scientific illiteracy,