20+ hour, 34+ min ago   (658+ words) The Wichita Branch NAACP has announced the individuals and organizations it will honor this year for their contributions to Wichita through civil rights, education, health care, mentorship, the arts and community service. The honorees will be recognized during the branch’s…...

14+ hour, 9+ min ago   (406+ words) Bermuda still feels the effects of enslavement and segregation in the 21st century through inequality, trauma and violence, the Anglican Bishop of Bermuda, said today. The Right Reverend Nicholas Dill spoke during a service at a former graveyard at the Rubber…...

17+ hour, 35+ min ago   (223+ words) WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — A local author and East Side advocate is sharing the history of Booker T. Washington School and the success of its graduates through her book. Readers met local author Brenda Jarrett at Frank and Joe’s Coffee…...

20+ hour, 51+ min ago   (1699+ words) For generations, Black families in Wisconsin have buried babies at rates far higher than their white neighbors — a disparity that has withstood medical advances, public health initiatives and decades of promises to close the gap. Between 2015 and 2024 nearly 850 Black babies…...

18+ hour, 22+ min ago   (299+ words) Three Massachusetts schools have been ranked among Forbes’ picks for the 25 colleges and universities nationwide with the highest payoffs. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard University, and Williams College all made the list, ranking at 12, 13, and 17, respectively. To determine each…...

19+ hour, 35+ min ago   (1249+ words) Actor and singer Tatyana Ali has become an important voice in a growing movement to improve maternity health outcomes for Black and Indigenous mothers and babies by addressing systemic racism and inequity in maternity care. Ali has been calling for…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (266+ words) Opinion | Murder cases highlight racial disparity in postpartum care The Boston Globe Murder cases highlight racial disparity in postpartum care Thank you to Metro columnist Yvonne Abraham for bringing continued attention to the postpartum mental health issues of Lindsay Clancy…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1008+ words) Longtime New Orleans activist Jerome “Big Duck” Smith was laid to rest Saturday after an hours-long memorial service attended by hundreds and featuring rousing musical performances and speeches by top elected officials and fellow veterans of the Civil Rights Movement....

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (141+ words) WFTV UCF students still waiting on financial aid weeks into the semester, sparking petition A Central Florida couple refused to let a serious crash stop their wedding New Smyrna Beach commissioners advance $200 million budget proposal Man charged after 110 mph cross-county…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (432+ words) Carole Boyce-Davies, the distinguished Trinidadian-born scholar on Caribbean and African studies with deep ties to South Florida, is being honored with a prestigious endowed chair at Howard University in Washington, D.C., one of the nation’s leading historically Black universities. Boyce-Davies is…...