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Lupita Nyong’o endorses Zohran Mamdani, revealing how she met him 20 years ago

Actress Lupita Nyong’o is throwing her Hollywood influence behind New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani just days before Election Day. “I believe that Zohran Mamdani possesses the personality, skills, and temperament to be an excellent mayor of New York City. The polls are open now, and it was an honor to cast my vote for him!” wrote Nyong’o in a social media post sharing her “two cents” about the candidacy and character of Mamdani, whom she has known […]

October 30, 2025

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Black Dad of 3 Who Lived in the U.S. For 16 Years Deports Voluntarily

Nationwide — Samuel Kangethe, a man from Kenya who has lived in the United States for 16 years, says he plans to leave the country voluntarily rather than risk being forced out amid growing immigration crackdowns. Kangethe arrived in Lansing, Michigan, in 2009 on a student visa. He studied at Lansing Community College and Northwood University before building a career as an accountant for the state of Michigan, a job he held until May this year. What began as a […]

October 22, 2025

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Obama warns that Republicans want to ‘rig’ next year’s election in horrowing ad

Former President Barack Obama delivered a harrowing message to voters in a new ad aimed at President Donald Trump and the Republican Party for their efforts to redraw congressional maps in their favor. Following the controversial passage of a new map in Texas, which gives Republicans a five-seat advantage demanded by Trump ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, Obama says, “Republicans want to steal enough seats in Congress to rig the next election and wield unchecked power for two more […]

October 14, 2025

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Trump vows to bring back death penalty in D.C., which abolished it more than 40 years ago

President Donald Trump said that his administration will seek to bring back the death penalty for all murder cases in Washington, D.C., where capital punishment has been abolished since 1981. “If somebody kills somebody in the capital, Washington, D.C., we’re going to be seeking the death penalty,” Trump said during an hours-long Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday. The president described capital punishment as “a very strong preventative.” He added, “I don’t know if we’re ready for it […]

August 27, 2025

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60 years after the Voting Rights Act was passed, Black voters are still fighting for access: ‘So much is at stake’

In a speech before he signed the Voting Rights Act on Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson said of the landmark civil rights law, “Today we strike away the last major shackle…the Negro story and the American story fuse and blend.” “The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men today…the last of the legal barriers is tumbling,” […]

August 6, 2025

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Black Nonprofit Celebrates 15 Years of Holistic Healing with Susan L. Taylor as Honorary Chair at Milestone Anniversary Event

Nationwide — The Noble Touch, a pioneering nonprofit holistic wellness organization, will host its 15th Anniversary Celebration on September 20, 2025, at Weeksville Heritage Center, 158 Buffalo Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, honoring 15 years of providing holistic healing services across communities of color. The evening will feature special guest and Honorary Chair Susan L. Taylor, Editor-in-Chief Emerita of Essence magazine and founder of the National CARES Mentoring Movement, alongside the organization’s African American founder, Jeffrey V. Noble, a White House Presidential […]

August 2, 2025

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Black Woman From Atlanta Makes History, Turns 105 Years Old

Nationwide — Valena York Henderson, an African American woman from Atlanta, Georgia, recently turned 105 and celebrated the milestone with family and friends. The gathering honored her life of love, faith, and service across five generations. Born in 1919, Henderson has lived through world wars, the civil rights era, and over a century of change. Her family describes her as a steady presence — a woman whose quiet strength and compassion have shaped the lives of many. Now a mother, […]

July 22, 2025

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14th Amendment was ratified 157 years ago to grant citizenship to Black Americans. MAGA is now reshaping it

On July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified to the U.S. Constitution, granting U.S. citizenship to Black Americans after hundreds of years of enslavement. The crucial amendment would later serve as the legal framework for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed racial discrimination at a time of systematic racial segregation and disenfranchisement. “In some ways, the 14th Amendment is the original articulation that Black lives matter,” says Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of Lawyers’ Committee for […]

July 11, 2025

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Jesse Jackson Jr. explores return to Congress years after leaving office in disgrace

Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is eyeing a political comeback a decade after serving time for a federal conspiracy conviction in 2013. According to multiple reports, Jackson Jr., the son of civil rights icon Jesse Jackson Sr., is meeting with residents and community leaders about a potential campaign run for his old seat in Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District. Supporters of the 60-year-old political figure are telling him to “Run Jesse Run,” as the seat will soon be vacant; current U.S. […]

July 9, 2025