Author: Carma Henry

       More than half a century ago, The Temptations put those words to music. It was 1970, but turn on the television, scroll through your phone, read the newspaper, or simply listen to the conversations around the kitchen table today, and you might wonder whether they were singing about 2026.

       A 29-year-old Black woman whose body was found hanging from a tree behind a vacant home in Jackson, Mississippi, has been identified as Tasia Fortune as authorities continue investigating how she died.

Even before Haitian immigrants in Ohio officially lost their Temporary Protected Status, the Department of Homeland Security required dozens of them to report to immigration appointments and accept ankle monitors, according to their attorneys and local advocates.

       A Georgia woman has filed a lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente, alleging a pathology mix-up led to a false cancer diagnosis and an unnecessary hysterectomy.

     Like many of you, I went to an HBCU (Historically Black College and University) back in the day. Those were some unforgettable times in my life. I could not have scripted my experience any better than how it played out. Humbly, I say that it was a real-life dream.

    Soon, Hubbell recalls, what he was writing to his family, was being forwarded to friends. It “became a community of like-minded citizens devoted to preserving American democracy.” Today, upwards of 80,000 people read Today’s Edition.

     Israel’s concern, expressed by a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is that “if we redeploy before Hamas is truly disarmed, it will quickly expand its presence throughout Gaza, rebuild its terrorist infrastructure, once again threaten Israeli communities, and seek to carry out another Oct. 7-style attack.”

Three weeks before he died, Dr. King stood up and argued with a number. The July jobs report says he was right.

     Democrats aspire to be the party of working people. But if they want that message to resonate with one of their most loyal constituencies, they need to speak more directly—and more consistently—about the specific economic challenges confronting Black men and boys.

 The Trump administration has approved a deal with Saudi Arabia under which the US will provide the material and technical capacity for that country to build a nuclear power plant. The deal, said to last 30 years, gives US nuclear energy companies, specifically Westinghouse and its reactor, a unique role in providing for the civilian nuclear program. The next step would be to allow the Saudis to engage in nuclear enrichment while ensuring that they cannot build a bomb.