For decades, I’ve returned to Truro, Massachusetts, drawn by some of the most breathtaking vistas on Cape Cod. I never tire of biking through the dunes, hiking the sandy bluffs of the National Seashore, or watching the sun rise over the tidal flats.
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Meet Michele Samuels, the first Black woman to be named “Madame President” of the prestigious Detroit Golf Club.
When Allen Iverson signed his endorsement deal with Reebok in 2001, it was clear he was cashing in on more than just sneakers.
Black entrepreneurs are the backbone of economic empowerment in America, yet they continue to face systemic barriers to financial support. D’Zhane Parker, Senior Director of Black Lives Matter, is on a mission to change that. During Super Bowl Week, Parker awarded $60,000 in grants to three Black-led organizations in New Orleans—NOLAvate Black, Excite All Stars, and Daughters Beyond Incarceration—fostering leadership, technological advancement, and family support within Black communities.
America, a nation with a history of racism, is home to a staggering number of people living below the poverty level. The discriminatory tactics and policies of this country are more overt and deliberate towards Black people and others of color. However, the incoming government’s Project 2025 will target poor white people harshly as well. This stark reality raises a crucial question: why does the government perpetuate the injustice of poverty’s vicious white lie? It’s time to inspire change, debunk this vicious lie, and expose the immorality of Project 2025.
The Spady Museum is employing 8/28’s national, online-giving platform to raise funds recently cut from its operating budget, due to the governor’s statewide veto of all arts and culture funding. All 8/28 proceeds will underwrite the programming expenses to hold the annual Dr. King commemoration, which draws approximately 300-400 guests each year.
Our blood should boil when a white man likens the prosecution of 34-time felon Donald Trump to the injustices experienced by Black people under Jim Crow
The American Israel Education Foundation (“AIEF”) is the charitable organization affiliated with AIPAC, America’s pro-Israel lobby, created in 1988. As a member of an African American leaders group selected to participate in one of their annual educational programs.
Among the many brutalities in war prohibited under international humanitarian law are starvation of civilian populations and deliberate attacks on aid workers. Here are some new findings worth considering as we ponder the continued decline of human security in the Gaza fighting.
Just as all Americans remember 9/11, Japanese remember 3/11, the day in 2011 that an earthquake and tsunami overwhelmed the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, destroying a town, poisoning a wide area around it, and raising questions about nuclear safety in much the same way as the Chernobyl nuclear accident had in 1986.