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Opinion: Eleanor Holmes Norton: D.C. Doesn’t Have a Senator to Vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson

by Special to the AFROMarch 30, 2022March 30, 2022

This post was originally published on Word In Black by Eleanor Holmes Norton Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is a historic nominee for the United States Supreme Court, except in one respect. […]

Posted inNational News

Women Who Win: How the women publishers of Word in Black keep the Black press going

by Alexis TaylorMarch 19, 2022March 26, 2022

By Alexis Taylor, AFRO News Editor Sonceria “Sonny” Messiah -Jiles had a deal to break. While some young women set their sights on money or marriage, Messiah-Jiles had made up […]

Posted inWord In Black

#WordinBlack: Black single mothers can do it alone, but why should they have to when resources are all around?

by Special to the AFROMarch 15, 2022March 15, 2022

By Sherri Kolade Black single mothers can do it alone, but why should they have to when resources are all around? “Our issues often get pushed to the back burner […]

Posted inINTERNATIONAL

#WordinBlack: Black refugees have harder time fleeing Ukraine

by Special to the AFROMarch 11, 2022March 11, 2022

By Isaiah Peters and Dawn Suggs, Word in Black Ukraine continues its heroic homeland defense against Russia’s accelerating invasion to purportedly ‘rid the state of Nazis.’ More than 1.3 million […]

Posted inNEWS

#WordinBlack: Black men are missing from school psychology-that matters

by Special to the AFROMarch 7, 2022March 10, 2022

By Maya Pottiger, Word in Black Spend some time online and it might start to seem like everyone talks to a psychologist or therapist, especially with the new surge of […]

Posted inAfro Briefs

#WordinBlack: Memorials to lynching victims challenge who writes nation’s history

by Special to the AFROMarch 6, 2022March 10, 2022

By Madison Peek, The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism James White looked at the barren ground in Elaine, Arkansas, where a memorial tree dedicated to hundreds of Black lynching victims […]

Posted inNational News

How the Black press tells the truth mainstream media have only begun to acknowledge

by Special to the AFROFebruary 27, 2022February 27, 2022

By Liz Dwyer, managing director of Word In Black When I talk to the 10 publishers that are a part of Word In Black, I often find myself thinking about how […]

Posted inWord In Black

#WordinBlack: Money Matters: Ways parents can teach financial literacy at home

by Alexis TaylorFebruary 11, 2022February 12, 2022

By Alexis Taylor, Special to the AFRO While the pandemic has significantly disrupted math and reading classes across the country for two years, millions of students have also missed out […]

Posted inWord In Black

#WordinBlack: HBCU Strong: Bomb Threats Will Not Deter Us

by Special to the AFROFebruary 11, 2022February 11, 2022

by Dr. David K. Wilson When I reflect on the spate of bomb threats made to HBCU campuses over the last few weeks, I am reminded of an old Negro […]

Posted inWord In Black

#WordinBlack: HBCUs Responses To The Omicron Variant

by Howard University News ServiceFebruary 1, 2022February 2, 2022

By Maya Pottinger  The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has hit society like a ton of bricks this winter and HBCUs are no exception. Howard University pushed back the start […]

Posted inCoronavirus

#WordinBlack: School, COVID-19 and the Omicron Variant

by Special to the AFROJanuary 29, 2022January 29, 2022

By Mylika ScatliffeAFRO Women’s Health Writer Dealing with COVID -19 has become a way of life. Two years into this pandemic and it still touches nearly all aspects of our […]

Posted inWord In Black

#WordinBlack: Baltimore community members distressed at school closings

by Deborah Bailey Special to the AFROJanuary 27, 2022January 27, 2022

By Deborah BaileySpecial to the AFRO Declining enrollment, failing building conditions and the two-year running COVID-19 crisis collided to create the perfect storm as Baltimore City School Board members made […]

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