By Maya Pottiger, Word in Black This is the first article in a three-part series that looks at why Advanced Placement (AP) classes aren’t offered to all students, the barriers to being able to take an AP class, and, in the end, who benefits from these classes and tests. When Advanced Placement exam time rolls […]
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#WordinBlack: Colleges are ditching the SAT, but should Black students still take it?
By Maya Pottiger, Word in Black Many of us can relate to the anxiety facing the latest group of high school seniors awaiting college acceptance letters, but there’s something unique to the class of 2022 — and no, it’s not navigating higher ed admissions through the ongoing pandemic. Less than half of college applicants submitted […]
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Opinion: Eleanor Holmes Norton: D.C. Doesn’t Have a Senator to Vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson
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. While she is the first Black woman nominated for the Supreme Court — and I am confident she will be the first Black woman to […]
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Women Who Win: How the women publishers of Word in Black keep the Black press going
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 her mind: She would buy a newspaper. Not just any newspaper- a Black-owned publication. A peculiar arrangement was drawn up and the matter was settled-mostly. […]
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#WordinBlack: Black single mothers can do it alone, but why should they have to when resources are all around?
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 and COVID made it abundantly clear that … mothers and mothers of color and Black mothers hold their communities in times like this, but we […]
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#WordinBlack: Black refugees have harder time fleeing Ukraine
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 refugees have evacuated their homes and fled the country to escape Russia’s indiscriminate bombardment throughout the country. Black Ukrainians and Africans living in Ukraine are […]
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#WordinBlack: Black men are missing from school psychology-that matters
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 app-based doctors making it easier to fit appointments into your schedule. Though things are getting better, psychology and mental health are still taboo topics or […]
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#WordinBlack: Memorials to lynching victims challenge who writes nation’s history
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 once grew and reflected on his hometown. White grew up in Elaine, where few talk about the horrific massacre that claimed hundreds of Black lives […]
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How the Black press tells the truth mainstream media have only begun to acknowledge
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 they’re the modern-day descendants of Ida B. Wells. Not because they walk around, as Wells had to, with two pistols to protect themselves from anti-Black […]
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#WordinBlack: Money Matters: Ways parents can teach financial literacy at home
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 on college, career and financial literacy classes often provided in school settings. According to the Council for Economic Education’s biennial report Economic and Personal Finance […]
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#WordinBlack: HBCU Strong: Bomb Threats Will Not Deter Us
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 spiritual, “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around.” As the president of Morgan State University, a public historically Black research university with more than 8,000 students […]
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#WordinBlack: HBCUs Responses To The Omicron Variant
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 of the Spring 2022 semester by more than a week, hoping to combat the uptick in on-campus cases following the holiday season. And they were […]