By Kisha Brown, Esq. For most of the conversation and efforts regarding access to justice, the focus is often on visible crises — eviction, incarceration, domestic violence — that are inextricably linked to poverty. However, the Black community’s barriers to legal counsel and information are often structural and cultural as much as economic. Think about […]
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An AFRO salute: Black centenarians share their experiences after a century of life
By Aria Brent, AFRO Staff Writer, abrent@afro.com According to a 2022 report shared by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) “life expectancy at birth in the United States declined nearly a year from 2020 to 2021.” Though the percentages vary from each demographic, Black people were reported to […]