Year: 2026

In a moment filled with emotion and celebration, KIPP Jacksonville Public Schools surprised one of its own this week with national recognition for outstanding teaching. Lekeshi Wormley, a 10th-grade biology teacher at KIPP Bold City […]

Alexa Christina Rice From the Chicago Crusader In 2019, Fashion Fair, the cosmetics line created by Johnson Publishing Company’s Eunice Johnson, filed for bankruptcy following years of declining sales that ended the cosmetic giant’s decades […]

by Earl Ofari Hutchinson The predictable backlash against the Michael Jackson biopic came fast and furious. Many critics either panned the film or savaged it. There isn’t much middle ground. But that’s no surprise. It […]

By Sylvia Ghazarian On Mothers’ Day we celebrate mothers for their strength and sacrifice. But May is also Mental Health Awareness Month, and we rarely talk about the systems that are breaking them and about […]

Governors in Alabama and Tennessee are moving to redraw congressional districts following a sweeping U.S. Supreme Court decision that weakened key protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, joining a national redistricting fight with […]

By Noni Haynes The Florida Capitol-Special legislative sessions are expensive beyond actual dollars because critics say is the Republican legislature has failed to act on issues hurting Floridians.  This session, Governor Ron DeSantis passed a […]

One of the nation’s oldest historically Black colleges and universities, 159-year-old Saint Augustine’s University, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Founded in 1867 by Episcopal clergy to educate formerly enslaved Black Americans, has long served […]

Top Hair Care Advice for All Hair Types Unveiled NNPA NEWSWIRE — If you spend less than 10 minutes in the shower on your hair, you’re not alone, because in the US, 44% of hair […]