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  • Homecoming Ends in Gunfire Outside FAMU: 12 Hurt, Six of Them Children

    SAN FRANCISCO SUN REPORTER — Twelve people were injured, including six children, after gunfire erupted near Florida A&M University’s Bragg Memorial Stadium following a homecoming celebration on Saturday night. Authorities report that the shooting stemmed from a dispute between individuals who knew each other, leaving eleven victims with gunshot wounds and one with an ankle injury.

  • COMMENTARY: Bring on the Positive Calvary

    SEATTLE MEDIUM — Dr. E. Faye Williams addresses the exhaustion many Americans feel following two years of political hostility, corruption, and systemic bigotry.

  • Retirement Triggers Doctor to Pen Book for Young Audience

    THE CHAMPION NEWSPAPER — After more than 35 years as a pediatric surgeon, Dr. Deborah Burton has transitioned from the operating room to the world of young adult literature. Writing under the pen name MD Burton, the retired Marietta physician recently released her debut sci-fi fantasy mystery novel, Invisible Cages: The Alynthia Quest.

  • Fatigue, Bloating, and Inflammation: Spotting the Subtle Signs of MASLD

    THE BLACK CHRONICLE — Many individuals mistakenly believe that liver disease is exclusively the result of heavy alcohol consumption, causing metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease to frequently go undiagnosed. This condition occurs when excess fat accumulates in the liver, leading to unchecked inflammation and potential long-term damage.

  • Metro Detroit Faith Leaders Call out Islamophobia in Michigan Senate Race

    MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — Faith leaders from diverse religious backgrounds gathered Thursday at the downtown Detroit United Methodist Church to denounce the rise of Islamophobic rhetoric in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race. Clergy members, including representatives from Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions, expressed concern over religious identity being used as a weapon in the final weeks before the general election.

  • Together Building Back Better

    AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEWS AND ISSUES – DALLAS — For more than 57 years, the SHAPE Community Center has served as a cornerstone of Houston’s Third Ward, providing essential programs based on principles of unity and collective responsibility. Known as “The United Nations of The ‘Hood,” the center recently faced its most difficult challenge following a devastating electrical fire at the Nia Becnel Family Center.

  • Durand Bernarr is soul personified and BET is making it official

    For two decades, Durand Bernarr has built his career on his own terms, without a major-label machine behind him, with a voice that slides from a smoky low end to a crystalline high note in a single breath and a wardrobe that refuses to whisper. Now one of Black music’s most storied institutions is rolling The post Durand Bernarr is soul personified and BET is making it official appeared first on Rolling Out.

Early midterm turnout, Ohio’s missing Black voters, and what the math looks like if the pattern holds nationwide
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Early midterm turnout, Ohio’s missing Black voters, and what the math looks like if the pattern holds nationwide

1. Where early midterm turnout stands The headline is enthusiasm, at least on one side of the aisle. By July 2, Democratic primaries in the 20 states with comparable contests in 2018, 2022 and 2026 had drawn 16.4 million votes, up 40% from 2022 and 34% from 2018. Republican primaries drew 12.4 million, down 6%...
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Frozen Out: What the Green Card Freeze Does, and Doesn’t Do, for Black American Workers
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Frozen Out: What the Green Card Freeze Does, and Doesn’t Do, for Black American Workers

THE SHORT VERSION• On October 8, 2026, the Labor Department suspended eight companies from PERM, the labor-certification step of the employment-based green card process: Cognizant, Infosys, TCS, Wipro, HCL, Capgemini, Microsoft and Adobe. This is not only an “Indian IT” action.• The suspension hits the green card step. It does not cancel H-1B jobs, so...
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Seven Percent Is the Wrong Number to Panic About
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Seven Percent Is the Wrong Number to Panic About

On October 2, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that Black unemployment rose from 6.0 percent to 7.0 percent in a single month [1][2]. The takes arrived on schedule. One camp called it a crisis. The other called it statistical static and went back to lunch. Both were wrong in ways that matter, and both...
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The Payroll Problem Nobody’s Budgeting For
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The Payroll Problem Nobody’s Budgeting For

How full AI deployment quietly rewires American tax revenue and what workers and governments should do about it now Every layer of American government — federal, state, county, city — runs on an assumption baked so deep into the tax code that nobody debates it anymore: people work, get paid, and get taxed on it....
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The Weight of a Sentence: Justice, Race, and the Institutions We Keep Excusing
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The Weight of a Sentence: Justice, Race, and the Institutions We Keep Excusing

Four incidents. Two of them fatal, both fully adjudicated in court. Latasha Harlins, shot in Los Angeles in 1991. Cyrus Carmack-Belton, shot in South Carolina in 2023. Thirty-two years apart, same underlying script: a mistaken accusation of petty theft, a young Black person turning to leave, a gun going off anyway. The non-fatal versions, the...
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Know Your Roots, Know Your Rights
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Know Your Roots, Know Your Rights

This guide is for people whose families were enslaved in America. It explains, in simple words, what laws already protect you, what new programs are being built just for you, and what steps you can take today. It also explains one big idea that trips a lot of people up: being Black in America is...
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From Ballots to Algorithms: A Ground-Level Look at Power, Policy, and the Fight for Black Political Voice
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From Ballots to Algorithms: A Ground-Level Look at Power, Policy, and the Fight for Black Political Voice

There’s a feeling a lot of people can’t quite shake right now. It’s not just frustration. It’s not just political fatigue. It’s something deeper, a quiet recognition that the rules of the game are being rewritten while most people are still being told everything is working as it should. When people talk about Project 2025, court...
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The Budget Nobody’s Talking About: And Why Your Family Should Be Worried
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The Budget Nobody’s Talking About: And Why Your Family Should Be Worried

Washington just rewrote the rules of American life. Most people haven’t noticed yet. But in a few years, millions of families will wonder what happened. The FY2026 budget proposal isn’t just another set of numbers. It’s a fundamental rewiring of what the federal government does, and more importantly, what it doesn’t do anymore. According to the White...
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Frisco’s H-1B Controversy: Allegations, Evidence, and What It Signals for the U.S. Labor and Immigration System
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Frisco’s H-1B Controversy: Allegations, Evidence, and What It Signals for the U.S. Labor and Immigration System

FRISCO, Texas — What began as a heated public debate in one of North Texas’ fastest-growing cities has expanded into a broader national conversation about immigration oversight, labor markets, and the integrity of the federal H-1B visa program. Allegations that certain companies in the region may have used shell businesses to sponsor foreign workers have...
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When a Government Turns on Its People, Some Americans Recognize It First
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When a Government Turns on Its People, Some Americans Recognize It First

Americans often speak about the government turning on its citizens as a future risk. For Native Americans and Black Americans, it has long been a lived reality. Any honest discussion of power in the United States must begin with that uncomfortable truth: America’s founders warned of tyranny even as they built a system that excluded...
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  • Homecoming Ends in Gunfire Outside FAMU: 12 Hurt, Six of Them Children

    SAN FRANCISCO SUN REPORTER — Twelve people were injured, including six children, after gunfire erupted near Florida A&M University’s Bragg Memorial Stadium following a homecoming celebration on Saturday night. Authorities report that the shooting stemmed from a dispute between individuals who knew each other, leaving eleven victims with gunshot wounds and one with an ankle injury.

  • COMMENTARY: Bring on the Positive Calvary

    SEATTLE MEDIUM — Dr. E. Faye Williams addresses the exhaustion many Americans feel following two years of political hostility, corruption, and systemic bigotry.

  • Retirement Triggers Doctor to Pen Book for Young Audience

    THE CHAMPION NEWSPAPER — After more than 35 years as a pediatric surgeon, Dr. Deborah Burton has transitioned from the operating room to the world of young adult literature. Writing under the pen name MD Burton, the retired Marietta physician recently released her debut sci-fi fantasy mystery novel, Invisible Cages: The Alynthia Quest.

  • Fatigue, Bloating, and Inflammation: Spotting the Subtle Signs of MASLD

    THE BLACK CHRONICLE — Many individuals mistakenly believe that liver disease is exclusively the result of heavy alcohol consumption, causing metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease to frequently go undiagnosed. This condition occurs when excess fat accumulates in the liver, leading to unchecked inflammation and potential long-term damage.

  • Metro Detroit Faith Leaders Call out Islamophobia in Michigan Senate Race

    MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — Faith leaders from diverse religious backgrounds gathered Thursday at the downtown Detroit United Methodist Church to denounce the rise of Islamophobic rhetoric in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race. Clergy members, including representatives from Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions, expressed concern over religious identity being used as a weapon in the final weeks before the general election.

  • Together Building Back Better

    AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEWS AND ISSUES – DALLAS — For more than 57 years, the SHAPE Community Center has served as a cornerstone of Houston’s Third Ward, providing essential programs based on principles of unity and collective responsibility. Known as “The United Nations of The ‘Hood,” the center recently faced its most difficult challenge following a devastating electrical fire at the Nia Becnel Family Center.

  • Durand Bernarr is soul personified and BET is making it official

    For two decades, Durand Bernarr has built his career on his own terms, without a major-label machine behind him, with a voice that slides from a smoky low end to a crystalline high note in a single breath and a wardrobe that refuses to whisper. Now one of Black music’s most storied institutions is rolling The post Durand Bernarr is soul personified and BET is making it official appeared first on Rolling Out.

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