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Bevy Smith and Nathan Hale Williams discuss Black allyship, unity and the historic bonds between Black women and Black queer and gay men.

Pierre Damas Bel, a 20-year-old Haitian college student who had been building a promising future in Ohio, died by suicide on Monday after his family said he struggled emotionally with an ankle monitor...

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A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill watch party turned frightening Monday night after a white man allegedly entered the event, hurled racial slurs at Black students and appeared to brandish ...

Black communities across the Deep South could significantly be affected as new cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) take effect, according to new research from the Southern Poverty Law Center. How the “One Big Beautiful Bill” affected SNAP recipients in the Deep South The warning comes just over a year after the Trump administration signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (H.R. 1) into law. The SPLC released new research during Hunger Action Month examining the impact of nearly $190 billion in cuts to SNAP, including how the legislation has affected access to food assistance and how states across the Deep South are responding to the resulting funding gaps, according to a news release. The research comes as millions of people across the region continue to rely on SNAP to help put food on the table, while longstanding disparities in food assistance policies have disproportionately affected Black and rural communities. “The decision to cut families off from SNAP to...

Social Security beneficiaries could see a boost in their monthly checks next year as the program prepares for another cost-of-living adjustment.

Lucien Smith, the New York-based artist who became a prominent figure in the city’s downtown art scene, has died.

Antonia Hylton reflects on growing into her identity, creating space for other voices and taking on her latest role at MS NOW.

Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon has spent years pushing back against efforts to restrict books and how Black history is taught in the state’s public schools. How Rep. Angie Nixon responded to Republican-led book bans in Florida Those efforts eventually led Nixon to take the fight beyond the Florida Capitol and into her Jacksonville community. In 2024, she opened Café Resistance , a bookstore, coffee shop and community hub in Northwest Jacksonville, according to The Nation and VisitJacksonville . The store features books by Black authors, books about Black history and titles that have faced challenges or removals in Florida schools. “In 2022, Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 1467, and Florida became the state with the most book bans in the country,” Nixon told The Nation. “So I stocked the books they tried to pull off the shelves. And Café Resistance was born.” How DeSantis’ book restrictions led Nixon to create a community hub for challenged books Nixon was elected to the...

Gen Z is making its priorities clear as young voters prepare to have their voices heard in upcoming elections nationwide. What are the issues young voters care about the most? More than 50,000 Gen Zers across all 50 states and Washington, D.C., identified cost of living, immigration, healthcare, racism and reproductive rights as their top issues during When We All Vote’s Pass the Mic to Gen Z listening tour, according to a news release. When We All Vote, a national, nonpartisan initiative of Civic Nation, released the findings Sept. 14 as it kicked off National Voter Registration Week of Action, connecting young voters with the issues they care about and what will appear on their ballots this fall. Cost of living and inflation ranked as the top issue among Gen Z overall, consistent with When We All Vote’s national research released in April in partnership with CIRCLE. But the listening tour also highlighted differences in what young people are prioritizing across racial groups....