What’s behind the anger against our brethren? The vile displays of antisemitism emanating from college campuses coast-to-coast is a sad reminder of the poisonous effects of hate that, for centuries, […]
Author Archives: Merdies Hayes
Posted inAcross Black America
Medger Evers receives nation’s highest honor
Washington, D.C. The late civil rights activist Medgar Evers, who was murdered outside his Jackson Miss. home in 1963, was honored by President Joe Biden on May 3. He was […]
Posted inAcross Black America
Report outlines safety challenges for Black girls
Miami, Fla. The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) have released a report that examines the experiences Black girls have with school safety and […]
Posted inCovers
LA White Sox: The best team you probably never heard of
Negro League baseball on the West Coast Some of the best professional baseball ever played in Los Angeles took place at a long forgotten facility in Boyle Heights. The Los […]
Posted inAcross Black America, Entertainment
Bookstore owner will close after violent threats
The owner of a Black-owned children’s bookstore in Raleigh, NC said she is closing its doors less than a year after it opened because of violent threats.
Posted inFeature
Earth Day 2024 is more important than ever before
April 22 is Earth Day. While the opposing political factions at home and abroad continue to debate the semantics of “climate change” as opposed to “global warming,” the need to take climate action has remained as urgent as ever.
Posted inNational
College basketball team subjected to hate rants
Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho The University of Utah’s women’s basketball coach said her team was the target of a series of “racial hate crimes” after arriving in Idaho for the […]
Posted inFeature
‘Fierce Aunties’ campaign for reproductive justice
Black Women for Wellness Black Women for Wellness (BWW), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the health and well-being of Black women and girls, has launched its “Fierce Aunties” campaign to […]
Posted inAcross Black America
Former deputies are sentenced for torturing two Black men
Jackson, Miss. Five former Mississippi sheriff’s deputies and one police officer have been sentenced to years behind bars for torturing two Black men after a neighbor complained that the men […]
Posted inNational
Juveniles in online hate campaign posted mock ‘slave auction’
Hampden County, Mass. Six juveniles in Massachusetts were charged in a racial online bullying incident that involved “heinous” language, threats of “violence toward people of color” and a mock slave […]