Last month, about 100 reparations advocates met at the State Capitol to build support for bills they backed that didn’t make it to the Assembly floor for votes during the last legislative session.
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Octavia Butler’s novels, including “Parable of the Sower,” seem to be chillingly prescient in the current social landscape, with her works serving as a roadmap for survival and a way to imagine alternate realities through a Black cultural lens.
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Donald Trump’s recent takeover of the National Archives marks yet another chilling step in his broader campaign to rewrite history, erasing the truths that challenge his authoritarian ambitions. With the forced resignation of Acting Archivist William Bosanko, Trump and his allies are moving swiftly to reshape how American history is recorded, preserved, and ultimately remembered. This power grab, executed under the banner of Project 2025 and backed by figures like Elon Musk, is more than just an attack on government records—it is an existential threat to the preservation of Black history and the truth itself.
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ON FEBRUARY 18, 2025, AN ORDER WAS ENTERED IN THE ABOVE CASE FOR JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE AND SALE BY THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF MADISON COUNTY, ALABAMA WITH RESPECT TO THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: […]
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MSNBC has parted ways with Joy Reid, marking the departure of another prominent Black woman from the network. Reid joins Rashida Jones, the first Black woman to head a major cable news network, along with Melissa Harris-Perry and Tiffany Cross. All four women brought critical, unapologetic perspectives on race, politics, and power—voices that many believe are being systematically eliminated.
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