By Peter White They imagined a world that didn’t exist yet and went about building it. That was the common
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New Study Reveals Woeful Lack of Diversity Across News Beats
By Ethnic Media Services A new Pew study looks at diversity across news beats in the US. The data comes from a
The Tennessee Three and the Lessons of the Past
By Ethnic Media Services The Tennessee General Assembly’s expulsion of two African American lawmakers duly elected by their constituents, while
Watch For the Yellow Envelope – 15 Million California MediCal Enrollees’ Eligibility Under Review
By Mark Hedin For the first time in three years, an estimated 80 million Americans whose health care is through Medicaid
Children Are Dying at Rates Not Seen in 100 Years
By Peter White Guns are the biggest killers of American children and are tied to an unprecedented rise in suicides
Harry Belafonte, Jamaican-American Singer, Actor, Activist, Dies at 96
By Selen Ozturk Harry Belafonte, the Jamaican-American singer, actor, and political activist, died aged 96 on Tuesday. His longtime publicist
Toward a More Perfect Union — California Aims Higher to Ensure Voting Rights
By Mark Hedin By some accounts, California’s independent redistricting commission (IRC) has set the gold standard for fair elections, wresting
Will Debt Ceiling Talks Have Killing Results?
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) had a tumultuous election to his post as House Speaker in January. It
Why Are We Ignoring Our Children?
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux The recent massacre of three students and three adults in Nashville is alarming. How and why
Another Lynching In Tennessee
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux The abolitionist journalist Ida B. Wells’s quest to document lynchings began when three of her friends,