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U.S. @repjamesclyburn.bsky.social (D-S.C.) talking about his new book, "The First Eight," which tells the stories of the eight Black S.C. congressmen elected after the Civil War. Congressman Clyburn discussed voting rights and his book at the @jointcenter.bsky.social's Black Communities summit.
U.S. Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) had strong words about the importance of voting in this year's midterm elections in a one-on-one conversation with URL Media’s Kirstin Garriss at the @jointcenter.bsky.social's 2026 Future of Black Communities Summit on Thursday in Washington, D.C.
Listen first, talk later: The Evening Ritual encourages collective, active listening to music baltimorebeat.com/listen-first...
Listen first, talk later: The Evening Ritual encourages collective, active listening to music
On Sundays, I am typically indifferent about how I begin my week. Sometimes it’s as simple as doing a face mask and other types of at-home pampering. Sometimes it’s a hike. Sometimes it’s nothing at…
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Big news! 🎉 We're welcoming 6 creator journalists and influencers to the URL Media network. Join us in welcoming: @biancagraulau.bsky.social @nickvalencianews.bsky.social Jennifer Chowdhury (Port of Entry) Featuring Dalits by @yashicadutt.bsky.social Dario Durham & Sara Faddah (77 Flavors)
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As the USA celebrates 250 years of independence, Americans are once again asking what, exactly, we are commemorating. The answer depends, in part, on where one stands. It also depends on what one has been forced to see. url-media.com/the-semiquin...
The semiquincentennial of second sight: Black America's X-ray vision for democracy
If the United States survives to celebrate its quincentennial in 2276, I hope my descendants will forgive yours. Not because America was imperfect. Every nation is. But because generation after […]
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June is Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month, and we’re not letting it pass in silence. This month, we’re telling real stories and reminding men that asking for help isn’t weakness. It’s survival. It’s power. Check out this piece by Dr. James Peterson url-media.com/black-men-so...
Black men need a new literacy: The literacy of social death
Too often, Black men respond to their own vulnerability by embracing the very ideologies that have dehumanized us. If society denies your humanity, the temptation is to prove your power over someone e...
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Officials rolled out sweeping plans to keep the city moving. Here’s what it means for your commute and safety.
NYC Preps for FIFA World Cup 2026: Safety and Transit Plans
Officials rolled out sweeping plans to keep the city moving. Here’s what it means for your commute and safety.
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Through her academies, Dominique Dawes hopes to build a happier, more inclusive vision of gymnastics, one rooted in fun and community as much as competition. https://bit.ly/4xmgLt5
Thirty Years After Olympic Gold, Dominique Dawes Is Still Changing Gymnastics
Through her academies, she hopes to build a happier, more inclusive vision of gymnastics — one rooted in fun and community as much as competition.
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Karmelo Anthony was sentenced to 35 years in prison after being found guilty of murder. https://bit.ly/3PXaSlo
Track Meet Turns Tragic: Texas Teen Charged as Adult Under Controversial Law
Karmelo Anthony, 19, faces first-degree murder charges. He says it was self-defense.
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Officials rolled out sweeping plans to keep the city moving. Here’s what it means for your commute and safety.
NYC Preps for FIFA World Cup 2026: Safety and Transit Plans
Officials rolled out sweeping plans to keep the city moving. Here’s what it means for your commute and safety.
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Loneliness is a silent and growing health issue among Black men url-media.com/loneliness-b... ✍️: @itiskimberlynicole.bsky.social
Loneliness is a silent and growing health issue among Black men
The World Health Organization says approximately 800,000 deaths are connected to loneliness each year. For Black men, loneliness is a multi-fold issue that can carry serious mental and physical health...
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Alabama to use a map that eliminates a district where Black voters had the opportunity to elect the candidate of their choice. https://bit.ly/4dsvg5H
Black Alabama Voters Lose Again as Supreme Court Greenlights Map
Southern states are feeling the ripple effects of an earlier Supreme Court ruling that's rewriting 60 years of voting protections.
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For a Boots Riley agnostic, this Instantly skyrocketed into my favorite movies of the year and I imagine it will stay in the top ten no matter what. My review for @baltimorebeat.bsky.social: baltimorebeat.com/i-love-boost...
‘I Love Boosters’ is the collective action movie we need right now
Achieving financial success at the box office and producing a film that feels vital and alive are often mutually exclusive aims. “Good” movies bomb all the time and “bad” ones make billions. But in th...
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Lawmakers who force national conversations become symbols of resistance — though constituents also want that visibility to translate into tangible gains. https://bit.ly/4wPGeLd
Black Voters in the South Want Leaders Who Fight but Also Deliver
Lawmakers who force national conversations become symbols of resistance -- though constituents also want that visibility to translate into tangible gains.
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New York City is offering affordable FIFA World Cup 2026 tickets at $50 each, including free bus transportation. Here's how to enter the lottery for a chance to win.
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New York City is offering affordable FIFA World Cup 2026 tickets at $50 each, including free bus transportation. Here's how to enter the lottery for a chance to win.
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The order limits ICE's ability to make arrests at New York's immigration courts, and follows a stunning admission from Trump lawyers that they misinterpreted a guidance memo to justify the arrests.
ICE Ordered to Halt Arrests at Manhattan Immigration Courts -
The order limits ICE's ability to make arrests at New York's immigration courts, and follows an admission from Trump administration lawyers that they misinterpreted a guidance memo to justify the arrests.
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The word “Black” has been almost completely removed from a package of bills to address the Black maternal health crisis, frustrating some advocates who feel Black women are being erased from the policy.
The word ‘Black' has disappeared from a set of bills aimed at addressing Black maternal health
Why does the federal Momnibus now only say 'Black' one time? The answer depends on who you ask.
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A shooting at the Islamic Center in San Diego has killed at least three people. The shooting is being investigated as a hate crime.
Shooting at San Diego mosque kills at least 3 people – AsAmNews
A shooting at the Islamic Center in San Diego has killed at least three people. It is being investigated as a hate crime.
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Virginia Supreme Court Strikes Down Vote That Was About Representation and Power capitalbnews.org/virginia-red... via our partner @capitalb.bsky.social
Virginia Supreme Court Strikes Down Vote That Was About Representation and Power
The ruling is a victory for Republicans as Democrats sought to counter the GOP’s redistricting efforts.
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This is why people get health information from social media influencers - Read the latest from ✍️ @itiskimberlynicole.bsky.social url-media.com/health-and-w...
This is why people get health information from social media influencers
A new Pew Research Center report shows about 40 percent of Americans get health and wellness information from social media influencers.
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Why floods make Black Americans poorer and sicker - ✍️ Read the latest from @itiskimberlynicole.bsky.social url-media.com/flooding-bla...
Why floods make Black Americans poorer and sicker
Climate change is causing more flooding events, which are projected to grow in number over the next three decades. Researchers say Black, poor, and rural communities will bear the brunt of the health ...
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Bringing solar power — and savings — to Baltimore City residents baltimorebeat.com/bringing-sol...
Bringing solar power — and savings — to Baltimore City residents
When Janete Gonzalez went to the Druid Hill Park farmers market in the fall of 2022, she was a new Baltimore City resident, having just moved after a house fire destroyed everything she owned. That…
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With the Ohio GOP governor primary on May 5, Ramaswamy holds the advantage as economic anxiety, immigration tensions, and racial rhetoric shape the race.
Ramaswamy leads heading into primary for governor in Ohio – AsAmNews
With the Ohio GOP governor primary on May 5, Ramaswamy holds the advantage as economic anxiety, immigration tensions, and racial rhetoric shape the race.
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The headlines barely scratch the surface: Black women being killed, voting rights, concerns about militarization, another silent crisis affecting women — and a community is fed up. url-media.com/5-stories-yo...
A blow to Black political power, Asian American political concerns and more stories you missed
Five must-read stories, from Black femicide to Asian American political concerns to the real cost of war — and more
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Across the Americas, female genital mutilation remains a hidden, poorly documented, and largely ignored practice impacting more than 700,000 women and girls (via our partner @latinonewsnetwork.bsky.social). latinonewsnetwork.com/health-care/...
From Colombia to Connecticut: The urgent need to end FGM in the Americas - Latino News Network
At least 577,000 women and girls are estimated to be at risk.
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Recent Supreme Court decisions weakened the Voting Rights Act, reducing oversight and making it difficult to challenge discriminatory voting practices. The result is a system driven by political advantage rather than fair representation (via @jointcenter.bsky.social). url-media.com/joint-center...
Op-ed: Representation at risk: The fragile progress of Black political power
Gerrymandering is discussed as partisan, but it has structural consequences. For Black communities, the erosion of these protections is consequential.
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China is a serious competitor. But in confronting that challenge, Washington has drifted away from evidence-based judgment and toward something more corrosive: a bureaucratized presumption of suspicion (via our partner AsAm News). asamnews.com/2026/04/28/e...
Op-Ed: When America stops playing by its own rules – AsAmNews
An immigrant’s story shows how suspicion is reshaping policy, belonging, and national confidence- a hard look at US China strategy.
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While much of the attention following the court’s decision has focused on Louisiana, some civil rights advocates have underscored the implications for Black voters more broadly (via our partner @capitalb.bsky.social). url-media.com/supreme-cour...
Supreme Court ruling threatens Black voting power beyond Louisiana
Louisiana resident Press Robinson wasn’t surprised by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision on Wednesday to strike down the state’s new majority-Black district. But he was deeply disappointed. “They’r...
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No Privacy in Private: Immigrant Domestic Workers Are Being Recorded On the Job Employers collect all kinds of personal and private information about them, and there are concerns about how and for what purposes that data is used. Words by Narimes Parakul, @ByNarimes
No Privacy in Private: Immigrant Domestic Workers Are Being Recorded On the Job — palabra.
Employers collect all kinds of personal and private information about them, and there are concerns about how and for what purposes that data is used.
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