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A Black Tennessee-based couple opened a grocery store to combat food insecurity in South Memphis.

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Black-led immigration groups, notably Cameroon Advocacy Network and the Haitian Bridge Alliance, have been at the forefront of pressing for TPS designation for Cameroonians.

“Where are all those who stated ‘Black lives matter?'”NYC Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday after multiple shootings were reported out of Brooklyn and the Bronx.

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President Joe Biden's speech from North Carolina A&T State University is expected to address rising prices at a time when Black students disproportionately saddled by debt are among the most adversely affected by the inflation crisis.

Could reparations be coming to reality in the United States? Currently, California is pushing the topic into the spotlight with its state-backed reparations task force committee.

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A growing number of social media reports claim the Grand Rapids police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya following a traffic stop over an alleged misdemeanor moving violation is named Christopher Paul Schurr.

The shocking subway shooting in NYC that left 10 people wounded and dozens of others injured yesterday may be coming to a bittersweet end now that a suspect, 62-year-old Black male Frank R. James, has been taken into custody.

Students at Virginia-based HBCU Hampton University got a pleasant surprise this week after learning that all balances from the Spring 2022 semester will be wiped, in addition to a halt in tuition, fees, room and board for the fall semester as well.

David Dietrich, a GOP elections official out of Virgina, proved that politics aren't exempt from racist ideologies after the discovery of his online messages using the N-Word and calling for a "good public lynching" of Democrat rivals led to his recent resignation. 

A NYC subway station in the Sunset Park area of Brooklyn became the scene of a smoke-filled shooting earlier this morning that left eight people wounded and at least 16 injured.

Prosecutors revealed that they offered plea deals to former officers Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng, according to NBC News. The specifics of the deals were not revealed by lead prosecutor Matthew Frank, but it was revealed that the defendants rejected their deals.

The GoFundMe accounts for Christian Obumseli - who was stabbed to death by his white IG model girlfriend Courtney Clenney - and Patrick Lyoya - who was unarmed when he was shot in the head by a Grand Rapids cop - are receiving uneven monetary responses to the killings.