The longest government shutdown in U.S. history comes to a close. By Barbara Sprunt / NPR
When A Muslim Democratic Socialist Mayor Has An Africana Studies Degree. By Stacey Patton / Newsone
Chicago mayor implores U.N. body to investigate ‘abusive’ immigration campaign. By Tobi Raji / Wash Post
The Equity Docket: Making Black Votes Matter Less. By Terrance Sullivan / The Progressive Magazine
More Americans, especially Black adults, are dying before they can access Medicare benefits, study finds. By Sadie Harley / Medical Express
DEI Rollbacks Are Eroding First-Generation, Low-Income Student Supports. By Sena Ho / The Progressive Magazine
Charlie Kirk’s Group Wants to Grow. Its Latest Target: Black Colleges. By Jasper Smith / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
In a basement at Howard University, scholars work to preserve Black newspapers. By Ira Porter and Cameron Pugh / CSM
House Republicans say a Virginia college president lied to Congress over DEI. By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff / Wash Post
Africa Is Rising. The World Shouldn’t Turn Its Back. By Howard W. French and Lydia Polgreen / NYT
Prominent Afrikaners refuse to be ‘pawns,’ and hit back at Trump’s claims about South Africa. By Kate Bartlett / NPR
Caribbean Leaders Call for Unified Latin American Resistance to US Attacks. By Michael Fox / Truthout
Shared songs with new meaning. By Melissa Florer-Bixler / The Christian Century
T.D. Jakes moves from pastoring to podcasting as his next focus. By Adelle M. Banks / RNS
Memorial Honoring Black WWII Soldiers Silently Removed From U.S. Military Cemetery In The Netherlands. By Jeroslyn JoVonn / Black Enterprise
The Ideal That Underlies the Declaration of Independence. By Walter Isaacson / The Atlantic
2026 Grammy Nominations Reflect Black Artist Excellence. By Mary Spiller / Black Enterprise
Lenny Wilkens, N.B.A. Hall of Famer as Both Player and Coach, Dies at 88. By Richard Goldstein / NYT
Allen Iverson’s 2001 Sixers embodied Philly’s brash, gritty soul − and changed basketball culture forever. By Jared Bahir Browsh / The Conversation
The Moment Magic Johnson’s HIV Announcement Changed Everything. By Angela Johnson / The Root
Deion Sanders and the fall of Camelot. By William C. Rhoden / Andscape
There’s Still a Shared American Story, and JD Vance’s Blood-and-Soil Vision Isn’t It. By Colin Woodard / NYT
Verdict Number One: America Has Big-Time Buyer’s Remorse About Trump. By Michael Tomasky / TNR
