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Hailing from South Central Los Angeles, 34-year-old mixed media artist Lauren Halsey has been chosen to create a full-scale architectural structure on top of the famed Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the museum announced last week.  Afrofuturism, a politically-charged artistic movement at the intersection of African cultural aesthetic …

In this Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, photo, Black News Channel Chairman J.C. Watts discusses the launch of the nations only 24-hour news network during an interview in Tallahassee, Fla. The launch followed years of planning for former U.S. Rep. Watts, who likened it too giving birth to a child. It …

A photograph that has since gone viral following the historic addition of Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings, was taken by none other than a Black woman from Oakland, CA.  Photojournalist Sarahbeth Maney, 26, captured the now-famous image of the judge and her family, but its most …

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Cybersecurity threats are increasingly becoming rampant. In fact, only a week before Russia invaded Ukraine, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) raised a “Shields Up” warning, encouraging organizations of all sizes to ramp up their cybersecurity measures and be extra alert on any disruptive cyber activity. While this doesn’t imply in any …

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The Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson was always expected to be confirmed by a narrow Democratic majority in the Senate, barring some kind of spectacular blunder during the confirmation process. Today, those hearings concluded with no such blunder having come to pass, and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said this …

Indiana University’s Lilly Library has launched a new digital resource collection Thursday called Land, Wealth, Liberation: The making and unmaking of Black wealth in the United States. The digital collection provides an interactive timeline of events that affected the history of Black wealth in the U.S. from 1820 through today. …

Photo: Ralf Kleemann (Shutterstock) A woman filed a civil rights complaint in the U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City alleging her son experienced racial harassment at school, reported Standard Examiner. The Davis School District was previously punished by the U.S. Justice Department for its pattern of discrimination. Three staff …

Each installment of “The Friendship Files” features a conversation between The Atlantic’s Julie Beck and two or more friends, exploring the history and significance of their relationship. This week she talks with three women who are part of a group experimenting with “arranged friendship.” Inspired by the arranged marriages common …