By the time Atlanta hosts a World Cup semifinal at Mercedes‑Benz Stadium this summer, city officials will have spent years pouring billions into a new entertainment district and transit upgrades…
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Brionté McCorkle opened her latest Georgia Power bill and started doing some math to try to understand where her money was going. As utility prices rise, the total was $233…
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First-year Common App applicants from underrepresented minority races or ethnicities grew by 5% compared to this time in the 2024-25 school year, continuing a trend that began over a decade…
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This Women’s History Month, we honor a legacy of women and femmes who refused to let our stories be ignored or erased from history. When institutions failed to accurately record…
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In 1865, the state of Mississippi passed a law allowing police to arrest and forcibly transport “any freedman, free negro, or mulatto” back to their employer if they failed to…
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Click here for more.When Norman Sylvester was 12, long before he garnered the nickname “The Boogie Cat” or shared a stage with B.B. King, he boarded a train in Louisiana and headed west,…
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Click here for more.Mississippi’s Black voters recently won a victory that puts them on the brink of having greater sway over who sits on the state’s Supreme Court. But that win may be…
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Nearly 250 years into the American experiment, the pursuit of liberty remains inseparable from the pursuit of wealth, and Black communities continue to face an economy that excludes them from…
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Click here for more.On any given weekend in Atlanta, you might find dozens of Black residents hiking Arabia Mountain, kayaking along the Chattahoochee River, or gathered around a campfire sharing stories. At the…
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Click here for more.Rhonda Anderson has spent nearly three decades fighting for clean air and water in Detroit. As an environmental justice organizer with the Sierra Club, she led campaigns to raise awareness…
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Click here for more.Winter in Minnesota is notoriously harsh, lasting until mid-spring and marked by below-freezing temperatures, heavy snowfall, and intense winds. It is a common misconception that survival requires either hibernation or…
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Click here for more.This Black Futures Month, we’re honoring the legacy and lessons of those who laid blueprints for liberation that are as relevant as ever. For generations, Black organizers have responded to systemic…
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