Race

House votes to award Congressional Gold Medals to Black World War Two Battalion

7:01am March 02, 2022

The 6888th was the only all-female Black unit to serve overseas. Its mission was to deliver backlogged mail to American soldiers. The lack of letters from back home was hurting morale in Europe.

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Why airlines aim to train more women and people of color to become pilots

5:08am March 02, 2022

by David Schaper

Commercial airline pilots are overwhelmingly white and male. Amid a need for pilots, the industry is stepping up efforts to recruit more women and people of color to become pilots.

Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers was censured Tuesday by her colleagues in a bipartisan vote.

Arizona State Senate censures lawmaker who threatened rivals with violence

11:39pm March 01, 2022

by Alana Wise

State Sen. Wendy Rogers, a Republican, spoke at a conference organized by a far-right group and later used antisemitic tropes to describe Ukraine's leader.

National

Balls have been a space of freedom for Black queer and trans youth for decades

6:22pm February 28, 2022

by Arielle Gray

Black History Month celebrates stories from the Black community. But often, LGBTQIA+ stories aren't highlighted. In Boston, ball culture provides a space of freedom for Black queer and trans youth.

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Smithsonian curator has a fondness for a photo album from the Civil War

5:01am February 28, 2022

Curator Aaron Bryant recently spoke to NPR about his favorite images in the Smithsonian's collection. Among them is a rare album of black soldiers from the Civil War.

Jennifer Hudson wins top honor at 53rd NAACP Image Awards

6:17am February 27, 2022

by The Associated Press

Hudson wins entertainer of the year at the 53rd annual NAACP Image Awards honoring work by entertainers of color, beating out Regina King, Lil Nas X, Megan Thee Stallion and Tiffany Haddish.

Post racist attack in 1921 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. American National Red Cross Photograph Collection.

Education

Why does Black History Month matter?

1:29pm February 26, 2022

by Sandhya Dirks

There is an ongoing debate as to whether U.S. history segregates Black history in February or whether Black History Month brings forward necessary untold stories.

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People in Los Angeles walk in a silent protest march on April 9, 2012, to demand justice for the killing of Trayvon Martin.

National

Trayvon Martin's killing 10 years ago changed the tenor of democracy

10:30am February 26, 2022

by Robert Baldwin III

The Black teen's killing on Feb. 26, 2012, helped spark Black Lives Matter. Though the movement has seemingly yielded some cultural change, it comes at a time when hope for legal change is tenuous.

Francis Oliver founded a small Black history museum in Sanford, Fla., the city where Trayvon Martin was killed. She has preserved the items from the roadside memorial that popped up after his death.

National

Mementos preserve Trayvon Martin's legacy, 10 years after his killing

8:08am February 26, 2022

by Adrian Florido

A small Black history museum in the city where Trayvon Martin was killed saved the tributes people brought to the roadside memorial that sprung up after his death.

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Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts are the first same-sex couple to be featured on the cover of Essence.

Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts are the 1st same-sex couple on the cover of Essence

7:57pm February 25, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

In the interview with the magazine, the couple opened up about their love story and how their relationship blossomed into marriage, as the duo tied the knot in August 2020.