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At Co-Op, An Author’s Visit Lights A Cultural Spark

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By Lucy Gellman | Thomas and Nia Jackson. Lucy Gellman Photos. Before last Friday, high school junior Nia Jackson had hit a writer’s block on her musical, One For The Beginning, Two For The End. Then she listened to author Angie Thomas take the stage and tell her story—which didn’t feel so far away from New Haven at all—and something clicked...

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Meet David and Cynthia Hobdy: Birmingham Judge-and-Doctor Couple on Blessings and Lessons of a Loving Marriage

Inner City News - February 16, 2026

BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Love rises above all in the lives of Circuit Court Judge Fred Bolling and Brandi Bolling, M.D.; Circuit Court Judge David Hobdy and Cynthia Hobdy, M.D.; and Circuit Court Judge Reginald Jeter and Autumm Jeter, Ph.D. By Je’Don Holloway-Talley | Special to the Birmingham Times This Valentine’s Day,...

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Ed. Dept. Dismissed 90% of Discrimination Cases, Report Says

Inner City News - February 16, 2026

WORD IN BLACK — At the same time, the Government Accountability Office found that the administration’s attempt to lay off about half of the department’s Office for Civil Rights — a move that was challenged in court — may have cost taxpayers as much as $38 million over the...

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Discrimination in City Contracts

Inner City News - February 16, 2026

OAKLAND POST — A long-awaited disparity study funded by the City of Oakland shows dramatic evidence that city government is practicing a deeply embedded pattern of systemic discrimination in the spending of public money on outside contracts that excludes minority- and woman-owned businesses, especially African Americans. Dr. Eleanor Ramsey (top,...

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Rail Merger Aims to Enhance Urban Quality of Life

Inner City News - February 16, 2026

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Vernon AME Church Absorbed the Terror of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Now It Will ‘Teach Truth.’

Inner City News - February 15, 2026

OKLAHOMA EAGLE — Church officials say Vernon is the last remaining Black-owned structure still standing in the area after it was rebuilt in 1925. “Vernon absorbed the trauma, the terror, the smoke and the fear and stood as a witness. Now, the church that absorbed trauma will teach truth,”...

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Single in the City: Swipe Fatigue and Choosing Yourself This Valentine’s Day

Inner City News - February 15, 2026

THE AFRO — When swipe fatigue collides with Valentine’s pressure, the message becomes distorting, like maybe you’re doing something wrong, so you swipe more. Try harder. Lower standards. Reevaluate your list. Entertain situations we’d normally pass on – all to avoid being alone on the most coupled-centered day of...

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Meet David and Cynthia Hobdy: Birmingham Judge-and-Doctor Couple on Blessings and Lessons of a Loving Marriage

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BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Love rises above all in the lives of Circuit Court Judge Fred Bolling and Brandi Bolling, M.D.; Circuit Court Judge David...

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Rail Merger Aims to Enhance Urban Quality of Life

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Vernon AME Church Absorbed the Terror of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Now It Will ‘Teach Truth.’

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OKLAHOMA EAGLE — Church officials say Vernon is the last remaining Black-owned structure still standing in the area after it was rebuilt in 1925....

Metro Surge Nears End After Community Resistance, Not State Cooperation

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MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN RECORDER — Border czar Tom Homan announced on Feb. 12 that Immigration and Customs’ “Metro Surge” would soon wrap up operations, stating...

Food Pyramid Blind Spots: What Supermarket Civil Rights Teaches Us

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WORD IN BLACK — During the civil rights and Black power movements, Black communities across the country pushed to expand the meaning of Black protest to include access...

Civil Rights Leaders and Congressional Black Caucus Unite to Challenge Trump Administration Policies

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NY CARIB NEWS — Representative Yvette Clarke of New York, chair of the CBC, accused the administration of pursuing policies that undermine civil rights...

Barbados – PM Mia Mottley Sweeps to Victory in Elections, Third Time

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NY CARIB NEWS — Mottley, 60, follows former Grenadian Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell, who earlier this year announced he was bowing out of...

Why do we only exist during Black History Month?

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by Elinor Tatum I am not naming these months, or mentioning a horrible president to pit one observance against another. But it does get pretty...

New Edition, Boyz II Men, Toni Braxton bring valentine vibes to Prudential Center on February 13

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by JOHNNY KNOLLWOOD On February 13, just one day before Valentine’s Day, hitmakers New Edition will be joined by Philadelphia soul icons Boys II Men...

Black History Month 2026: A Century of Black History Commemorations

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by Association for the Study of African American Life and History In 1925, when Dr. Carter G. Woodson planned the inaugural week-long observance of Black...

Why some Black Americans are making a ‘Blaxit’ out of the U.S.

National News Inner City News - February 11, 2026 0

by Karen Juanita Carrillo Currently, both U.S. and Jamaica recognize dual citizenship, meaning you can be a citizen of both countries and hold both passports....

Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado drops run for governor, ending all-Black ticket

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by Ariama C. Long The New Haven independent Antonio Delgado, New York’s Democratic lieutenant governor who launched a campaign against Gov. Kathy Hochul for her...

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UI Customers Could See 11 Percent Drop In Rates

Inner City News - February 16, 2026

by Julie Martin Banks Representatives from United Illuminating filed its proposed 2026 Rate Adjustment Mechanism (RAM) with the state’s regulatory authority Friday, announcing that they expect its customers to see...

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At Co-Op, An Author’s Visit Lights A Cultural Spark

Inner City News - February 16, 2026

By Lucy Gellman | Thomas and Nia Jackson. Lucy Gellman Photos. Before last Friday, high school junior Nia Jackson had hit a writer’s block on her musical, One For The Beginning,...

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Discrimination in City Contracts

Inner City News - February 16, 2026

OAKLAND POST — A long-awaited disparity study funded by the City of Oakland shows dramatic evidence that city government is practicing a deeply embedded pattern of systemic discrimination in...

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Waterbury Man Arrested For 2013 Sexual Assault

Inner City News - February 15, 2026

by Mona Mahadevan More than 12 years after a woman was sexually assaulted in New Haven, police made an arrest by using DNA evidence from a separate case in Waterbury. The...

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Pizza Bagels Fuel Feeding Families Fundraiser

Inner City News - February 15, 2026

by Lisa Reisman Olmo’s Craig Hutchinson with New Haven Pizza Club’s Michael Pollack, Jim Baronowski and Megan Gaudiosi. Credit: Lisa Reisman photos It could well have been a sunk cost. Literally. On...

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Judge Dismisses Cox Case Cops’ Criminal Charges

Inner City News - February 15, 2026

by Thomas Breen The New Haven independent None of the city cops who were arrested more than three years ago after Richard “Randy” Cox sustained paralyzing injuries while in police...

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ICE Agents Smash Car Window, Detain Fair Havener Before Court

Inner City News - February 15, 2026

by Mona Mahadevan The man’s passenger-side window was completely busted. Pieces of glass on Lombard St. This article was updated on Saturday, Feb. 14 with a comment from the U.S. Department of...

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From $0 Rent To Eviction Court. What HAPpened?

Inner City News - February 15, 2026

by Dereen Shirnekhi The New Haven independent When Patrick Nutt moved from the city’s hotel-turned-homeless shelter on Foxon Boulevard to a one-bedroom apartment in a new West River affordable housing...

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City Advocates For Yale Shuttle-Public Bus Merger

Inner City News - February 15, 2026

by Laura Glesby The New Haven independent The Elicker administration is in early-stage talks with Yale and CT Transit about integrating university shuttles into the public bus system, according to...

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Cabrera: State Should Rein In ICE

Inner City News - February 15, 2026

by Paul Bass Connecticut doesn’t have to stand by watching federal immigration agents terrorize communities. It can take action. So argues State Sen. Jorge Cabrera, who said he’s working with colleagues...

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On Salamanders & Wartime Poets

Inner City News - February 15, 2026

By Dominic Warshaw I became a wartime poet the day that Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed in her car, if not much earlier. Learning about her after...

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Blumenthal Bill Targets Gun Industry Advertising

Inner City News - February 15, 2026

by Staff Report WASHINGTON, D.C. — Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal has joined U.S. Rep Robin Kelly, D-Il, in introducing a bill to investigate the gun industry’s marketing practices and implement...