by WILLY BLACKMORE, Word in Black
For Black homeowners, protecting the family home can come with a hidden surcharge.
In Michigan, homeowners in predominantly Black neighborhoods pay an average of 74% or more for the same homeowners insurance coverage than people living in predominantly white neighborhoods — the largest racial premium gap in the nation.
And Michigan is hardly alone.
Nationwide, homeowners in...
by Ariama C. Long
The Trump administration once again proposed major changes to the 2030 U.S. Census that could leave out noncitizens and remove questions on race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Local organizers are racing to put a stop to it before Black, Brown, immigrant, and marginalized communities are erased...
by DR. BENJAMIN F. CHAVIS JR.
Credit: Pexels/Werner Pfennig
Unless you have lived through it, it is easy to dismiss as racial paranoia — the wariness and discomfort felt by many successful business leaders of color who have reached the elite ranks of the business world.
To outside observers, modern corporate...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — As Black parents strive to raise resilient, confident, brilliant children within systems that too often underestimate them, an Atlanta-based company launches an app that delivers a five-minute daily wellness practice, backed by forty years of research, to help build the identity, confidence and self-worth their children...
by Donald Eng
An audit of the Teacher’s Retirement Board has recommended strengthening the controls over purchase orders after auditors found $113,476 spread over six vouchers for which the corresponding purchase orders lacked sufficient funds as of the invoice dates, according to a report from the state Auditors of Public...
by Paul Bass
Officials gathered in one of New Haven’s new bioscience towers to cut the ribbon on a tech innovation hub — and on a dream for our state’s future as a quantum version of Silicon Valley.
The ribbon-cutting Tuesday evening marked the opening of a 4,500 square-foot center for...
by Brandon Cortes
Access-to-capital panelists, from left: Lindy Lee Gold, Sana Shaikh of NHE3, Sylina Jacobs of the SBA, and Anthony Booth-Carvalho of Grow America. Credit: Brandon Cortes
About 130 food entrepreneurs registered for a free, daylong workshop at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) on Tuesday, aimed at helping cooks, bakers,...
by Ariama C. Long
The Trump administration once again proposed major changes to the 2030 U.S. Census that could leave out noncitizens and remove questions...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — As Black parents strive to raise resilient, confident, brilliant children within systems that too often underestimate them, an Atlanta-based company launches...
by Donald Eng
An audit of the Teacher’s Retirement Board has recommended strengthening the controls over purchase orders after auditors found $113,476 spread over six...
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The White House does not belong to Donald Trump. It belongs to the American people.
And Black Americans have particular reason to care about...
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Nearly 12,000 bans took place in public schools over the past year, according to a new study from PEN America, the highest total...
By Courtesy of HBCUNEWS.com
At an HBCU football game, the scoreboard only tells part of the story. The drumline, the brass section, and the battle across...
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By Patrick Darrington
Tuskegee University has been selected to be a part of a new Department of War program, the only historically Black college and...
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These were the chants of Atlanta University Center (AUC) students as they marched through the school campus on Thursday night. It was also...
by Dollita Okine, Face2FaceAfrica.com
Chinyere “Chichi” Ukeje, a 25-year-old from Philadelphia, won the $300,000 top prize in a NASA competition aimed at creating food systems for astronauts in...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — I became paralyzed watching young Marines go outside the base, thinking about their families and whether they would see them again....
by Donald Eng
An audit of the Teacher’s Retirement Board has recommended strengthening the controls over purchase orders after auditors found $113,476 spread over six vouchers for which the corresponding...
by Paul Bass
Officials gathered in one of New Haven’s new bioscience towers to cut the ribbon on a tech innovation hub — and on a dream for our state’s...
by Brandon Cortes
Access-to-capital panelists, from left: Lindy Lee Gold, Sana Shaikh of NHE3, Sylina Jacobs of the SBA, and Anthony Booth-Carvalho of Grow America. Credit: Brandon Cortes
About 130 food...
by Paul Bass
Compassion + Accountability = Community Policing.
That’s how New Haven sees the formula for community policing in 2026, according to Police Chief David Zannelli.
Zannelli has traversed the city...
by Brian Slattery
Prologue: Soul in HandSOURCE/MATERIAL838 Whalley Ave.Through Oct. 31
The pixellating effects of the print can’t take away the graceful sweep of the image, the way the cloth flows...
by Janday Wilson
Artists Titus Kaphar, Derek Fordjour and scholar and author Dr. Imani Perry in conversation at NXTHVN on Sunday.
Power, Practice, Purpose: Contemporary Art and Civic LifeNXTHVNNew HavenOct. 4,...
by Brandon Cortes
The Board of Alders on Monday night approved a plan to borrow up to $27 million to pay the city’s share of settlements with Vernon Horn and...
by Donald Eng
STAMFORD, CT — Having trolled New York with claims of being the pizza capital of the country, Gov. Ned Lamont took aim at a couple of Connecticut’s...
By Abiba Biao
Rahab Kinity. Abiba Biao Photos.
When Rahab Kinity took to the mic, her energy was nothing short of contagious. Flaunting a bright red sequin maxi dress adorned...
A masked white supremacist group gathered outside Danbury police headquarters to protest a policy allowing permanent legal residents and DACA recipients to become officers.
DANBURY, CT—City leaders roundly condemned a...
Bridgeport Public Schools cordially invites you to attend the Bridgeport Public Schools – Unified Address, presented by Dr. Royce Avery, Interim Superintendent.
This event will bring together educators, families, community leaders,...
by Aaron Bolton, MTPR
MISSOULA, Mont. — Bethany Zulick went back to school in January to become a high school English teacher.
Years ago, she taught English as a second language...
by Ariama C. Long
The Trump administration once again proposed major changes to the 2030 U.S. Census that could leave out noncitizens and remove questions on race, ethnicity, and sexual...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — As Black parents strive to raise resilient, confident, brilliant children within systems that too often underestimate them, an Atlanta-based company launches...
by Donald Eng
An audit of the Teacher’s Retirement Board has recommended strengthening the controls over purchase orders after auditors found $113,476 spread over six...
Courtesy of HBCUNEWS.com
The White House does not belong to Donald Trump. It belongs to the American people.
And Black Americans have particular reason to care about...
Courtesy of HBCUNEWS.com
Nearly 12,000 bans took place in public schools over the past year, according to a new study from PEN America, the highest total...
By Courtesy of HBCUNEWS.com
At an HBCU football game, the scoreboard only tells part of the story. The drumline, the brass section, and the battle across...
Courtesy of HBCUNEWS.com
By Patrick Darrington
Tuskegee University has been selected to be a part of a new Department of War program, the only historically Black college and...
Courtesy of HBCUNEWS.com
These were the chants of Atlanta University Center (AUC) students as they marched through the school campus on Thursday night. It was also...
by Dollita Okine, Face2FaceAfrica.com
Chinyere “Chichi” Ukeje, a 25-year-old from Philadelphia, won the $300,000 top prize in a NASA competition aimed at creating food systems for astronauts in...
