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The Dobbs effect today: Abortion ballot initiatives, expected higher mortality, more litigation
Oregon Capital Chronicle via Yahoo News· 7 hours ago-era abortion ban. Florida and South Carolina moved to restrict abortion to six weeks — before many...
A massive black hole may be 'waking up' in a nearby galaxy
Space via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAstronomers are still learning about various speeds with which black holes gobble nearby matter,...
First Black Navy SEAL, William Goines, dies at 88
Military Times via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAlbeit forever tight-lipped on the specifics of his missions, Goines was selected to be one of the first to land in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis,...
Nathan Hare, 91, Dies; Founded the First Black Studies Program
New York Times· 3 days agoSeeking to bring the ideas of Black power into the classroom — and coining the term “ethnic studies”...
Arath Herce Refuses to Compromise
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHowever, he understands that he faces pressure from a cutthroat market that demands numbers and seeks audience growth on TikTok. “As I was telling you,...
He owned property in upstate New York. But he lived enslaved in Sharpsburg.
Gannett via AOL· 18 hours agoIt is a lakefront world of mountainous beauty, wealth and glamour. And 175 years ago the heart of what is today Lake Placid was owned by an enslaved Black
Afternoon Briefing: Buckingham Fountain reopened after vandalism
Chicago Tribune· 8 hours agoEdward Burke will learn his fate soon as his sentencing hearing is underway today in a corruption...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSmith's plantation in Beaufort, South Carolina. Library of Congress Free Without Freedom The original Juneteenth was hardly the "Black Independence Day"...
Black advocates to use Juneteenth to demand political change
The Hill via AOL· 6 days agoAs the nation recognizes Juneteenth this year, leading Black voices plan to use the holiday to call...
Today in History: July 2, Civil Rights Act signed into law
San Francisco Chronicle· 20 hours agoToday is Tuesday, July 2, the 184th day of 2024. On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress prohibiting discrimination ...
