Recent Posts

Pitt hosted this year’s Black Alumni Collective National Conference
Posted in Diaspora News

Pitt hosted this year’s Black Alumni Collective National Conference

The University of Pittsburgh and the Pitt African American Alumni Council (AAAC) welcomed 200 alumni, students and advocates from more than 88 colleges and universities…

Continue Reading...
This Kansas City flight school trains Black pilots in the spirit of the Tuskegee Airmen | KCUR
Posted in Diaspora News

This Kansas City flight school trains Black pilots in the spirit of the Tuskegee Airmen | KCUR

It’s partly cloudy with low wind speeds at Kansas City’s Charles B. Wheeler downtown airport on a recent Friday evening. Private jets and single-engine planes…

Continue Reading...
Posted in Diaspora News

https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DMlsek2HIMTU

Our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer network. Please try your request again later. This page appears when Google automatically detects requests coming…

Continue Reading...
Nithya Raman will reshuffle LA’s political coalitions
Posted in Diaspora News

Nithya Raman will reshuffle LA’s political coalitions

By Jim Newton, CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Los Angeles, with its extraordinary diversity, is a national…

Continue Reading...
Curtis Quinntin Phelps pursues beauty in Washington Heights
Posted in Diaspora News

Curtis Quinntin Phelps pursues beauty in Washington Heights

Especially now that it’s Pride Month, my dashing and remarkable friend Quinntin, Curtis Quinntin Phelps that is, reminds me of James Baldwin. When a British…

Continue Reading...
Pilgrimage event blocks Black Queens residents from homes
Posted in Diaspora News

Pilgrimage event blocks Black Queens residents from homes

Cambria Heights, Queens, residents say they woke up this past Juneteenth and Father’s Day weekend to find metal barricades at their street intersections and police…

Continue Reading...
Politics: What Donald Trump’s Defense Policy Means For Black Service Members : 1A : NPR
Posted in Diaspora News

Politics: What Donald Trump’s Defense Policy Means For Black Service Members : 1A : NPR

A Marine from the 3rd Battalion, Fourth Marines scans the horizon with night vision goggles while silhouetted by the moon during midnight patrol. Chris Hondros/Getty…

Continue Reading...
Posted in Diaspora News

https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D_j4-Yp8vjOc

Our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer network. Please try your request again later. This page appears when Google automatically detects requests coming…

Continue Reading...
Black-owned grocery store coming to West Pullman neighborhood next year, alderman says
Posted in Diaspora News

Black-owned grocery store coming to West Pullman neighborhood next year, alderman says

After an Aldi grocery store abruptly closed in the West Pullman neighborhood over a year ago, the area has been in a food desert. But…

Continue Reading...
‘You’re next’: The Black and Latino New Yorkers feeling burned by Mamdani’s primary sweep
Posted in Diaspora News

‘You’re next’: The Black and Latino New Yorkers feeling burned by Mamdani’s primary sweep

Tuesday’s democratic socialist victories led by Mayor Zohran Mamdani further energized a movement of young Democrats hungry for change. But they also unnerved some Black…

Continue Reading...