Race-adjusted medical test scores harm Black patients. Why do we still use them? | KGOU
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Race-adjusted medical test scores harm Black patients. Why do we still use them? | KGOU

For decades, the medical standard of care included race-based medical tests — or giving different scores to Black and white patients with identical test results…

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Black Business Expo 2026 in Pensacola
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Black Business Expo 2026 in Pensacola

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Looking for meaningful connections, community engagement, and a chance to support local Black businesses? Join us for the Black Business Expo…

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Captain Ibrahim Traore Has Done the Unthinkable: This New Religious Law Changes Everything
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Captain Ibrahim Traore Has Done the Unthinkable: This New Religious Law Changes Everything

Captain Ibrahim Traoré has once again captured international attention after the introduction of a controversial new religious policy in Burkina Faso. Supporters argue that the…

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Documentary chronicling the life of community activist Dr. Yusef Bunchy Shakur premieres in Detroit | American Black Journal
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Documentary chronicling the life of community activist Dr. Yusef Bunchy Shakur premieres in Detroit | American Black Journal

This post was originally published on this site. Host Stephen Henderson sits down with Dr. Yusef Bunchy Shakur, executive director of the Michigan Roundtable for…

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Black LGBTQ+ Beach Day to return as organizers deepen community ties
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Black LGBTQ+ Beach Day to return as organizers deepen community ties

Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland is bringing hundreds of Black LGBTQ+ Chicagoans to 63rd Street Beach this weekend for Black LGBTQ+ Beach Day, an afternoon of…

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A subway tunnel to connect Ruggles to Mattapan Square? Two Boston city councillors say they want Orange Line extension
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A subway tunnel to connect Ruggles to Mattapan Square? Two Boston city councillors say they want Orange Line extension

Above, Councillor Culpepper, left, and Councillor Worrell explain their idea today at a press conference. Gage Vieno photo An ambitious proposal to extend the Orange…

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Saving Sibley Prairie means saving a community’s history too
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Saving Sibley Prairie means saving a community’s history too

June 24, 2026, 5:10 a.m. ET The Black to the Land Coalition is working to uncover the Black and Indigenous history of Sibley Prairie, one…

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6th-Annual Juneteenth Celebration in Irmo honors Black culture, provides community resources
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6th-Annual Juneteenth Celebration in Irmo honors Black culture, provides community resources

The African American Historical Society of Irmo hosted its 6th-Annual Juneteenth Celebration at Moore Park on June 19, which included a concert by a Sumter…

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Wendell Pierce is working as hard as ever in TV, film and theater : NPR
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Wendell Pierce is working as hard as ever in TV, film and theater : NPR

Wendell Pierce stars in Othello at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. Teresa Castracane hide caption toggle caption Teresa Castracane Wendell Pierce says there’s…

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Mount Herman Cemetery: Jacksonville’s forgotten Black burial ground has 1,200 bodies beneath Durkeeville park
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Mount Herman Cemetery: Jacksonville’s forgotten Black burial ground has 1,200 bodies beneath Durkeeville park

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A historic cemetery in Durkeeville holds far more of Jacksonville’s dead than anyone previously knew. Researchers working with the city have confirmed…

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