Alderman Hall slams Walgreens store closures
Says moves create ‘pharmacy deserts’ Ald. William Hall (6th) is pushing back against the planned closure of a longtime Walgreens location in his ward, calling…
Mother’s Day Black Maternal Health Panel happening Saturday, May 9th
Writer and mental health advocate Kirsten Corley Bennett to share personal postpartum journey; 3x Emmy winner Jasmine Minor moderates urgent conversation the day before Mother’s…
Stanley Black & Decker Factory Exit Reshapes Valuation And Restructuring Story
Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE:SWK) is closing its historic New Britain, Connecticut factory, which has roots dating back to the 1800s. The closure includes mass…
Kalani Rodgers Says What Many Were Thinking: Stop Calling Black People Violent for Reacting to Racism
Kalani Rodgers’ social media defense for the way the black community reacts to racial slurs went viral after the rapper NLE Choppa threatened to beat…
Stockard on the Stump: All hell breaks loose as Tennessee lawmakers bust up Memphis • Tennessee Lookout
As sure as the sun rises in the east, Tennessee lawmakers bowed toward Washington, D.C. Despite blaring protests and impassioned pleas at the Capitol, the…
‘We’re going backwards’: Five civil rights activists slam the supreme court’s gutting of Voting Rights Act | US news
The supreme court’s recent decision to gut the Voting Rights Act is an affront to everyone who marched, bled and died to make that law…
The Supreme Court voting rights ruling is already weakening Black political power
A nationwide campaign is underway to systematically dismantle Black political influence. In Tennessee, Republicans are working to eliminate a congressional district that allows the majority-Black…
She did everything she could to prevent the breakup of a majority-Black congressional district
People didn't send us here to draw racist maps, they sent us here to figure out how to fix the roads … and lower our…
4 takeaways from USA Today’s Black Bear Sports Group investigation
Updated May 8, 2026, 2:15 p.m. ET In the last decade, a private investment firm has consolidated much of youth hockey, turning what was once…
The Blackshires Blueprint | Sponsored
PROVIDED PHOTOS (Above photo): Cohort 2026 members Abigail Horace, Adam Liccardi, Adrian Lynch, Cameo Brown, Chauncey Dozier, Claudette Grant, Erline Saintilet, Harmony Edwards, Kamayue Gomes,…
