PBS to Broadcast Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Porgy & Bess’ in July
By David Salazar, OperaWire PBS is set to present “Porgy and Bess” on July 17, 2020, as part of its Great Performances at the Met series. The telecast, which starts…
NASA’s Headquarters to be Renamed in Honor of its 1st Black Woman Engineer, “Hidden Figure” Mary W. Jackson
By Good Black News Staff, Good Black News NASA announced Wednesday the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first African American female…
SHAUN KING: A Private Law Enforcement Group on Facebook is Literally Plotting to Kill Me
By Shaun King, Medium On this past Tuesday morning I received a very alarming text message from a friend. Inside of a private Facebook group for California Law Enforcement Officers,…
LeBron James and Maverick Carter raised $100 million for new media company SpringHill
By Kerry Flynn, CNN New York (CNN Business)LeBron James wants to tell stories. Now he has $100 million to help him do it. The basketball star and his business partner…
These Black teens are turning 18 in Tamir Rice’s America
By USA TODAY Network, USA Today They aspire to be businessmen, artists and president of the United States. Some want to change their communities by removing blight and closing the…
Elijah McClain’s mother says officers “murdered” her son as governor appoints special prosecutor to investigate
By Audrey McNamara, CBS The mother of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old black man who died last summer after being confronted by police in Aurora, Colorado, says her son was murdered.…
‘Being anti-racist is a verb, so it requires action’: Don’t stop demanding racial equality — how to become a lifelong ally
By Meera Jagannathan, MarketWatch ‘It’s really important for us to understand that we need to be always working for racial justice, whether there’s dramatic moments or not’ Maybe you posted…
House Casts Historic Vote To Make D.C. The 51st State. Trump And The Senate Say No
By Barbara Sprunt, NPR Updated at 2:59 p.m. ET House Democrats approved a bill Friday afternoon to make the District of Columbia the nation’s51st state. The vote was 232-180 largely…
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strike down Obamacare
By Tim Elfrink & Meagan Flynn, The Washington Post The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court late on Thursday to overturn the Affordable Care Act, telling the court that “the…
Kentucky Slashes Polling Places by 95%, Causing Election Day Chaos
By Democracy Now Staff, Democracy Now Voters went to the polls Tuesday in New York, Kentucky, Virginia and other states for primary elections marred by long lines and fears over…