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Caribbean: ‘Free Movement’ Billboards Launched In Grenada...
By OECS Photos: YouTube Screenshots\OECS The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States...
White Police Officers Beat Up Black Man Recovering from...
Nationwide — Benjamin Jackson, an African American man from Paterson, New Jersey,...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett Responds to Stephen A. Smith’s Criticism,...
Nationwide — Rep. Jasmine Crockett responded quietly after sports commentator Stephen...
13-Year-Old Black Boy Paralyzed During a School Football...
Nationwide — Kelvin Howard, a 13-year-old African American boy from Macon, Georgia,...
Will Last Vestiges Of Voting Rights Be Struck Down By Right-Wing...
By People’s World\Mark Gruenberg\ John Wojcik Photos: YouTube\Wikimedia Commons...
Cameroon: Post-Election Tensions Mounting As Challenger...
By Semafor Africa Photos: YouTube Screenshots Tension is escalating across Cameroon...
Trump Changes His Mind, Says He Doesn’t Believe He’s Going...
Nationwide — President Trump admitted he doesn’t believe he’s going to heaven, walking...
White Officer Puts Black Mom in Chokehold, Pulls Her Hair...
Nationwide — Erika McGriff, a 39-year-old African American mother from Jacksonville,...
It sure looks like the Voting Rights Act is doomed
The Republican justices hunt for a reason to gut America’s most successful civil...
Will Last Vestiges Of Voting Rights By Right-Wing Supreme...
By People’s World\Mark Gruenberg\ John Wojcik Photos: YouTube\Wikimedia Commons...
Supreme Court seems open to limiting key section of Voting...
Further limits on the use of race in drawing electoral districts could have a major...
Corporate Media Enabling Trump Administration’s Growing...
By FAIR Photos: YouTube Screenshots\Wikimedia Commons As more and more US cities...
Route to Opportunity: How Chicago’s Transit System Is Redefining...
As cities across the country deal with widening income gaps and cultural disparities,...
Israel says one body released by Hamas not a former hostage
Israeli officials on Wednesday said one of the bodies recently handed over by Hamas...
Free Speech?: US Revokes Visas For 6 Foreigners Over Charlie...
By AP NewsPhotos: YouTube Screenshots\Wikimedia CommonsThe Trump administration...
Nigeria Rejects US Accusations That Government Is “Facilitating”...
By Semafor Africa Photos: YouTube Screenshots\Wikimedia Commons Nigeria’s foreign...
Black People Always Knew I.C.E. Was Coming For Us
By W. Kamau Bell Photos: YouTube Screenshots In the wake of the horrific attack...
MR SONNY KNOWS for October 15, 2025
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A Supreme Court ruling on voting rights could boost Republicans'...
A Supreme Court case over Louisiana's congressional map could determine the future...
How Louisiana's Supreme Court case could gut the Voting...
Lawyers will argue over race-based voting discrimination.
Israel keeps Gaza border crossing closed while reducing...
The ceasefire on Wednesday was largely holding, although Hamas described Israeli...
Gaza latest: Major ceasefire dispute as Israel refutes...
Israel has threatened aid cuts in a dispute over the return of hostage bodies
What Does Cooking Oil Have to Do With the U.S.-China Trade...
Trump’s threat to stop U.S. purchases of the Chinese product comes as the U.S. was...
Israelis are identifying the second group of bodies handed...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel on Wednesday identified more bodies of dead hostages...
Remains of three more returned hostages identified as Trump...
The bodies of Uriel Baruch, Tamir Nimrodi and Eitan Levy were returned to Israel...
R&B And Soul Legend D’Angelo Dead At 51
R&B and soul legend D’Angelo has died, per Baller Alert. He was 51. On Tuesday (October...
Israel imposes new Gaza aid restrictions as truce comes...
Israeli forces kill several Palestinians in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire comes...
“I Love Hitler”: Leaked Messages Expose Young Republicans’...
By Politico Photos: YouTube\Wikimedia Commons NEW YORK — Leaders of Young Republican...
The Day I Knew Israel’s “Aggression” Had Turned Into Full-Blown...
By Plestia Alaqad Photos: Zeteo\Wikimedia Commons Today, the ‘war’ ended. This isn’t...
Neo-soul icon D’Angelo dead at age 51
Neo-soul icon D’Angelo, born Michael Eugene Archer, passed away on October 14 in...
Singer D'Angelo Dies Just Months After Angie Stone from...
Nationwide — Neo-soul icon D’Angelo — who shared a son with fellow singer Angie...
Billionaire Co-Founder of Home Depot Gives HBCUs in Atlanta...
Nationwide — Arthur Blank, co-founder of Home Depot and owner of the Atlanta Falcons...
Two Memphis Police Officers Arrested After Being Caught...
Nationwide — Two Memphis police officers, Albert Green, 40, and Raphael Willingham,...
14-Year-Old Black Boy Shot Dead While Playing Video Games...
Nationwide — Du’wan Morgan, a 14-year-old African American teen from Glasgow Village,...
Former NFL Player Says Police Detained Him, Confusing Him...
Nationwide — Wesley Leasy, a 53-year-old former NFL player who is African American,...
D’Angelo, Grammy-winning R&B singer who became an icon...
D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer recognized by his raspy yet smooth voice...
Black Mom Says Her 5-Year-Old Daughter is Unrecognizable...
Nationwide — Antavia Kennibrew, an African American mother from Cleveland, Ohio,...
America’s History, Says Lord Trump, Is Exactly What I Say...
By Jim Hightower Photos: Jim Hightower\Wikimedia Commons Our country’s magnificent...
‘I Will Not Break’: AG Letitia James Speaks Out After Federal...
New York Attorney General Letitia James made her first public appearance since being...
Madagascar President Flees Amid Youth Protests And Reported...
By Semafor Africa Photos: YouTube Screenshots A coup is under way in Madagascar,...
‘They’re Not Checking IDs’: Black Man Kidnapped By ICE...
A Black man in Chicago says he was wrongfully detained by Immigration and Customs...
European Union Pledges $13.3 billion To South Africa For...
By Semafor Africa Photos: YouTube Screenshots The European Union pledged to invest...
ICE’s Ongoing Invasion Of Chicago: “Then They Came For...
Robert C. Koehler Photos: YouTube Screenshots\Wikimedia Commons “Then they came...
The Writers Cypher Invites Wordsmiths to Join a One-of-a-Kind...
Nationwide — Writers’ Row Publishing House, a growing indie-book publisher, is excited...
First Known Black Female Two-Time Brain Aneurysm Survivor...
Nationwide — In an extraordinary triumph of faith, perseverance, and strength, Michelle...
Greater Cincinnati communities celebrate historic ceasefire...
The first step of a peace agreement between Israel and Hamas has been signed, leading...
Newspaper headlines: 'Two years of torment over' and Trump...
Every paper on Tuesday leads with the release of Israeli hostages, and the next...
How to help residents and communities after catastrophic...
Several organizations are asking for donations or contributing fundraiser proceeds...
Despite momentous ceasefire, the path for lasting peace...
President Donald Trump is hailing the ceasefire deal he brokered between Israel...
Madagascar's president flees country in fear for his life...
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina called for dialogue "to find a way out of this...
Schumer, Clinton give Trump credit for Gaza ceasefire,...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and former President Clinton gave...
Trump and World Leaders Sign Gaza Ceasefire Deal
We unpack what's in the peace deal, what brought the parties to the table and what...
As Israel celebrates the hostages’ homecoming, Trump basks...
On October 7, 2023, Kibbutz Nir Oz was all but burned to ashes, with over a quarter...
Trump and Abbas Share Moment of Rapprochement in Egypt
The Palestinian leader was recently denied a U.S. visa, preventing him from going...
Tears and cheers in West Bank and Gaza as nearly 2,000...
Israel freed almost 2,000 Palestinians from its jails on Monday as part of a Gaza...
Common Ground Foundation Celebrates 25 Years of Impact,...
For 25 years, the Common Ground Foundation has been a guiding force in shaping the...
What to know about the 20 living hostages released by Hamas
In return for the hostages, Israel will release nearly 2,000 detained Palestinians.
The two words Democrats are avoiding in praising the Israel-Hamas...
Most Democrats have notably omitted praising a key piece of the agreement between...
O.J. Simpson’s Defense Attorney Says 30Years After the...
OPINION: By Carl E. Douglas Thirty years ago, when the verdict in the O.J. Simpson...
Westchester under emergency declaration following weekend...
A National Weather Service flood warning remains in effect for areas of Westchester...
O.J. Simpson’s Defense Attorney Say 30Years After the Verdict,...
OPINION: By Carl E. Douglas Thirty years ago, when the verdict in the O.J. Simpson...
Key moments from a momentous day for Israelis and Palestinians
The last 20 living hostages held in Gaza were released on Monday, reuniting with...
Canadian Order of Ontario Poet Dwayne Morgan Celebrates...
Photos: YouTube Screenshots Toronto, On – Canadian Spoken Word artist, Order of...
ICE Raids Are Traumatizing Students in Chicago
Some students in Chicago aren’t going to school. Not because they don’t want to...