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By HILLEL ITALIEJanuary 7, 2022 NEW YORK (AP) — Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, and became the first

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s governor on Wednesday posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy, the Black man whose arrest for refusing to leave a whites-only railroad car

By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor In 2021, 440 bills to restrict voting access were introduced in 49 states. Nineteen states passed 34 new laws making it

40 Years Strong: A Look Toward the Future In January 2022, the City of Dallas will host its 40th annual celebration of the life and legacy of Dr.

State climatologist: Texas had hottest December since 1889 COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Last month was the hottest December in Texas since at least 1889, state Climatologist John

By JAKE COYLE NEW YORK (AP) — Beneath a pale winter light and the glare of television cameras, it seemed hard not to see the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol

“Growing up at the paper, it was a daily thing for the family. We had family chores and Journal chores.” A teacher and educated wordsmith, Thatch had an

By KATHLEEN FOODY CHICAGO (AP) — More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to the highest

By ALAN FRAM and HOPE YEN WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said Sunday he cannot back his party’s signature $2 trillion social and environment bill, dealing a potentially

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Nearly $100 billion at minimum has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programs set up to help businesses and people who lost their jobs due to