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Tiger Woods Avoids Jail After DUI Charge Reduced To Reckless Driving

Black Information Network - September 3, 2026

Tiger Woods avoided up to one year of jail time Wednesday (September 2) after reaching a plea deal that reduced his Florida DUI charge...

Lionel Richie back home after 3-day hospital stay

Black Information Network - September 3, 2026

Lionel Richie is back at his Los Angeles home and “doing great” after spending three days in the hospital following a concert in St....

Lizzo’s touring company wins lawsuit over former employee’s harassment claims

Black Information Network - September 2, 2026

Lizzo’s touring company has won its legal battle with a former employee who accused the company of racial and sexual harassment during the singer’s...

Al Sharpton won’t retract comments about Nolan Wells’ death amid defamation threat

Black Information Network - September 2, 2026

Rev. Al Sharpton is pushing back against a defamation lawsuit threat from three young men who were with 18-year-old Nolan Wells before he disappeared...

Money Matters: The State of Black Media – and Why Its Future Matters to Business

Contributing Writer - August 4, 2026

By Mark S. Lee, Contributing Columnist Black-owned media has long served as more than a source of news. It has been a trusted institution, an...

A Death Revives Concerns About Police Brutality Six Years After National Reckoning

Atlanta Daily World - July 27, 2026

Not everyone at Lloyd Gilmore’s funeral knew him well. One woman, who had ironed her clothes two days in advance, said she just wanted...

EPA Rollback Could Bring Dirtier Air to Black Communities

Word In Black - July 19, 2026

by Willy Blackmore For decades, highways and industrial corridors have exposed Black communities to disproportionate levels of diesel pollution. As the Trump administration eases clean truck...

The Place Where the Rainbow Never Ends

Atlanta Daily World - July 13, 2026

A brick, a beach, and a lesson that never stopped moving By Ben Jealous There is an old man in the movement who still brims with...

She’s 11 months from possible parole. Krystal Clark fears she won’t survive to see it.

Ebony JJ Curry, Senior Reporter - June 22, 2026

This story was originally reported by Ebony JJ Curry of The 19th. Meet Ebony and read more of their reporting on gender, politics...

When the Missing Stay Missing: The Crisis of Disappearing Black Americans

Word In Black - May 28, 2026

by Jennifer Porter Gore In January 1973, a 27-year-old Black woman named Cheryl Lanier vanished from San Francisco. No one filed a missing persons report for...

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