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African Americans
Kathleen Untalan

Beyond the prison walls: Three formerly incarcerated family members share stories of trauma, survival, and reentry at Bakersfield Black August event

After spending 32 years behind prison walls, Brian Keith Stafford was finally free. Someone took him shopping, and amid all the things he had to relearn about the outside world, he noticed something that most people would probably never give a second thought- the underwear came in different colors. In shock, he called his mother saying, “Mama, they got different colors underwear.”

Kathleen Untalan August 18, 2026
African Americans
News Observed

August Is Black Business Month. Few Know Who Started It

Founded in 2004 by engineer Frederick E. Jordan Sr. and historian John William Templeton, National Black Business Month enters its 23rd observance as Black entrepreneurship — led by Black women — posts some of its strongest growth in decades.

News Observed August 17, 2026
African Americans
News Observed

Poll: One in Four Young Black Men Uncommitted to Voting in 2026

A survey of more than 1,600 registered Black men ages 18–45 in six battleground states finds they overwhelmingly value voting — but a quarter are not yet committed to casting a ballot in the midterms, and no one appears to track what campaigns actually spend to reach them.

News Observed August 8, 2026
African Americans
News Observed

The Paperwork Problem Quietly Taking Black Families’ Land

Heirs’ property — land passed down without a will — is the leading cause of involuntary Black land loss, putting an estimated 3.5 million acres worth more than $28 billion at risk across the South. Here is how the mechanism works, and what remedies exist.

News Observed August 8, 2026
African Americans
Stefi Mar

Predatory Auto Lending Exploits Black Consumers

Nearly 92 percent of American households rely on a personal vehicle to manage their daily lives.  Consumers shopping for a vehicle in May learned that the average cost of a new car was $49,307, and that used cars averaged $25,918, according to Cox Automotive.

Stefi Mar August 4, 2026
African Americans
Stefi Mar

COMMENTARY: We Lived It: Why a Different World Still Matters Today — an Ode to HBCUs

Some shows you watch. Others shape you. A Different World did both. It gave us one of our first real glimpses into life at an HBCU, where Black excellence, growth, struggle, and purpose all coexisted. It wasn’t just entertainment; it was a vision. It showed us that college wasn’t just possible; it was ours.

Stefi Mar August 4, 2026
African Americans
Stefi Mar

OP-ED: ‘The Trusted Messenger’ and the Black Vote

It is a well-established fact that the Black Press is and always has been the “Trusted Messenger” of the Black community. With that being said, it is also very interesting that when many political organizations and donors decided to support Voter Registration and Get Out The Vote, those donors gave their dollars predominantly to Black organizations like the Urban League, the NAACP, the League of Voters, and other nonprofit groups.

Stefi Mar August 4, 2026
Health
Kathleen Untalan

Silent Cry: The Unseen Toll of Infant Loss on Black Families in California

Across the United States, Black parents experience infant loss at rates twice as high as their white counterparts. In California, Black infants die at nearly three times the rate of white babies, a disparity that persists in Kern County, where socioeconomic challenges leave infants dying at triple the rate of white babies as well.

Kathleen Untalan July 29, 2026
African Americans
Stefi Mar

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

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 to be there for his family. School-age children, guided by their parents, approached his open casket in the sanctuary of Cornerstone Baptist Church and peeked inside. Other people looked away.

Stefi Mar July 29, 2026
African Americans
Stefi Mar

Fed Court to Decide Landmark First Amendment Case

On July 22, 2026 three federal judges in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals  in Atlanta – Chief Judge William Pryor, Judge Jill Pryor and Judge Andrew Brasher – heard oral arguments in the appeal of the 2024 unconstitutional conspiracy conviction of the Uhuru 3.

Stefi Mar July 29, 2026
African Americans
Stefi Mar

Saving Black Mothers Starts Outside the Hospital

For much of the developed world, childbirth has become safer with each passing generation. Medical advances, better prenatal care, and stronger public health systems have dramatically reduced the chances that bringing a child into the world would cost a woman her life.

Stefi Mar July 29, 2026