2026 Mid-Term Elections
2026 Mid-Terms: We’re Voting For Our Children’s Future
By Paul Hellweg: Polls show that the biggest issues for U.S. voters in 2026 are the economy and cost of living. We need to reconsider. As a working…
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Racial Justice
Is Mississippi Covering Up How Nolan Wells Died To Protect White Killers From Politically Prominent Families?
Wednesday, hundreds of angry New York City residents held a demonstration, in Union Square, to protest the suspicious death of Nolan Wells—and how his case was unjustly dismissed…
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Africa
All International coverageThe continent on its own terms — politics, money and power from Lagos to Nairobi.
Caribbean: Guyanese Oil & ExxonMobil
Guyana Has A Duty To Safeguard Its Resource Returns
By Hon. Albert Baldeo: U.S. Ambassador Nicole Theriot is advocating for American commercial interests. Our Government must defend Guyanese interests with equal resolve. Guyana’s oil wealth must secure…
U.S. & Black America
All Business coveragePolitics, justice and civic life, reported from the communities they affect.
Southern Soul Meets Times Square: Kevin Kelley’s Bold Culinary Triumph
By Ann Cooper: The exterior wall that borders West 41st street is a picturesque mural with images of the menu and the words “Big City Energy Meets Southern…
Investigations
All Crime coverageAccountability journalism. Power, money and institutions — on the record.
Racial Policing
“Pattern Or Practice Of Civil Rights Violations”: DOJ Reaches Settlement With Lexington, Mississippi Regarding Lexington Police Department’s Unlawful Policing Practices
The following statement was released Friday by the Justice Department on “an out-of-court settlement agreement with the City of Lexington, Mississippi,” regarding a DOJ report which found that…
Opinion
The International Criminal Court Is Under Attack—And “Law And Order” Republicans Are Leading The Charge
By Lawrence Wittner Photos: Wikimedia Commons On October 9, only hours after the announcement of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay, (below) a former…
Gov. Whitmer And President Grasso: Evidence Too Serious For Silence—Michigan Must Investigate Cassandra Fameux Case
Black Star News Editorial Photos: Wikimedia Commons|Facebook|Others Above: Gov. Whitmer (middle) should learn some lessons from New York's Gov. Hochul Police investigated and recommended a criminal charge. A…
Hochul Appoints Letitia James Special Prosecutor In Cornell Alleged Gang-Rape Case—Why Is Michigan’s Whitmer Still Silent On Cassandra Fameux?
Black Star News Editorial Photos: YouTube Screenshots|Wikimedia Commons|Others Governor Kathy Hochul (above) with NY AG Letitia James. And Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (below middle) . A tale of…