Mass Shootings & American Gun Violence
Are we angry enough yet? Haven’t our hearts been broken enough times? Are we ready to act now? How many more children do we have to lose? These…
Police Killings & Murders Of Black Americans
So, a Black baby boy is shot dead, inside a car, by a reckless cop, and no one is to be held accountable? And Mississippi’s white attorney general…
Mid-Term Elections 2025 & American Democracy
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The continent on its own terms — politics, money and power from Lagos to Nairobi.
Genocide In Sudan
By Eisa Dafalla: Mohammed Salman’s three children still call out for their father. They are 3, 5, and 7, and they believe he has only gone out on…
Politics, justice and civic life, reported from the communities they affect.
Fighting Flooding & Protecting Drinking Water
NEW YORK – Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani, Governor Kathy Hochul and Central Park Conservancy President and CEO Betsy Smith today announced the groundbreaking of the North End Recirculation…
NCNW 62nd National Convention
Accountability journalism. Power, money and institutions — on the record.
Killing On GW Bridge By Cop
The family of a 46-year-old married father of two who died after being shot in a suspected road rage incident on the George Washington Bridge earlier this week…
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…
A United Nations Human Rights Council resolution on October 7 calling for concrete action against systemic racism should have been an opportunity for governments to demonstrate their commitment…
By Milton Allimadi: Attorneys for the court-appointed receivership overseeing Complete Business Solutions Group (CBSG), also known as Par Funding, billed the estate for reading Black Star News investigative…
