
At 72, Sharpton's Harlem Pulpit Still Pulls the Powerful Uptown
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Gov. Kathy Hochul, and DA Alvin Bragg turned Rev. Al Sharpton's birthday into a Saturday morning rally — and a reminder of where New York power still checks in.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Gov. Kathy Hochul, and DA Alvin Bragg turned Rev. Al Sharpton's birthday into a Saturday morning rally — and a reminder of where New York power still checks in.

Homecoming season is here, and the films and shows that got Black college life right did more than entertain — they sent a generation to campus.

Democrats have momentum, Republicans have money, and Trump's approval sits at 31 percent. With a month left, the races that decide Congress run straight through Black and Latino districts.

The president gave himself an "A+" in Texas this week. Voters worried about food, fuel and a war most of them oppose are grading on a different curve.

OWN's new film follows Team Dream — 12 Black women who showed up to a national volleyball championship and found out they were making history.

A new Cengage survey finds 77% of recent grads say employers want too much experience for entry-level roles — and for first-generation grads, the math is brutal.

The Texas congresswoman is amplifying a Mississippi family's demand for answers after their 18-year-old son was found dead on an island — and officials called it no foul play.

A new pro bono defense argues the 19-year-old's trial was closed to the public and that the judge tipped his hand to reporters. Here's what's at stake.

As the US-Israel war on Iran grinds into its fifth month, Tehran fired on American bases, oil prices spiked, and the human toll kept climbing from Gaza to the West Bank.

From the 26th BET Awards in LA to Broadway's first Black Nominee Soirée in New York, June turned into a season-long celebration of Black excellence and community.

On the 63rd anniversary of Dr. King's 'I Have a Dream' speech, a new coalition is marching to protect Black political power after the Supreme Court gutted a core voting protection.

Three years into the war on Gaza, Palestine has won the culture. A new Zeteo essay asks the harder question: why hasn't that changed a single policy?

Seven months after the Heritage Foundation dropped its newest blueprint, the quietest chapter may be the most consequential one for Black women and Black LGBTQ+ families.

The nation's oldest civil rights group has launched a multi-state town hall tour, betting that federal budget math explained face-to-face is what moves Black voters in 2026.

At a rally in Vandalia, Trump predicted Republicans would "win big" on November 3. In Ohio's cities and working-class suburbs, the math starts with prices nobody can ignore.

The XCEL Summit for Men has published its October 2026 roster — a lineup that puts gospel royalty, a media mogul, an astronaut-turned-investor and a Hall of Famer in the same room.

From HBCU coverage to personal finance to April Ryan on the Hill, a Black-owned media platform shows what it looks like to cover a whole community, not a caricature.




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