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The Black Cemetery Network, formed in the Tampa Bay area, hosted its first national conference in St. Petersburg. Founder ...

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In just over a year since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, his administration has moved aggressively to carry out major provisions of Project 2025, a 900‑page policy blueprint ...

Stanley Black & Decker said it will eliminate roughly 300 positions in New Britain, Connecticut, and close a manufacturing facility that produces single-sided tape measures as part of its ongoing ...

The Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, in partnership with several McCrorey Heights residents, filed a temporary restraining order Monday against the state to pause the Interstate 77 ...

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Teachers and students can access free Zinn Education Project resources, from lesson plans to virtual workshops, to explore Black history with honesty, depth, and urgency. (Photo Credit: Unsplash / Sam ...

After the institution’s board declared it the Trump Kennedy Center, a lot of signage around the building is in the midst of a makeover. By Julia Jacobs Reporting from Washington Precisely when it ...

In a new take on a technology from the 1960s, this year, researchers created a cassette tape that uses DNA instead of iron oxide to encode information on a plastic tape. It can hold a phenomenal ...