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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 20h

"Black people, far from being inferior or separate from other Americans, have long been the moral vanguard for the entire country," Erin Aubry Kaplan writes. wordinblack.com/2025/10/trum...

The Purging of Black Officials Makes Latent Racism Official Policy

Trump's message: White mediocrity is preferable to Black achievement.

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 2d

From film to science to sound, these five MacArthur "geniuses" are making the future Black and brilliant.

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Meet the 5 MacArthur 'Geniuses' Making the Future Black and Brilliant

From film to science to sound, these innovators are changing the world for the better.

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 2d

Black preaching has always been about survival and revival. And Rev. Dr. Kelly U. Farrow wants to ensure the next generation of preachers knows how to do both: “We teach preaching as formation — not performance.”
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Black Preaching Has Always Been About Survival and Revival

Rev. Dr. Kelly U. Farrow wants to ensure the next generation of preachers knows how to do both.

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 2d

Black transplant recipients share how receiving organs changed their lives in "On Borrowed Time," a series by Word In Black's Anissa Durham that examines systems that help or hurt Black patients: wordinblack.com/call-that-sa...

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 2d

Thousands wait for organs that never come — and 5,000 die on transplant lists each year. Black Americans share how transplants changed their lives in Word In Black's "On Borrowed Time" series by Anissa Durham on policies affecting Black patients: wordinblack.com/call-that-sa...

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 2d

Trump’s cuts will make getting a heart transplant even harder for Black patients who already struggle to maintain Medicaid coverage. Read more from "On Borrowed Time," our series that examines systems that hurt or help Black patients in need of an organ transplant: wordinblack.com/2025/09/the-...

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 3d

Pulitzer winner Percival Everett linked book bans to fascism — and reminded us why every page turned is resistance. “When we read, we become critical. We’re open to ideas. We think,” he said. “And that’s what fascists do not want us to do."
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Percival Everett: 'Reading Is the Most Subversive Thing We Can Do'

The Pulitzer winner linked book bans to fascism — and reminded us why every page turned is resistance.

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 4d

Opponents of Project Marvel — a massive data center set for the majority-Black city of Bessemer, Alabama — want to know why the mayor and others have signed non-disclosure agreements preventing them from talking about it.
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Why Are Plans for This Alabama Data Center So Hush-Hush?

Officials in Bessemer, Alabama, are mum on Project Marvel, a proposed data center the size of 18 Walmart Supercenters.

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 4d

Too many Black Americans wait longer for transplants — and some never get the chance they deserve. We’re asking Black voices across the country: What does organ donation mean to you?

Take our quick survey — your answers can save lives: wordinblack.com/organ-donati...

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 5d

California has surged past the South and other regions in reversing racial and ethnic integration among children. Here's why.
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CA Leads U.S. in De Facto School Segregation. Here's Why

The Golden State has surged past the South and other regions in reversing racial and ethnic integration among children.

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 5d

In an all-too-familiar occurrence, four more people have died after consuming listeria-tainted food. These repeated food-borne illness outbreaks are raising concerns about access to safe, affordable meals for Black families under the Trump administration.
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Another Deadly Contaminated-Food Recall Spotlights Trump Cuts

Repeated foodborne illness outbreaks raise concerns about access to safe and affordable meals.

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 7d

Rev. William J. Barber II, the architect of the Moral Monday movement, says low-wage voters could reshape U.S. politics, but only if leaders take their needs seriously: "51% of our children, even before Trump, were in poverty."
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Rev. Barber: Ignore Poor People at Your Own Risk

The architect of the Moral Monday movement says low-wage voters could reshape U.S. politics, but only if leaders take their needs seriously.

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Jesse Hagopian @jessehagopian.bsky.social · 7d

Who fears critical thinking?

In my new @wordinblacknews.bsky.social article, I show how the @zinnedproject.bsky.social’s “Teach Truth on Constitution Day” campaign teaches which rights it doesn’t protect—& how the rights we have were won by struggle. ✊🏾

#TeachTruth
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No Wonder the Right Suppresses Lessons on the Constitution

Educator and activist Jesse Hagopian writes that teaching truth doesn’t harm kids — it prepares them to fight for justice.

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 8d

To thrive in the A.I. era, sociologist and professor Ruha Benjamin told Spelman College students that Black women must resist forces that would erase or marginalize them, imagine themselves empowered, and engage in individual acts of resistance.
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Ruha Benjamin: In A.I. Era, Black Women Must Reclaim Tomorrow

At Spelman, Benjamin urged Black women to push back against forces that would erase them and engage in individual acts of resistance.

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 8d

Are Black students more likely to succeed in two-parent homes? Harvard’s Christina J. Cross says focusing on family structure masks deeper systemic barriers to academic achievement and success.
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Are Black Students More Likely to Succeed in Two-Parent Homes?

Harvard’s Christina J. Cross says focusing on family structure masks deeper systemic barriers to academic achievement and success.

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 9d

Shutdowns don’t just pause government. They suspend lives — and @mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social says it’s time to stop treating the vulnerable as expendable.
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The Sacrificed

Shutdowns don’t just pause government. They suspend lives — and Dr. Mustafa Ali says it’s time to stop treating the vulnerable as expendable.

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 9d

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 10d

A bill on California Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk faces fierce debate over equity, legality, and America’s unfinished history. Read more: wordinblack.com/2025/10/cali...

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 10d

Ruth Forman's poetry and children’s books carry a core truth: Black children deserve joy, affirmation, and the healing power of love. And her latest story, “Do I Love You? Yes I Do!” is set to arrive on shelves in January.
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Do We Love You? Ruth Forman Says Yes

Forman's poetry and children’s books carry a core truth: Black children deserve joy, affirmation, and the healing power of love.

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 10d

Bobby Faithful V doesn’t know what will kill him first: his brain tumor, failing heart, the infection in his device, or another Medicaid denial. In "On Borrowed Time," WIB's Anissa Durham examines systems affecting Black transplant patients: wordinblack.com/on-borrowed-...

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 10d

Trump’s EPA wants to roll back greenhouse gas reporting, which climate justice correspondent Willy Blackmore says will “leave the U.S. blind” in the fight against climate change.
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One Weird Trick to Fix the Climate Crisis

Trump’s EPA wants to roll back greenhouse gas reporting, leaving the U.S. blind in the fight against climate change.

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 12d

@mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social says we must decide whether AI serves empire — or liberation. And if we don’t own our data, we’ll be owned by those who do.
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Justice in the Algorithm

Dr. Mustafa Ali says we must decide whether AI serves empire — or liberation. And if we don’t own our data, we’ll be owned by those who do.

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 14d

Listen! The line to see @crockett.house.gov speak at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s annual conference is long!

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 14d

Why did some Black men vote for Donald Trump? Rep. Maxine Waters tells WIB’s Joseph Williams that many haven’t had the careers, jobs, or opportunities they need. But she warns that folks who believe you change things “by appealing to those who have power — they don’t understand power.”

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 15d

Black women are often told to endure pain — and the debate over acetaminophen use during pregnancy is no different. The AFRO’s Frances "Toni" Draper says Black women "don’t need lectures about resilience. We need expanded access to maternal health care."
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Tough it Out? Been There, Done That

Black women have been told to endure pain for generations. We deserve policy, not slogans.

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