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US President Jimmy Carter waving from Air Force One in 1977. National Archives and Records Administration by Jared Mondschein, University of Sydney Former US president Jimmy Carter, a man defined by his humility and idealism, has died at 100. Many US presidents come from modest upbringings. Born in Plains, Georgia, Jimmy Carter’s Depression-era childhood was […]

Richard Dean Parsons, a distinguished leader in corporate America renowned for his roles at Time Warner and Citigroup, died Thursday at his Manhattan home. He was 76. Parsons, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2015, had scaled back his professional commitments in recent years due to complications from the disease. Lazard, the financial services […]

**FILE** Rayful Edmond III (Courtesy of NBC Washington) Rayful Edmond III, whose name became synonymous with Washington, D.C.’s crack cocaine epidemic and its deadly consequences, died suddenly Tuesday at the age of 60. Edmond, who spent more years in prison than out, was found dead at a Florida facility akin to a halfway house, according […]

Female guards at Belsen concentration camp in 1945, photographed by the American Army. RKive / Alamy by Angharad Hampshire, York St John University Between 1939 and 1945, around 10% of concentration camp guards were women, yet these Aufseherinnen (overseers) as they were known, barely feature in Holocaust history or literature. On the few occasions they do […]

Shoppers line up with returns and exchanges at L.L. Bean in Freeport, Maine, on Dec. 26, 2010. Jill Brady/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images by Huseyn Abdulla, University of Tennessee In 2018, L.L. Bean ended its century-old “lifetime” return policy, limiting returns to one year after purchase and requiring receipts. The demise of this popular […]

Kwanzaa celebration, family lighting the kinara candle together at home in spirit of unity – Getty Images stock photo by Frank Dobson, Vanderbilt University On Dec. 26, millions throughout the world’s African community will start weeklong celebrations of Kwanzaa. There will be daily ceremonies with food, decorations and other cultural objects, such as the kinara, […]

Photo: Getty Images Black student enrollment at Harvard Law has drastically decreased following the Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action last year, according to a new report. On Monday (December 16), a New York Times report revealed that Harvard Law enrolled only 19 first-year Black students, or just 3.4 percent of the class, the lowest […]

Photo: Getty Images A Georgia woman claims she was denied a promotion at PNC Bank because she’s a Black single mother. According to WSBTV, Brandie Falice filed a discrimination lawsuit against PNC Bank in an attempt to seek justice for herself and other Black single mothers who have faced similar situations. “It was very disrespectful […]

BO DIDDLEY DECEMBER 25 1760—The first poem written by a Black person and published in America is published on Christmas day 1760. It was written by Jupiter Hammon—a slave in Long Island, N.Y., who was allowed to attend school. The poem was entitled “An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries.” Ham­mon also wrote […]

The U.S. Department of Justice has issued its sixth annual report to Congress, detailing efforts to combat elder abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. During this period, the department pursued over 300 enforcement actions against more than 700 defendants accused of stealing nearly $700 million from approximately 225,000 […]