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A California panel has called for billions in reparations for descendants of slaves

10:00am May 07, 2023

by The Associated Press

California's reparations task force has voted to approve recommendations on how the state may compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies.

Aaron Banks, 38, and his son Aaron Banks, Jr., 8, embrace at a local park on Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Cedar Park, Texas. "The image of the average gun enthusiast needs an update," the elder Banks said. Banks is president of Keep Firing LLC and one of 24 pistol instructors certified by the National African American Gun Association.

These are the faces of the rising number of Black gun owners in the U.S.

7:52am October 14, 2022

by Ciera Crawford

Black gun ownership dates back to before the country's founding. In "Armed Doesn't Mean Dangerous," photographer Christian K. Lee captures the growing number of Black Americans who own firearms.

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Members of the Full Circle Everest team pose for a photo on Mount Rainier earlier this year. Next year, group members hope to become the first all-Black team to reach the top of Mount Everest.

A mountaineering group is aiming to be the 1st all-Black team to climb Mount Everest

7:00am October 09, 2021

by Sharon Pruitt-Young

The Full Circle Everest team will be scaling Everest next year in an attempt to make history. But it's not just about the climb. They also want to inspire Black people to explore the outdoors.

After the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., news organizations started to keep their own tallies of deaths, which turned out to be higher than the government's numbers.

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More than 17,000 deaths caused by police have been misclassified since 1980

2:51pm October 01, 2021

by Martin Kaste

Public health data experts have a new way to calculate the under-reporting of people killed by police. Criminologists call the results "interesting," but are reserving judgment on the accuracy.

A movie released online by Children's Health Defense, an anti-vaccine group headed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., resurfaces disproven claims about the dangers of vaccines and targets its messages at Black Americans who may have ongoing concerns about racism i

An Anti-Vaccine Film Targeted To Black Americans Spreads False Information

8:57pm June 08, 2021

by Will Stone

A recent movie produced by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine group tries to capitalize on the COVID-19 pandemic, the racial justice movement and renewed interest in the history of medical racism.

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Rev. Rodrick Burton has been discussing the importance of vaccines during Bible Study and Sunday Services at his predominantly Black church.

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St. Louis Pastors Encourage Black Congregations To Get Vaccinated

3:39pm March 23, 2021

by Andrea Henderson

St. Louis has asked Black clergy to encourage church members to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Pastors are preaching about it, talking it up at Bible study and even offering churches as vaccination sites.

Dr. Ala Stanford and her staff at a coronavirus testing site in Pennsylvania. Stanford created the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium and sends mobile test units into neighborhoods.

Health & Safety

The Black Doctors Working To Make Coronavirus Testing More Equitable

6:57pm October 01, 2020

by Nina Feldman

Dr. Ala Stanford was frustrated by systemic barriers preventing Black residents from getting tests. She created the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium and sends mobile test units into neighborhoods.

African Americans and other underrepresented minorities make up only about 5% of the people in genetics research studies.

Neuroscience Has A Whiteness Problem. This Research Project Aims To Fix It

9:59pm September 24, 2020

by Jon Hamilton

People of African ancestry have been excluded from many studies of brain disorders. In Baltimore, scientists, doctors and community leaders are working to make neuroscience research more diverse.

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Police Settlements: How The Cost Of Misconduct Impacts Cities And Taxpayers

7:00am September 19, 2020

by Cheryl Corley

Payouts range from multi-million-dollars to far less but the financial impact is often overlooked. One argument in the protests over policing is that funds for police could be better used elsewhere.

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The choir at Meadowridge Baptist church in Fort Worth, Texas, performs at a worship service in October 2019.

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Multiracial Congregations May Not Bridge Racial Divide

11:48am July 17, 2020

by Tom Gjelten

The number of multiracial churches is growing in the United States, but the leaders of color who work in them still see attitudes of white supremacy.