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ST. LOUIS — With a 2.0 high school GPA, Xavier Hickman thought college was unattainable.
But mentors in the TRIO Upward Bound Program challenged him to not limit himself. A low GPA didn’t have to block him from going to the next level. Hickman’s family didn’t have much, and the program was designed for students in exactly that sit...
As the murder trial of Karmelo Anthony unfolds this week, a controversial law that disproportionately affects Black and brown youth accused of serious crimes remains at the center of the case.
Anthony, now 19, is facing first-degree murder charges in the April 2025 fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf. The incident occurred after a seating dispute under a s...
Over the years, Gabrielle Wyatt has heard directly from Black women nationally who described wealth as not only earnings, but about the conditions to live fully with financial freedom, abundance of choice, belonging, and thriving health.
With the attack on Black economic and political power, Black women have been hit the hardest,
This is the second story in a series on “climate gentrification.” Support for this series was provided by The Neal Peirce Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting journalism on ways to make cit...
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana Republicans on Friday approved a new congressional map that erodes Black voting power in the state — eliminating a majority-Black district established in 2024 that gave residents there an opportunity to elect the candidate of their choice.
Friday’s move comes one month after the U.S. Supreme Court found that the lines of the...