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There’s a story unfolding at the Scarborough Renaissance Festival that challenges who gets to be seen—and remembered—in “Renaissance” spaces. Celebrating its 45th season, the Festival,...

The Louisiana Voting Rights Act (LAVRA), introduced by Senator Royce Duplessis, was heard before the Louisiana Senate & Governmental Affairs Committee. Also known as SB...

By: Fred Smith Jeremy Plater has emerged as a key contributor to NASA’s groundbreaking Artemis II mission, a historic step in humanity’s return to the...

By: Fred Smith In 1961, nine Black college students in Jackson took a quiet but powerful stand against segregation by entering a whites-only public li-...

Glenn Heights Mayor Pro Tem Travis Bruton was re-elected to the National League of Cities (NLC) Board of Directors last week by NLC’s membership at...

the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) welcomed 122 new Texas Highway Patrol Troopers from Recruit Class C-2025 during a graduation ceremony at Austin Ridge...

By: Travis McGee To be young gifted and black was a song recorded in 1969 by Nina Simone and later covered by legendary singers Aretha...

More than 100 Black women leaders across the United States are hosting community viewings and conversations around the Oscar-nominated documentary The Perfect Neighbor, transforming the...

An extraordinary opportunity awaits community-minded college students. Bank of America’s prestigious Student Leaders paid summer internship program is actively seeking applications from emerging leaders ready...

GLENN HEIGHTS, TX – Before an audience of residents, regional partners, civic leaders, and elected officials, Mayor Sonja A. Brown delivered the 2026 State of...