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2026 midterms biggest shift in Texas politics since Reconstruction, historian says
“Texans have always been contrary.”
Triad Business Bank renews criticism of M&F Bank deal
Greensboro’s Triad Business Bank launched more criticism of the plan by Durham-based M&F Bancorp, to merge into a larger African-American-owned peer, Optus Financial of Columbia, South Carolina. M&F has rebuffed offers since August from Triad, which hopes to derail M&F’s combination with Optus in a transaction valued at about $105 million. M&F plans a Nov. […]
Spurred by Pulitzer Prize-winner's visit, business leaders grapple with state's housing crisis
The capital of Georgia — a city of more than 500,000 people nearly 1,200 miles away, where African-Americans outnumber their white counterparts — bears a striking similarity to New Hampshire’s capital. In Atlanta, like in Concord and countless municipalities across the country, housing costs have far eclipsed what working people can afford. Brian Goldstone, journalist […]
Do workers stay quiet about their health conditions?
It’s a stressful situation, researchers from the Institute for Work and Health say.
Pa. advocates fear Medicaid cuts, work requirements could impact those with serious illnesses, mental health issues
Changes to Medicaid under H.R. 1 include new work requirements and restrictions on who is eligible for the safety net insurance program.
The Hidden Garden: Science, profit and the human cost of ‘HeLa’ cells
“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” tells the story of an ordinary African-American whose cells were taken without her knowledge.
Jesse Jackson obituary: charismatic civil rights leader who ran for president
Jackson was a protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. before carving out his own place in the African-American struggle