Posts by Nicole Martinez
The State of Black America’s Drug Overdose Epidemic
People of color struggling with addiction have long been penalized, not helped, allowing addiction and overdoses to continue unchecked.
Read MoreMaryland’s Black Caucus Leadership: Driven by Faith and Service
Delegates Jheanelle Wilkins, Stephanie Smith, Karen Toles, and Melissa Wells are blending politics and purpose.
Read MoreSchool May Be the Only Doctor Some Black Kids Ever See
If the GOP’s Big Beautiful Bill Act is passed, cuts to Medicaid will result in slashed school-based health services, putting health at risk.
Read MoreA look at the Met Museum’s exhibition on Black dandyism
The museum’s latest exhibit, which inspired the 2025 Met Gala, pays homage to the fashion of Black dandies.
Read MoreNorwalk students receive full scholarships to historically Black college: ‘Truly a gift’
Two high school students will head to Livingstone College this fall, thanks to a scholarship to the historically Black school.
Read MoreTulsa’s new Black mayor proposes $100M trust to ‘repair’ impact of 1921 Race Massacre
Mayor Nichols does not call the payments “reparations” because it’s a loaded term, and the approach will focus on racial repair generally.
Read MoreHarvard relinquishes possession of slave photos after years-long dispute
A descendant of the subject of some photos has allowed Harvard to keep ownership in as long as the photos became publically available.
Read MoreTrappist abbey’s meditation garden honors enslaved people who once worked the land
What was once a plantation is now a Catholic Abby overseen by the first Black Catholic bishop in South Carolina.
Read MoreThey were shot by police at the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. ‘I came home a different person’
Thousands of activists protested after George Floyd’s murder, and many of them bear the scars five years later.
Read MoreMay 25, 2020: Remembering when George Floyd’s murder ignited Milwaukee and the nation five years ago
Kenosha, Wisconsin was just one city where a protest against police violence made headlines after George Floyd’s murder in 2020.
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