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The additional ICE agents are being sent in response to a fraud scandal in Minnesota that Trump is weaponizing to attack Somali immigrants.

Kwanzaa teaches Black folks that they are allowed to build meaning deliberately, community can be centered, and identity does not have to be mediated through whiteness.

St. Susanna Parish, a Catholic church in Dedham, Massachusetts, is refusing to remove a Nativity scene that includes an anti-ICE message.

There are thousands of students like me who are juggling jobs, classes, food insecurity, and now a shutdown that threatens to pull the rug out from under us.

Just a day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed at Utah Valley University, multiple HBCUs were forced into lockdown following threats. 

Now, despite drops in youth crime and on the heels of Hurricane Katrina’s 20th anniversary, Trump has asserted control in D.C. and encouraged law enforcement to “knock the hell” out of young people “because it is the only language they understand.” I’ve worked with youth for 15 years, and I know our young people to understand the language of care. They can feel that care when we end the criminalization of our children, and pass legislation like the People’s Response Act [summerlee.house.gov], which offers tangible opportunities and solutions to help our children by including funding for workforce development, mentorship, and afterschool programs. Here in New Orleans, we need compassionate adults to join It Takes a Village NOLA and pledge to provide the support young people need as we work to dismantle the systems that harm us.

Although I was born before Hurricane Katrina, this experience brought me closer to the stories told by my mother and grandmother.

Writer Melanie Dione reflects on leaving New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and returning years later to do climate justice work.

In this commentary, writer Corey Richardson waxes poetic on all things nostalgic and explains why we all need to learn to let go of the past.

NewsOne is honored to showcase a small selection of L. Kasimu Harris' award-winning photography—sharing a glimpse of true Black excellence.

In this op-ed, Dr. Stacey Patton discusses "Return to the Land," the self-described homesteading "utopia" founded for white people only.

On June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof opened fire in Charleston, South Carolina's revered Emanuel AME church, killing 9 people.