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So far, no Black lawmakers on Capitol Hill have called on Biden to step aside as the Democratic nominee. Why it matters.
Biden's support among Black lawmakers may not hold, but at the moment it's giving him major breathi…
John L. Dorman
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Beyoncé is upending country music. These 5 Black country artists are already feeling the effects.
Beyoncé's new album "Cowboy Carter" has sparked conversations about country music's history and dra…
Callie Ahlgrim
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A Massachusetts middle school lost its Catholic status after a dispute with the bishop over pride flags at school
"The flying of these flags in front of a Catholic school sends a mixed, confusing and scandalous me…
Katie Balevic
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Sabrina Carpenter says it was OK to film her horror-inspired video in a Catholic church because Jesus was a carpenter
Following the release of Sabrina Carpenter's video, a pastor in Brooklyn was stripped of his admini…
Amanda Goh
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Police arrested a man in connection with several building fires, including Black churches, across Jackson, Mississippi
Police in Jackson, Mississippi arrested a man in connection with seven fires across the state's cap…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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New study details how opposing racism is essential to Black faith despite religious affiliation
The study shows a link between Black faith and the fight for racial justice as pastors call on fait…
DeArbea Walker
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Black taxi drivers helped fuel the Montgomery Bus Boycott, even as they faced arrests and police pressure
Taxi drivers provided alternate transport for boycotters, lowering their fares to match bus fares.
Yoonji Han
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I went to college in the US and then enrolled at Oxford. I preferred college life in England with black-tie balls and no testing.
An American who attended Oxford after completing undergrad in Vermont compares US vs. UK college li…
Jennifer Barton Packer
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Louisiana arsonist who torched 3 Black churches to impress the black metal community sentenced to 25 years in prison
Holden Matthews, 23, the lead singer of a black metal band called the Vodka Vultures, set fire to t…
Naina Bhardwaj
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'This is Jim Crow in new clothes': Sen. Raphael Warnock delivers a forceful defense of voting rights, excoriates GOP-led voting restrictions
Warnock's focus on voter suppression in his maiden Senate speech led to a standing ovation in the c…
John L. Dorman
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A Georgia pastor wants his church to grow cannabis to attract more congregants and teach young Black men urban farming: 'I'm looking for people who smell like weed'
After facing some backlash, Pastor Jamal Bryant clarified that he wants to "show young people the a…
Taylor Ardrey
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Revealed: Vladimir Putin's secret Black Sea bunker
New diagrams of an underground doomsday complex on the Black Sea expose the Russian leader's obsess…
Mattathias Schwartz,Anastasii…
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More than 100 pastors call on Loeffler to stop spreading 'reprehensible falsehoods' about Warnock, denouncing them as 'an attack against the Black Church'
"Instead of playing the victim, start answering simple questions about what you've said and who you…
John L. Dorman
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Pope appoints first Black American cardinal in surprise announcement
Pope Francis announced that Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who was born in Chicago, wil…
Inyoung Choi
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A 17-year-old white supremacist apologized for her plot to attack a Black Georgia church and was sentenced to juvenile detention
Caitlyn Pye had a notebook detailing her plan to hurt Black churchgoers, a t-shirt that said "free …
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Ukrainian intelligence announces seizure of propaganda in Russian Orthodox church, blurs face of cat 'agent'
The Ukrainian government released a photo of intelligence agents who seized Russian passports and o…
Charles R. Davis
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I was a nun for 2 decades before leaving the convent to be with a woman. I stood up to the church for our right to marry.
Monica Hingston was a nun from the time she was 21 but rarely followed the rules. One day, she met …
Gary Nunn
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A Black pastor was arrested after pulling out a gun while under attack. The sheriff apologized, and now 5 alleged assailants face hate crimes charges.
"How dehumanizing … to look at this mob of individuals cheering on the sidelines waving as I was ca…
Rhea Mahbubani
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Atlanta megachurch pastor apologizes for saying that people might find 'white blessing' more palatable than 'white privilege'
People "miss the blessing of slavery that it actually built up the framework for the world that whi…
Rhea Mahbubani
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The first Catholic bishop to take the knee at a Black Lives Matter rally got a call from Pope Francis
"I told him I felt it was very important at this time to show our solidarity to those who are suffe…