Topic: black americans

A voter takes a sticker after casting their ballot on the final day of early voting ahead of the midterm elections in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Oct. 31, 2026. (AM STEWART / AFP via Getty Images)

Black voters’ election night surprise

Heather Digby Parton
A Juneteenth flag flies on a float during the 45th annual Juneteenth National Independence Day celebrations in Galveston, Texas, on June 15, 2024. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump can’t stop this Juneteenth

Tatyana Tandanpolie
A better looks over their Super Bowl LVIII betting slip tickets (Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images)

The racial costs of sports betting

Jerel Ezell
Stethscope on pile of US banknotes (PhotoAlto/Odilon Dimier via Getty Images)

Against crowdfunding for medical debt

Noam N. Levey - KFF Health News
Nikole Hannah-Jones in "The 1619 Project." (Patti Perret/Hulu)

1619 on TV: "Justice requires repair"

Melanie McFarland
Empty pews and stained glass windows in church (Getty Images/ Monashee Frantz)

Can churches help those in crisis?

Brad R. Fulton - The Conversation
(YouTube/Joe Biden)

Will Black youth turn out the vote?

Sam Fulwood III, David C. Barker - The Conversation
A protester holds a sign that says, "FINISH TRUMP" with the Finish in red dripping letters among the large protest crowd in Foley Square (Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images)

A long river of struggle in America

Matthew Countryman - The Conversation
Killer Mike (Dan Medhurst)

Inside Killer Mike's new America

D. Watkins
(AP/Evan Vucci)

Whoopi calls BS on Pres. Trump's claims

Sarah K. Burris - Raw Story
(Getty/Kena Betancur)

Can Dems protect black Americans?

Ebony Slaughter-Johnson - Alternet
(Getty/Thearon W. Henderson)

Race and football fandom

Tamir Sorek, Robert G. White - The Conversation
A kit with naloxone, also known by its brand name Narcan, is displayed at the South Jersey AIDS Alliance in Atlantic City, N.J. on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. An overdose of opiates essentially makes the body forget to breathe. Naloxone works by blocking the brain receptors that opiates latch onto and helping the body "remember" to take in air. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) (AP)

Katie Levingston