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1 week ago | 
unherd.com | Joseph Williams
BritainHigher educationLiteratureSocietyThe History Mancultural christianityUKUniversities “This lecture is forbidden by radical opinion,” shouts one protestor into a hijacked microphone, as the mob fills the lecture theatre.
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2 weeks ago | 
stlamerican.com | Joseph Williams
Smack in the middle of America, Omaha, Nebraska, is known for its steaks, being the hometown of wealthy financier Warren Buffett, and the headquarters of Union Pacific Corporation railroad. With just under 500,000 residents — about 1/16th the population of New York City — It’s the largest city in a state of 2.5 million souls, just 6% of whom are Black.
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2 weeks ago | 
wordinblack.com | Joseph Williams
‚ÄúMalcolm X at 100‚ÄĚ is Word In Black‚Äôs series honoring the life, ideas, and legacy of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz on what would have been his 100th birthday. Smack in the middle of America, Omaha, Nebraska, is known for its steaks, being the hometown of wealthy financier Warren Buffett, and the headquarters of Union Pacific Corporation railroad.
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4 weeks ago | 
wordinblack.com | Joseph Williams
Did the Catholic church just choose its first African American pope? That question set Black social media on fire in the hours following the election of Robert Prevost, the first American to become pontiff in the church‚Äôs 2,000-year history.¬†The facts about Leo, the former Peru-based cardinal who won the papacy on Thursday, seem to say so ‚ÄĒ including documents suggesting he is descended from people of color with roots in a well-known Creole neighborhood in New Orleans.
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1 month ago | 
wordinblack.com | Joseph Williams
As a plume of white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Rev. Stephen Thorne, priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, was in the middle of a board meeting with the Catholic Mobilizing Network in Washington, D.C. The meeting quickly came to a standstill, though, as people soaked in the news: the College of Cardinals had chosen a successor to the late Pope Francis. And in a historic first, the new Bishop of Rome, Robert Prevost, is an American.
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1 month ago | 
westsidestorynewspaper.com | Joseph Williams
By Joseph R. WilliamsCommunity College Month is a time to reflect on how local institutions create opportunity, close equity gaps, and drive economic mobility. In the Inland Empire, that mission is being realized through San Bernardino Valley College’s new Applied Technology Building—a bold, future-facing investment in career education. This facility is more than just steel and concrete. It’s a symbol of progress.
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1 month ago | 
afro.com | Joseph Williams
An ideologically driven, little-known Supreme Court case could bring back pricey copays and gut essential health coverage. A group of public health experts warned on April 17 that a Supreme Court case set for arguments next week could lead to the end of a central, highly popular component of the Affordable Care Act — one that has improved a range of health outcomes for Black Americans. The case hasn’t received widespread notice, but Braidwood Management v.
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1 month ago | 
wordinblack.com | Joseph Williams
A group of public health experts warned on Thursday that a Supreme Court case set for arguments next week could lead to the end of a central, highly popular component of the Affordable Care Act — one that has improved a range of health outcomes for Black Americans. The case hasn’t received widespread notice, but Braidwood Management v. Becerra has the potential to cause millions of Americans to avoid ACA-mandated free screening and services for preventable diseases, like diabetes or colon cancer.
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2 months ago | 
wordinblack.com | Joseph Williams
After weeks of watching President Donald Trump playing fast and loose with the most powerful office in the world — and seeing his party, condemned to minority status in Congress, fecklessly stumble around Washington without coordinated or meaningful pushback — Sen. Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat, decided he’d had enough.
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Mar 7, 2025 | 
wordinblack.com | Joseph Williams
When he took command of Virginia Military Institute six months after the murder of George Floyd — and five months ahead of a blistering report on rampant racism and sexism at the institution — Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins, a retired two-star Army commander, accepted a difficult mission: take on an entrenched, racist “good old boy” culture at the nation’s oldest state-funded military college.
