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1 week 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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3 weeks 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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1 month ago | 
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.
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2 months ago | 
wordinblack.com | Joseph Williams
Overview: Radical in its time — and anxiety-provoking to white America , Malcolm X's fight or Black liberation worldwide was cut short when he wss gunned down on this date 60 years ago. Though three men were convicted, two were exonerated and the third was released on parole. Experts long suspect the federal government was involved. His image, peering through curtains while holding a rifle, is iconic, seared into the collective memory of Black America.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
wordinblack.com | Joseph Williams
Overview: Black intellectuals and thought leaders remind us we've seen hard political times before — particularly the Jim Crow era. They believe useful strategies from those times, such as self-reliance and community organizing, will be critical to protecting our rights during Trump's second term.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
wordinblack.com | Joseph Williams
Overview: Garvey’s pardon caps a 15-year effort by Garvey’s son, Julius Garvey, and Justin Hanford, a Howard University law professor. They argue J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI wanted Garvey, who advocated for Black liberation during the Jim Crow era, deported as an undesirable alien ‘In his final days as president, Joe Biden has made history, issuing a record number of individual pardons, mostly to nonviolent drug offenders.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
baystatebanner.com | Joseph Williams
As the rapidly spreading Eaton wildfire in Los Angeles crept closer to the home he’d lived in for nearly six decades, Rodney Nickerson, 83, wasn’t going to panic. Despite the pleas of his worried daughter and anxious neighbors, he was staying put. It made sense for him to hold on: He bought the house in 1968, when it wasn’t easy for Black people to own property in L.A., much less in a great neighborhood like Altadena.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
seattlemedium.com | Joseph Williams
by Joseph WilliamsAs the rapidly-spreading Eaton wildfire in Los Angeles crept closer to the home he’d lived in for nearly six decades, Rodney Nickerson, 83, wasn’t going to panic. Despite the pleas of his worried daughter and anxious neighbors, he was staying put. It apparently made sense for him to hold on: he bought the house in 1968, back when it wasn’t easy for Black people to own property in L.A., much less in a great neighborhood like Altadena.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
dallasweekly.com | Joseph Williams
Overview: The Eaton wildfire in Los Angeles has destroyed Altadena, a Black upper-middle-class enclave, and killed at least 10 people. The fire has displaced 180,000 people and burned down thousands of homes, including those of Black Angelenos who had paid off their homes and were uninsured due to insurance companies pulling out of California due to excessive fire risk.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
wordinblack.com | Joseph Williams
Overview: Founded in the 1800s, Altavista was more easily integrated because it was not subject to redlining. Residents have included Jackie Robinson, Octavia Butler and Eldridge Cleaver. As the rapidly-spreading Eaton wildfire in Los Angeles crept closer to the home he’d lived in for nearly six decades, Rodney Nickerson, 83, wasn’t going to panic. Despite the pleas of his worried daughter and anxious neighbors, he was staying put.
