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essence.com | Kizzy Cox |Melissa Noel
Photo By: Derrick Davis The hair journey of Camille Howard-Verović, D.O., started like that of many other women: She was seeking convenience and practicality in managing her curls. But what began as a quest to find the right products for her hair soon became a mission to create something better for Black women everywhere.
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documentedny.com | Ralph Joseph |Max Rivlin-Nadler |Fisayo Okare |Kizzy Cox
Since the detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a green card-holding pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student, many have asked which legal residents the Trump administration will target next. Trump promised that the 30-year-old Columbia graduate and Algerian citizen of Palestinian descent would be the first of many such arrests to come.
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1 month ago | 
documentedny.com | Kizzy Cox |Max Rivlin-Nadler |Fisayo Okare |Benjamin A. Rubin
The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that effective immediately it would reverse the Biden-era humanitarian parole program that allowed hundreds of thousands of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to live and work temporarily in the United States. The terminated program, known as the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela (CHNV) parole process, granted two-year parole to migrants fleeing economic collapse, political instability and violence in their home countries.
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2 months ago | 
msn.com | Kizzy Cox
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essence.com | Kizzy Cox
As a child growing up in East St. Louis during the 1970s, Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee didn’t know how far her talents would take her—but the local community center was her key to discovering the answer. At the Mary Brown Center, she became involved in cheerleading and, ultimately, track and field. “Being surrounded by people who believed in me and saw the potential that I did not know that I had, and just giving of their time—it evolved, and turned into opportunities,” she says.
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tntribune.com | Kizzy Cox
Pride, nostalgia and excitement about the future marked Xavier University of Louisiana’s Centennial kick-off celebration. Several hundred gathered on January 17 to hear remarks by speakers eager to tout the accomplishments of the HBCU including its president Dr. Reynold Verret, current student and Miss Xavier, Youma Diabira (class of 2025) and esteemed alumni Democratic Congressman Troy Carter (class of 1986) who has served Louisiana’s 2nd district since 2021.
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2 months ago | 
essence.com | Kizzy Cox
Cierra Johnson/Xavier University of Louisiana Pride, nostalgia and excitement about the future marked Xavier University of Louisiana’s Centennial kick-off celebration.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
essence.com | Kizzy Cox
Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) Donald Trump, sworn in as the 47th president on Monday, became only the second US president in history to lose re-election and then come back to win a non-consecutive second term.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
essence.com | Kizzy Cox
For the 92% of Black women who voted for Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 Presidential election, perhaps harboring high hopes that their fellow citizens would choose an eminently qualified Black woman over a twice-impeached convicted felon, the election results brought those hopes crashing down. Valeisha Butterfield, for example, found herself grappling with profound disappointment—so much so that she didn’t even want to get out of bed the day after election.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
essence.com | Kizzy Cox
More than 50 years after Palm Springs officials demolished and burned the homes of hundreds of Black and Latino residents in Section 14—a predominantly minority neighborhood once thriving within the city—the survivors have secured a historic $5.9 million settlement. The agreement marks a significant moment in the city’s reckoning with its past, as it becomes one of the few municipalities in the United States to offer reparations for racially motivated displacement.
