Henry-Louis Taylor, Jr.UB Center for Urban Studies, University at BuffaloJune 18, 2026 Understanding Juneteenth in the Black imaginary requires placing the slave industry in a historical context anchored by five realities. The first is...
A Black political strategist breaks down the eight critical stories being ignored during the NBA Finals celebration. The NY Knicks just pulled off the biggest comeback in the history of the NBA finals, overcoming...
We’re tracking the world news so you don’t have to. Here’s what matters for our community right now. As we move through the fifth month of the year, the national landscape for the Black diaspora is...
Mike Johnson’s messaging “hides the truth that the United States — as we know it — could not exist without the massive wealth produced by slave labor and without the violent seizure of lands...
The administration’s crude vilification of anti-discrimination policies is meant to erase the radical promise of the Black freedom struggle. One year on, the Trump administration’s descent deeper into the gutter of racism no longer...
They may not suddenly vote for Democrats, but the 10,000-bed ICE facility planned next door has them rethinking their support for Republicans. SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. — In this deeply conservative town east of Atlanta,...
The gutting of the Voting Rights Act by the U.S. Supreme Court and the vicious attacks on immigrants of color appear to be separate actions—but they are not. They are both acts of voter...
Build communities for the low- to moderate-income people already living in those neighborhoods. A recent call to build hundreds of new “affordable” housing units on Buffalo’s more than 7,000 publicly owned vacant lots is...
On Friday, February 27, 2026, the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University convened a one-day symposium titled “Black Studies Is For Everyone.” Held on Princeton’s campus, the gathering brought together leading scholars...
