President of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW), Dr. Ron Daniels, met with The Hilltop to discuss national and world politics, the importance of African Americans engaging in political affairs, the...
Buncombe County in North Carolina was one of the first places in the U.S. to support reparations for Black residents. So why is the county not doing a better job of addressing property tax...
More than two years after being named designated developer for a vacant grassy parcel of Main Street land, Ellicott Development is getting ready to come forward with a $35 million six-story redevelopment project that...
The billionaire owners of the Buffalo Bills, Terry and Kim Pegula, have struck a deal to collect $850 million in public money for a new stadium. It’s a scam we’ve seen time and time...
All eyes were on the horror six months ago, when a white supremacist shot 13 people, killing 10, at the Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue…But something else has happened in the six months since...
While a lot of attention has been paid to emergency rental assistance, foreclosure relief funds are also being distributed at the state level—and are also having mixed results getting to those who need them....
If residents of Alabama, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii or Nevada wanted a chance to win this week’s record Powerball jackpot, they had to travel to another state to buy a ticket. Nathaniel Meyersohn November 9, 2022...
While Buffalo, New York, isn’t exactly a stone’s throw away from Knoxville, you can’t convince Professor Henry Louis Taylor that the plight of Black communities isn’t the same in both places Angela Dennis October 26, 2022...
Officials have described the recent shooting as an aberration in the “City of Good Neighbors.” But this conceals the city’s long-standing racial divisions. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor June 9, 2022 Read the full article here The...
The president promised to halt federal contracts to union busters — but the deal was just re-awarded to Amazon while the company was crushing a union drive. Matthew Cunningham-Cook & David Sirota May 5,...