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ONLY) (SOUTH KOREA OUT) In this handout image provided by The Sports Seoul, Stray Kids perform on stage during the 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards on January 31, 2021 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by The Sports Seoul via Getty Images)Getty Images Stray Kids have once again claimed the top spot on the Billboard 200 […]
By CLAIRE SAVAGE (Associated Press/Report for America) LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) — Dressed in her Sunday best — pink ruffled sleeves and a rainbow tulle tutu — Crystal Martinez’s 4-year-old daughter proudly presents her with a multicolored bouquet of carefully crafted tissue paper flowers. With her 5-year-old son nestled on her lap, laughing in delight, Martinez […]
Black America Web Featured Video CLOSE Source: urbazon / Getty Philadelphia is known as the ‘city of brotherly love and sisterly affection’ but we are also known to have an edgy side as well. Philadelphians are passionate people. Passionate about our music, passionate about our community, and passionate about our sports. Sometimes that passion is […]
NEW YORK — U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warned in a new advisory Tuesday that excessive social media use can be a “profound risk” to the mental health of youth in the United States. “I’m very concerned that social media has become an important contributor to the pain and the struggles that many of our […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — To her students who need the most support, India Strother is rarely just “Ms. Strother” — she’s a family figure they call “Mom,” a trusted guide as they negotiate their teenage years. They open up to her about their dating lives. About pregnancy scares. About their fights with their parents, about […]
By Aziah Siid, Word in Black Golf, like many sports, is riddled with a long history of systemic racism, which has contributed to a significant lack of representation of Black players. The numbers speak for themselves: of the roughly 24 million recreational golfers in the United States, only 3 percent are Black, and a mere […]
When my colleagues on a board overseeing the Nation’s Report Card previewed the U.S. history and civics scores released publicly Wednesday, we found the results staggering. A mere 13% of eighth graders scored at the proficient level in history and only 22% hit the mark in civics. While I’m heartbroken by the news – it […]
The number of children and teens killed by gunfire in the United States increased 50% between 2019 and 2021, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the latest annual mortality statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic, there were 1,732 gun deaths among U.S. children […]
Children play outside in Kensington, a neighborhood in Philadelphia known for open-air drug markets and gun violence. Last year, due to safety concerns, the Philadelphia Police Department downsized its outdoor summer play program. Sam Searles/WHYY News hide caption toggle caption Sam Searles/WHYY News Children play outside in Kensington, a neighborhood in Philadelphia known for open-air […]