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A couple of weeks before the former Missouri governor, Eric Greitens, resigned over a blackmail scandal, he was pulled over by police while driving in the small town of Truesdale.The governor, who is white, was doing 41mph in a 30mph zone, but the officer let him go with a warning. “It was a friendly interaction, and there was no need for a ticket,” Grietens’s spokesperson told reporters last month.Diedre Wortham, a lifelong Missouri resident, who is black, has had a very different experience when she has been pulled over.“There was a time I was speeding, and they wrote me about…

When Tina Turner, years before she became rock ‘n’ roll royalty, lent her iconic voice to Phil Spector’s “River Deep, Mountain High” in 1966, the single ranked at No. 3 on the UK charts. But, on U.S. Billboard charts that same year, it didn’t get higher than 88. In the recent HBO documentary “Tina,” an archival clip of Ike Turner, who shares a credit for the song, explained that the song didn’t hold up in America because, during that time, “Black artists had to go Top 10 on the R&B charts before the top radio stations would touch it.” In…

PAPILLION, Neb. (KMTV) — In this edition of the Morning Lift, 3 News Now’s Zach Williamson heads to Papillion to pick up Mayor David Black.Black has served as the city’s mayor since 2016. He grew up in Ralston but has lived in Papillion for more than three decades. Mayor Black talks all about how much the city has grown since he moved to Papillion and how it has really become part of the metro.While embracing that growth, he tells us how the city continues to maintain its own sense of community. We drive throughout town checking out many of the…

peopleSmall businesses are crucial to economic growth in the United States. Not to mention, they are living dreams for the business owners running them. Light has been shed across the nation on our need for small business success, and more specifically, the need for Black-owned small business growth and operation. Montclair + Bloomfield are home to so many amazing Black-owned small businesses covering industries from food to self-care — that, of course, we had to share. Read on for a list of these Black-owned businesses in Montclair and Bloomfield to support today and every day. Disclaimer: Know of a business…

Follow all of Vox’s coverage of the 2024 election here. Looking for a distraction instead? We’ve got you covered.If you ask President Donald Trump, he isn’t racist. To the contrary, he’s repeatedly said that he’s “the least racist person that you’ve ever encountered.”Trump’s actual record, however, tells a very different story.On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly made explicitly racist and otherwise bigoted remarks, from calling Mexican immigrants criminals and rapists, to proposing a ban on all Muslims entering the US, to suggesting a judge should recuse himself from a case solely because of the judge’s Mexican heritage.The trend has continued…

By Genoa Barrow, Sacramento Observer He fought tirelessly to secure economic opportunities for African Americans throughout the state and beyond and now, after a long battle with cancer, he’s at rest. Aubry Stone, founder and CEO of the California Black Chamber of Commerce died Nov. 28. He was 74 years old. Stone, affectionately referred to by many as “Stoney,” was a formidable champion for Black entrepreneurs and was considered to be a giant in the small business community. While he was a native of Brooklyn, New York, his name was synonymous with California and was a familiar face — and…

There are just 21 Black-owned banks in the United States. The newest one is in Columbus – it’s the first one in the country in two decades, and the only one in Ohio. The CEO of Adelphi Bank is Jordan Miller, who was at Huntington Bank and was CEO of Fifth Third Bank’s central Ohio region. Miller said the bank, which raised $24 million in startup capital, can help address the racial wealth gap – starting with the nearly one-fifth of Black homebuyers who are rejected for mortgages.“Where there are black owned banks, black people get mortgages. Black business owners…

A Black man in Portland, Ore., has been awarded $4.4 million in a settlement after a jury determined he was racially profiled while shopping at Walmart. Here, the Walmart logo is seen outside a store in Burbank, Calif. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images A Black man in Portland, Ore., has been awarded $4.4 million in a settlement after a jury determined he was racially profiled while shopping at Walmart. Here, the Walmart logo is seen outside a store in Burbank, Calif. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images A jury in Oregon has…

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Running a local newspaper for more than half a century is no small feat, but Melvin Miller isn’t one to brag. “The question of legacy is always for other people to decide,” Miller said. “I’m just a ditch digger. I just do the work.” After nearly six decades, Miller says it’s time for someone new to take over his life’s work: the Bay State Banner, Boston’s oldest Black-owned newspaper. Miller announced Wednesday he is handing the paper over to new owners as part of a larger expansion and redesign of the publication. The new owners, Ron Mitchell and Andre Stark,…