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We Need More Black Youth in Apprenticeship Programs—Our Future Depends on It Engineer inspect building structure technicians looking at analy

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We Need More Black Youth in Apprenticeship Programs—Our Future Depends on It

Melvin Robinson III May 7, 2025

By Melvin Robinson III My Father worked as a HVAC Technician for well over 15 years. There...

To the Ones Without a Deion: Rooting for Shedeur — Mourning for Us img_4470-1

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To the Ones Without a Deion: Rooting for Shedeur — Mourning for Us

Ra Shad Frazier-Gaines May 1, 2025

Like so many others, I am rooting for Shedeur Sanders. Rooting for his gifts, his brilliance, his...

Drafted, Not Defeated: How Shedeur Sanders Exposed the NFL’s Uneasy Relationship With Black Excellence Shedeur Sanders posing with a group young meeraaaaaaaaaarrrff

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Drafted, Not Defeated: How Shedeur Sanders Exposed the NFL’s Uneasy Relationship With Black Excellence

George Chuck Patterson April 27, 2025

When Shedeur Sanders’ name was finally “called” in the fifth round of the NFL Draft, it didn’t...

Abandoned in the Woods: America’s Reckoning with Deception and Division Silhouette of hunter with gun at sunrise

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Abandoned in the Woods: America’s Reckoning with Deception and Division

Cirilo Manego III March 6, 2025

By: Cirilo R. Manego III A novice hunter stands alone in the predawn quiet of the American...

The New Scramble for Africa: How the U.S., Russia, and China Are Fighting for Resources and Power Russia Africa Summit

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The New Scramble for Africa: How the U.S., Russia, and China Are Fighting for Resources and Power

TysonJXN February 18, 2025

History is not repeating itself. It has never stopped. Western powers have never relinquished control over Africa’s...