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Justice or Jeopardy? After decades of debate and delay, South Africa has taken a formal legal step toward confronting its legacy of land dispossession....
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- Culture
Jackson A. Waters: The Tree That Grew in the Shade
Marilyn D. Davis: Community is the Only Real Infrastructure
The Art of Bravery: Dr. Antwan “Amadeus” Thompson Sr. on Legacy and Staying True
The Art of Community Building With SaKarra Fite
From Participant to Professional: Inside the AACCNJ’s Model for Real Re-Entry
- Finance
How to Use AI to Build Financial Freedom
Africa’s Bold Move Toward Economic Sovereignty: Inside AfCFTA’s Push for a Unified Payment System
Buy Now, Stress Later? Klarna’s BNPL Model Hits a Wall
Retail Reality: Target’s Sales Slip Signals Wider Shifttarget
Burberry’s Big Reset: 1,700 Jobs Cut in Global Turnaround Plan
- Lifestyle
Nine Years Later: K. Desireé Milwood Finally Throws Herself a Party
Why Wellness in Art Spaces Is the Future
Sugar Hill to Sugar Hill: Newark and Harlem’s Shared Renaissance, 100 Years Later
The Dad Gang and Gentleman Jack Set the Standard with The Dad Lounge in Newark, NJ
PLLRS Series Sparks Dialogue Between the Spotlight and Its Support Beams
- Tech
A New AI Partnership Aims to Catch Lung Cancer Before It’s Too Late
CES 2026: The Tech Is So Jetsons, We’re Waiting on Rosie the Robot Maid
THE 2026 AI FORECAST: The Five Shifts Already in Motion
How to Use AI to Build Financial Freedom
The Silent Energy Drain: How AI’s Hidden Environmental Cost Is Reshaping America
- Op-Ed
- Fashion
- Travel
Cali, Colombia: Where the Streets Pulse with Salsa
Where the World Splits in Two: Inside Ecuador’s Mitad del Mundo
Coastal Calm & Cultural Riches: Why La Serena Should Be on Your Travel List
Machu Picchu and the Inca Empire: Unveiling the Mysteries of a Lost Civilization
Trump’s Haitian Travel Ban Goes Live: What It Really Means
- Sports
PlayersTV names Michele Ghee as President of the Promising Platform
The 95th MLB All-Star Game Returns to Atlanta, Honoring Hank Aaron’s Legacy
NBA Offseason Moves Shake Up the League with Record Trades and Deals
WTHaliburton?!? Pacers comeback to steal Game One on the road
895 Goals: Ovechkin Tops Gretzky to Rewrite NHL History
- Entertainment
CES 2026: The Tech Is So Jetsons, We’re Waiting on Rosie the Robot Maid
From Prototype to Purpose: CyphTwo’s 15-Year Evolution
PROPHECY & PARISH: CULTURECON OPENS WHERE SOUND BECOMES SACRED
Building Your Own League: The Wavy Awards and the Power of Independent Community
The Cost of Fame: What Wale’s Brooklyn Confession Reveals About Success at PLLRS
Culture
Newark’s arts director turned culture into civic infrastructure Some leaders campaign for attention. Others buy their seats. fayemi shakur was built—brick by brick—through movement...
Culture
We Have the Right to Remain Silent, But It’ll Cost You I walked into the Black Men Vote summit thinking I understood civic engagement....
Op-Ed
Crime is down in Newark but our trauma tells a different story 1996 I was a 9-year-old kid from Newark who worshiped his big...
Op-Ed
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