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Nets Fall Short In The Second Half

Sharpe and Nets Come Up Short Against OKC Photo: Special to the NY Beacon By Samori Benjamin The Oklahoma City Thunder came back from a 15-point deficit on Wednesday night to defeat the Brooklyn Nets 129-121 at the Barclays Center Wednesday night. Oklahoma City’s Shai […]

Black Middle Class, Built By Federal Labor, Under Threat Amid Budget Cuts

For decades, federal employment has provided the Black middle class with stability and a pathway to building wealth. Now, sweeping federal budget cuts threaten this key avenue for economic ascent. Federal employment has long provided Black Americans with stable, well-paying jobs that help alleviate racial bias and […]

‘Got to Admit It — That Looks Like You’: Detroit Mom Dragged from Home and Jailed for Attempted Murder After Cops ‘Mistake’ Her for Another Black Woman Using Faulty Facial Recognition

LaDonna Crutchfield, a 37-year-old Black woman, was lying on her bed, reading to her 5-year-old daughter, when police began pounding on her door. Crutchfield’s niece opened the door and encountered six Detroit police officers who demanded to speak to her aunt. When Crutchfield walked to […]

‘It’s Beyond Disgusting’: Reporter Raises Alarm About Father’s ‘Brutal Hazing’ That Left Him Blind After Another Southern University Student Dies During Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Ritual

An investigation is underway into the mysterious death of mechanical engineering student Caleb Wilson, a junior at Southern University, who reportedly collapsed while participating in a ritual with his fraternity, Omega Psi Phi, at an off-campus park in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. New Orleans station WVUE reported that […]

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