Black church leaders reject Charlie Kirk martyrdom and point to his race rhetoric A debate has been sparked among Black pastors who are trying to square a heroic view of Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative activist who was gunned down in Utah this month, with the insulting s...

“Now, (Charlie Kirk) did violently die, but he did not die for the faith. Not the faith that I know. Not for the Jesus I know.” -- Rev. F. Bruce Williams of Bates Memorial Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. apnews.com/article/char...

Pope Leo XIV's Creole heritage highlights complex history of racism and the church in America The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity of the Creole identity.

A Creole pope. Who would have thunk it? Nice collaboration between the Race & Ethnicity, Religion and the Louisiana-based crew at The Associated Press. apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope Leo XIV's grandparents were 7th Ward Creoles The newly elected pontiff, born in Chicago, has ancestral ties to the city’s historic Seventh Ward, according to genealogists at The Historic New Orleans Collection.

I didn’t give a wit about new pope coverage, but the first American pope being a man with Black ancestry born in Chicago by way of New Orleans by way of Haiti. Names his self after the pope who condemned slavery? In the Trump era? Oh, baebae, I am HERE for it.

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Overjoyed to have been part of the AP, Frontline and Howard Centers team that today was named a FINALIST for the Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting! Our Lethal Restraint project's documentary also has been nominated for two Emmys! www.pulitzer.org/finalists/22...

The Brooklyn Stroll Club Has Brought Together Fathers in Search of Friendship For fathers in search of friendship, a growing group has emerged: the Brooklyn Stroll Club.

A local dad’s social group that I joined late last year is featured in The New York Times this weekend. Online today and in print tomorrow! Much deserved shine and a spot of positivity amid so much strife and negativity in the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/s...

AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.

AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists (via @apnews.com) apnews.com/article/trum...