Dr. Alvin Poussaint, Harvard scholar of anti-Black racism and mental health, dead at 90
The Civil Rights veteran spent 50 years in Cambridge and was known for challenging texts on both White prejudice and African-American resilience.
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Black Catholic books of note (2025 edition)
A sampling of new and upcoming texts written by Black Catholics in the past year.
Poem: THE BEAUTY OF WORDS
Dorothy Dempsey's latest verse, on the power of the creative voice.
Fr Nixon Mullah, Josephite seminary rector, dead at 51
The Cameroonian-born priest in the Catholic religious community serving African Americans had been suffering from cancer for several years.
Historic Black Catholic parish in St. Louis gets $500k restoration grant
St. Alphonsus "Rock" Church has long sought to restore its stained-glass windows, which date back to the 1904 World's Fair and have since degraded.
Racism and abuse have devastated U.S. Catholicism. Is there a way forward?
Alessandra Harris surveys various eras of Church history where human dignity was cast aside, and envisions a new dawn where healing can flourish.
'Hip-Hop Mass' brings African-American Catholic flair in Atlanta
The new composition premiered this month in Georgia at the Lyke House Catholic Center, with a planned expansion due in the coming months.
On Black history, Trump touts national sculpture garden—slated to include six Black Catholics
The anti-DEI president has revived plans for a National Garden of American Heroes, which will celebrate African Americans among 250 honorees.
Drexel Village affordable housing plan in Black Boston receives city approval
The project partners a Black-owned architecture firm, a Black Catholic parish, and the Archdiocese of Boston's Planning Office for Urban Affairs.
The leaven of Herod
Dorothy Dempsey on a pugilistic president and his machinations against nation and neighbor.
Black Catholic university presidents talk higher education at public forum in New Orleans
The livestreamed event featured the leaders of Xavier University of Louisiana, Loyola New Orleans, Canisius, College of the Holy Cross, and the University of Portland.
Arrest made in fatal shooting of Wayne 'LOC' Shaw, brother of rap legend Too Short
The 61-year-old was killed at his business in Oakland, California, on Jan. 29 in what is believed to have been a robbery attempt gone wrong.
Here are the Catholic bishops who enslaved Black people in America.
Nate Tinner-Williams explores the history of episcopal human trafficking in what would become the United States of America.
Review: 'The Colors Within' is a Catholic-themed anime film with serious musical flair
Nate Tinner-Williams says the movie is remarkable in its willingness to explore teen angst and spirituality with, shall we say, uncolored glasses.
This Black History Month, I wonder: Why are we still comparing civil rights and abortion?
Daryl Grigsby on the false equivalencies finding oxygen due to actions from a nascent Trump administration bent on anything but racial justice.
Amid crisis, Haitian-born Charleston bishop issues statement on immigration
Bishop Jacques Fabre-Jeune, one of America's immigrant prelates, emphasized mercy and common sense as GOP deportation efforts ramp up nationwide.