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What are your thoughts on aging while Black? Join Word In Black for a wide-reaching, virtual conversation about everything from how seniors can stay active, combat loneliness and embrace the later stages of life.
We’ll speak with a social media influencer for the Baby Boomer generation, a 60+ year old endurance runner, Word In Black’s 70+ year old religion reporter/author and a Johns Hopkins researcher who studies health outcomes for older people in underrepresented communities.

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https://wordinblack.com/2026/09/aging-in-the-black-community-a-live-event/

What are your thoughts on aging while Black? Join Word In Black for a wide-reaching, virtual conversation about everything from how seniors can stay active, combat loneliness and embrace the later stages of life.

We’ll speak with a social media influencer for the Baby Boomer generation, a 60+ year old endurance runner, Word In Black’s 70+ year old religion reporter/author and a Johns Hopkins researcher who studies health outcomes for older people in underrepresented communities.

Register at wordinblack.com/events

📰 WEEKLY ROUND UP: From the Archives 📰
Some stories don't expire. Every weekend, we resurface Word In Black reporting that's just as relevant now as the day it was published. New readers, this is your entry point. Long-time followers, this is your reminder to share.
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🗂️ FROM THE ARCHIVES: "We deserve wellness. It is our birthright." After this week's investigation into AI chatbots replacing therapists for Black Americans in crisis, this conversation with therapist Ashley McGirt-Adair about what real healing looks like is the counter-argument. Thousands have shared this piece since it published. If you haven't read it, today's the day.

‘We Deserve Wellness. It Is Our Birthright.' Ashley McGirt-Adair is building a care system centered in racial healing.

📰 WEEKLY ROUND UP: From the Archives 📰
Some stories don't expire. Every weekend, we resurface Word In Black reporting that's just as relevant now as the day it was published. New readers, this is your entry point. Long-time followers, this is your reminder to share.
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🗂️ FROM THE ARCHIVES: Black women built the American workforce. During the pandemic, they were called essential. When DOGE came, they were called expendable. 300,000 Black women lost federal jobs. After reading Joseph's piece this week about Converse and Target gutting DEI, this piece about what happens when the people who built it are locked out of it hits harder than ever.
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Black Women Built the Workforce. Why Are We Locked Out of It? When economic and governmental support exists, Black women hire, grow, and thrive. When it disappears, so do opportunities.

📰 WEEKLY ROUND UP: From the Archives 📰
Some stories don't expire. Every weekend, we resurface Word In Black reporting that's just as relevant now as the day it was published. New readers, this is your entry point. Long-time followers, this is your reminder to share.
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🗂️ FROM THE ARCHIVES: The Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Legal scholars called it "almost as bad as it gets." If you're reading our midterm mobilization coverage this week and wondering how we got here, this is the foundation. The ruling that made the fight for the Black vote an emergency.

SCOTUS Voting Rights Decision is 'About as Bad as It Gets' A 6-3 ruling from the conservative supermajority dismantles Section 2, clearing the way for maps that dismantle Black political power.

📰 WEEKLY ROUND UP: From Our Partners 📰
Word In Black is built on a collaboration of 10 of the nation's most historic Black publishers. Every weekend, we spotlight reporting from our partner newsrooms that deserves your attention.
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🤝 FROM OUR PARTNERS: Socialists swept New York's primaries this summer. A five-term incumbent ousted. Brooklyn went progressive. With the midterms now seven weeks away and WIB's voter coverage heating up, the NY Amsterdam News's analysis of what this shift means for Black political power is more relevant than the day it was published.

Socialists Win Big in N.Y.C. What It Means for Black Political Power. This post was originally published on New York Amsterdam News Overview: From congressional races in the Bronx to legislative contests in Brooklyn, progressive challengers backed by the Democratic Socialists of America scored major victories in New York's primary elections. The wins highlight the gro...

📰 WEEKLY ROUND UP 📰
Every weekend, Word In Black highlights the stories that mattered most this week. If you missed something, we've got you. If you caught everything, share this with someone who didn't.
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He traveled to Canada to research a historic Black church for his doctoral dissertation. The congregation asked him to stay and be their pastor. Now Alfred Bailey leads one of the oldest Black churches in Canada, founded by formerly enslaved people who escaped through the Underground Railroad. Dorothy Boulware has the story of a man who went to study history and ended up inside it.

https://wordinblack.com/2026/09/he-studied-a-black-church-in-canada-now-hes-the-pastor/

Why Walter Fluker Says the Church Must 'Wake Up Running' “I hope you’ll wake up running, because the moment I’m addressing is urgent.” That is what the Rev. Walter Earl Fluker hopes readers carry from “Wake Up Running: Building Democratic Space at the Crossings,” his new meditation on democracy, faith and belonging. LEARN MORE: Can the Black C...