Parents • 22nd March 2022

Black Women Are Bringing Back the Historical Family Tradition of Quilting

From navigating the Underground Railroad to telling a family's story, quilts are more than an heirloom to Black families—they're an act of woven resistance.

The history of quilting—a decorative art of stitched and layered fabrics—is lined with a story of poetic justice. It sews a tale of turning a tool of oppression into an expression of liberation. It has long-standing cultural significance in Black communities and has profound roots of woven resistance in the rural South.

Weaving scraps toge

ABC News • 30th August 2020

A Black participant in Moderna's COVID-19 vaccination trial: Trust the vaccine

Sophia Upshaw was one of two Black participants in Moderna's first 45-person COVID-19 vaccination trial.

Now, Upshaw is sharing her experience and has a message for the Black community: The vaccine is safe.

"I was scared at first, for my health [and] for exposing myself to something that hasn't been tested in humans before," she said. "I was technically patient No. 10."

As her hometown of Atlanta was being hit hard by the virus, Upshaw decided to participate in Moderna's first vaccination tri

EJN • 2nd July 2021

Yemeni Grantee Shines Spotlight on the Environmental Impacts of War

Photos of hunters posing with their poached animals spread across the article’s page. Amidst Yemen’s civil war, the report investigated the increased poaching of rare, endangered Yemeni wildlife, showing the poignant reality of a simultaneous war on animals through the photos that hunters had posted themselves.

The article, published by Holm Akhdar, revealed that during a seven-month period in 2020, there were 34 documented poaching incidents of rare animals, including the white wolf, lynx, and

EJN • 2nd March 2021

Coverage of Heatwaves in Pakistani Slums Garners Attention, Sparks Policy Changes Among Local Officials

In 2018, reporter Amar Guriro covered the impact of heatwaves on slum dwellers in Karachi, Pakistan. His story followed a severe 2015 heatwave in Karachi that killed an estimated 2,000 people, with temperatures as high as 49-degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit). The extreme conditions caused dehydration, heat fatigue and heatstroke in the hundreds of slums across the city of nearly 15 million people.

Guriro wanted to explore in-depth how the heatwave continued to affect informally settled c

NABJ Multimedia Short Course at NC A&T • 20th March 2021

The past, present and future of donations to HBCUs

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, HBCUs have received more than $250 million in donations, in addition to federal aid. Comparatively, pre-pandemic, nearly 1 in 10 HBCU’s were critically financially unstable, according to research by a professor at the University of New Orleans.

The Atlantic previously reported HBCUs have been underfunded by state governments and were unable to gather significant donations compared to other Predominantly White Institutions(PWIs). However,

many have credited th

EJN • 20th January 2022

Songbird Smuggler Named in EJN-Supported Story Apprehended by Italian Police

Matteo Civillini met Albert Satariano, a songbird smuggler from Malta, in 2019. Civillini, an investigative journalist based in Italy, was covering the illegal trade of songbirds – protected species such as greenfinches, serins and linnets – between Malta and Italy with an EJN story grant, and wanted to speak directly with someone involved in trafficking.

Satariano was a contrarian figure, Civillini remembers. Despite evidence collected by Italian police on his smuggling activities, he denied h

Medium • 20th February 2021

April is International Black Women’s History Month, and It’s About Time

April Has Been International Black Women’s History Month, and It’s About Time We Celebrate It Right

The difference between February and March is Womanism.

In a society rampant with racism and sexism, it can feel as if the only people in our corner are other Black women. One woman certainly holding it down in the ring, is Sha Battle. As a tech consultant and entrepreneur, Battle often felt the…

Blavity News & Politics • 10th April 2020

Why We Should Stop Contrasting And Comparing Malcolm X With MLK - Blavity

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Malcolm X Day annually celebrates the iconic leader’s birthday on May 19.

Malcolm X, a prominent civil rights leader and activist, is often taught as a militant foil to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. However, in a May 15 Facebook live hosted by GirlTrek, an organization that promotes healthy lifestyles among Black women, Ilyasa Shabazz, Malc

ABC News • 9th November 2019

Modern-day 'Monuments Men': Smithsonian, US Army partner to preserve culture amid war

The U.S. Army Reserve and the Smithsonian are partnering to establish a modern-day "Monuments Men" program, reviving a cultural preservation effort that has its roots in World War II.

The "Monuments Men" were 345 service members who worked from 1943 to 1951 to track down and recover 5 million pieces of art, books and other valuables -- most of which had been stolen by the Nazis during the war. Their work was featured in "The Monuments Men," a 2014 movie starring Matt Damon, Bill Murray and Geor