The state autopsy recorded two bruises on the back of Wells’ head and found “no fluid or debris” in his airways and an empty stomach.
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Black News Sep 28, 2026The Reparations Report: Jamaica Takes Its Case to the Privy Council, the Caribbean Plans Its Next Move, and Evanston Fights to Keep Paying
King Charles III has referred three reparation questions to the Privy Council for determination, and the Government is now awaiting directions on the next steps in its petition.
AT&T and Black America Sep 27, 2026AT&T and Black America, Part 10: What AT&T’s Own Board Diversity Matrix Shows
AT&T’s own 2024 proxy statement names its Board of Directors’ race and ethnicity, director by director — and of 11 directors, exactly one is Black. Part 10 of a 12-part series.
AT&T and Black America Sep 26, 2026AT&T and Black America, Part 9: AT&T’s Own Numbers, and Their Limits
Unlike the era Parts 1 through 4 covered, when this series found no surviving written company policy on race, AT&T today publishes its own detailed workforce demographic data every year — in a standardized federal report every company of its size has to file. Part 9 of a 12-part series, covering 2000s to 2022.
Black News Sep 26, 2026White Nationalist Activity Tracker — September 26, 2026
1 new documented incidents of white-nationalist activity, mapped and linked to the reporting.
Black News Sep 26, 2026Faith, labor and civil rights coalition to mobilize southern voters
Yusef Jackson, president and CEO of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, joined leaders of the Progressive National Baptist Convention (PNBC) and AFL-CIO to announce a new southern strategy combining major faith, labor and civil rights organizations determined to impact the U.S. midterm elections in November by ensuring vulnerable groups are registered and get to the polls.
AT&T and Black America Sep 25, 2026AT&T and Black America, Part 8: The 1984 Breakup Ends Unified Oversight
The federal consent decree that reshaped AT&T’s hiring had already run its course by 1979 — and five years later, the single company that decree applied to no longer existed at all. Part 8 of a 12-part series, covering 1979 to 1984.
Black News Sep 25, 2026White Nationalist Activity Tracker — September 25, 2026
3 new documented incidents of white-nationalist activity, mapped and linked to the reporting.