Black Travelers: Explore Culture, Adventure & Connection by Sharelle B. McNair February 18, 2026 The issue isn’t about the money being seized but more so about the limited guidelines on what amount of cash is deemed suspicious. Did you know that if travelers pass through Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents with more than $100, agents can take it? A new lawsuit claims TSA agents have allegedly stripped money from more than 10,000 travelers since 2014, labeling them as criminals but never charging them, the New York Post reports. A federal law, not widely known among travelers, bans taking more than…
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Global Black Voices: News from around the World A newly disclosed U.S. State Department document reveals plans to process up to 4,500 refugee applications per month from white South Africans — a figure that would significantly exceed President Donald Trump’s publicly stated global refugee cap for fiscal year 2026. The January 27 contracting document also details preparations underway at the U.S. embassy in Pretoria, including the installation of temporary processing facilities, signaling an accelerated effort to expand admissions from South Africa even as refugee entries from other regions remain sharply restricted. This story is written and edited by Global South…
Scientific research & Exploration: Discover the World Via Research and Innovation The Canadian oil pipeline huge Enbridge will pay Wisconsin law enforcement for trouble suits, training, and hours spent policing protests, according to an arrangement approved by two areas last week. The deceptive arrangement uses an uncapped funding resource to regional constables as the business gets ready for disruptive, Indigenous-led resistance to the questionable Line 5 reroute. Last Tuesday, Enbridge began building and construction on a 41 -mile sector of Line 5, which lugs around 540, 000 barrels of oil and gas fluids daily from a transfer point in Superior,…
Style Spotlight: Looks, Trends & Fashion Inspiration International Women’s Month is a reminder that women have always shaped culture and history. They have done it in boardrooms and classrooms, in streets and sanctuaries, and yes, in what they choose to wear. Across Africa and the African diaspora, fashion has long been more than “a look.” It is a language. It communicates pride, memory, resistance, and possibility. It also carries a deeper truth that belongs in this month’s spotlight. When women choose their style with intention, they are often choosing visibility, dignity, and self-definition. International Women’s Day is observed globally on March 8,…
Black Arts & Culture Feature: CULTURE TYPE reports on new appointments of Black curators and art leaders to gauge institutional representation, with an emphasis on art museums. Museum leaders, curators, and educators shape the management and intellectual direction of institutions, determine the art visitors see and the programming they experience and, by extension, whether audiences of color feel welcome and represented NEW APPOINTMENTS: Pictured, clockwise from top left, Osei Bonsu, Tate Modern; Taylor Bythewood-Porter, Armory Center for the Arts; Raquel Monroe, Howard University; Yesomi Umolu of Nieuwe Instituut; Monica Caul, Walters Art Museum; Dorian Dayton, Dallas Contemporary; Maëlle Ebelle, Liu…
Black History & Cultural Perspectives: Donald Trump was never ever significant about affordability in the first place. He constantly called it a “scam,” as if it were a new word developed by Democrats to criticize him. “Affordability is a fraud, a scam, a con job produced by my political adversaries.”– Donald Trump Once he understood his base was major regarding cost, he changed his tune, first stating he was ending the situation: “I am ending the cost dilemma.”– Donald Trump Trump then updated his remarks, claiming he ‘d defeated cost. “Do you see, what word have you not heard over…
Aging Well: News & Insights for Seniors and Caregivers The 50 Plus Show is Ireland’s only dedicated national consumer event for older people. Launched in 1999 to coincide with the International Year Of Older Persons – the event is now run in Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Sligo every year Whats On at The 50 Plus Show? To view the schedule of talks and a list of exhibitors for each event, go to the What’s On Page To see what people thought of our 50 Plus Show in Dublin – Click Here To see what people thought of our 50…
Real Estate News & Market Insights: Key takeaways: If you have the means, now may be a good time to buy a house. Mortgage rates are holding near three-year lows, offering homebuyers a clear window of affordability. It’s a buyer’s market—there are 600,000 more home sellers than buyers—giving homebuyers leverage. Still, most consumers are wary due to record-high house prices, a slow job market, and economic uncertainty, leading to a sluggish housing market. The spring homebuying season is right around the corner, but the housing market is still stuck in a deep freeze. After a very slow 2025, the same…
From Hollywood to Home: Black Voices in Entertainment If giving the people what they want is a crime, you’re going to have to throw Bruno Mars in populism jail. Music is full of romantics, but only Bruno is so on-the-nose about his heart-on-sleeve intentions — and his ace showman’s ability to pull them off — that he’d actually call his record The Romantic. His new LP is his first new music since 2021’s An Evening With Silk Sonic, the throwback R&B duo with Anderson .Paak, and it’s his first as a solo act since 2016’s massive 24K Magic. A lot has happened in the decade…
Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights Next Game: at Albany State University 3/6/2026 | 3:00PM Mar. 06 (Fri) / 3:00PM at Albany State University History ATLANTA, Ga.- Savannah State completed their three-game SIAC sweep of Clark Atlanta on Monday morning with a 8-5 win over the Lady Panthers, in a game played at the Lady panther Softball Field.With the score tied at 3-3, SSU pulled away by scoring five times in the top of the sixth inning.Kaitlyn Williams led off the top of the sixth with a walk, advanced to second…