Menyuan Jordan, mental health professional and her family photographed in Atlanta, GA for The New York Times. Black unemployment fell quickly after the initial pandemic downturn. But as the Federal Reserve fights inflation, those gains could be eroded.

Black Workers’ Job Gains May Reverse in Downturn

The New York Times

Robert Taylor, resident in Reserve, Louisiana who has become an environmental activist fighting for change. The Denka plant, releasing harmful toxins into the community, has caused many health problems for the neighboring residents.

Black Communities Fight for Cleaner Air in ‘Cancer Alley’

Everyday Health

A man color coordinated on his motorcycle posing in front of American Deli in East Point, GA.

These Streets and The Stories They Tell

Atlanta Magazine

Dr. Nicole Ulrich of Audubon Fertility clinic in New Orleans Louisiana.

IVF Patients Are Trapped in Limbo and Bracing for the Next Post-Roe Fight

Bloomberg Businessweek

Mashama Bailey, owner of The Grey restaurant, located in Savannah, GA

Mashama Bailey is The Most Important Chef in America

Financial Times

Tawana Promprakai and Delphine Gillard in St. Helena, SC

How Generations of Black Americans Lost Their Land to Tax Liens

Bloomberg Businessweek

Two obituaries of 14 year old Titus' grandmother and father. He lost both to the covid 19 pandemic.

As The U.S marks 1 million COVID 19 deaths, a hard hit Georgia county reckons with loss

Civil rights activist and freedom David Dennis photographed in his home office for The Atlantic Magazine. This story written by his son delves into his time in the civil rights movement and friendship with slain martyr and activist Medgar Evans.

The Day The Civil Rights Movement Changed

Newports seen in New Orleans, Louisiana Food Mart

Paid protesters, free lunches and backroom chats: Inside the menthol lobbying machine

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

Breonna Leon, a geriatric nurse in Atlanta, has dealt with being an essential healthcare worker during the pandemic.

Glimpses of grief and resilience, captured over an unforgettable year

National Geographic

Robert Gomez, owner of startup 4Q Brands, in his warehouse in Buford, GA on October 6th, 2021. For more than two years, his coffee grinder had been one of his best sellers on Amazon.

Amazon puts its own “brands” first above better-rated products

Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith, who raised his fist at the 1968 Mexico games.

‘People shunned me like hot lava’: the runner who raised his fist and risked his life

Monique Drewry, Principal of Forest Park Middle School

The Past and Future of Forest Park's Schools

Dozens of nooses have shown up on U.S. construction sites. The culprits rarely face consequences.

Dozens of nooses have shown up on U.S. construction sites. The culprits rarely face consequences.

The Washington Post

How a Houston Restaurateur Built an Empire on All-Day Breakfast

The Breakfast Klub

Janie Clark

Communities to Coal Plants: Clean Up Your Mess Before You Go!

National Resource Defense Council

young child, Kathy Manis Findley

She Saw the Pain of Gun Violence Firsthand. Healing It Became Her Higher Calling.

Xernora Clayton

Xernona Clayton: the civil rights legend who befriended a KKK leader – and changed his mind

Andrea Goolsby

The Coal Plant Next Door

Tristan Walker, CEO of Walker and Company

The New Push for Corporate Diversity Comes with an Atlanta Address

The Wall Street Journal

Yvonne Wyatt

"The Home Rental Firm Turning Tenants Into Homeowners"

The Wall Street Journal

Outside of Margies Uniform Store

"As small businesses struggle, a nursing-uniform company hits its stride"

The Washington Post

Walking to the polls

"Pizza To The Polls"

The Associated Press Content Services

Square Story

Seller Stories project for Square Payments

A new generation is exploring how the city’s celebrated food owes as much to West African and Caribbean cuisines as to French cooking.

In Majority-Black New Orleans, Chefs Are Rewriting ‘Whitewashed’ History

The New York Times

Mary Elizabeth, at age 11 was given a gun and instructed to shoot and kill her stepfather. This story delves into the struggles this cause for her life, and her path for forgiveness and healing.

Girl, 11, Was Forced by Her Mom to Kill Abusive Stepfather

PEOPLE Magazine

Rhonda Ross seen at the second annual Black Walk of Fame in Atlanta, GA, representing father Barry Gordon.

The Black Music and Entertainment Walk of Fame

In New Orleans, a red variety is central to a dish and to life. (tear sheet)

A Love of Beans Goes Beyond The Plate

The New York Times

Tyrell Dukes is one of the four men behind Next Gen Investors, a Discord community that focuses on high-risk options trading.

Young Investors Flock to Discord and Telegram for Financial Advice

The Wall Street Journal