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From an erroneous Threads takedown to pioneering journalist Ida B. Wells, Black journalists have always been a target.

From Trump's blatant racism to the erasure of a beloved Black figure skater, this Black History Month has been a doozy.

The question sitting under everything right now is: Does NABJ actually understand how to operate under authoritarian pressure?

Civil Rights & Social Justice

She made it her mission to accurately document the terrorism of lynching in America.

Civil Rights & Social Justice

We are living in a nation that by 2022  had seen rents increase so much that a person working full-time, all year, at the minimum wage could not afford a humble two–bedroom apartment in a single U.S. state nor the District of Columbia–and still have the money to eat, pay utilities and other life necessities like healthcare.

Morehouse College is teaming up with the Ida B. Wells Society to increase the representation of reporters of color in investigative journalism.

Barbie will release a doll honoring trailblazing journalist and activist Ida B. Wells.

Years in the making, the newly unveiled sculpture brings to life the legacy of the famed journalist and activist for generations to come.

The Ida B. Wells Society is combating the lack of diversity in newsrooms by hosting workshops for Black investigative journalists.

The family of Ida B. Wells-Barnett is continuing their fundraising efforts to commemorate her legacy through the creation of a monument.

Google includes Ida B. Wells among the 13 women honored on an International Women's Day doodle.

When America thinks about some of its greatest newspapers, publications like the New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal come to mind. But, The Chicago Defender should also be on that list. It was certainly one of the most influential papers of the 20th century.