Power Shift

Stories where influence, control, access, ownership, or leverage is moving between people, platforms, institutions, or communities.

Lina Khan (illustrative likeness) reviews New York City land, development contracts, and infrastructure plans with Black contractors, workers, and community representatives.

July 22, 2026

Lina Khan Is Entering New York City’s Development Machine. Who Gets the Land, Contracts, and Upside?

UNCF leadership transition boardroom with an empty executive chair, HBCU campus, scholarship documents, donor agreements, and endowment charts.

July 21, 2026

UNCF Is Choosing Its Next Leader. The Decision Will Shape Who Controls HBCU Capital.

Black family and church finance officers verify a suspicious AI-generated money request before stopping a digital transfer.

July 21, 2026

AI Scammers Are Weaponizing Black Community Trust. What Protects the Money?

Black basketball players compete in a packed arena as phones, audience data, media rights, tickets, subscriptions, and sponsor inventory show how TikTok’s NBA–WNBA deal turns Black sports culture into global commerce.

July 17, 2026

TikTok’s NBA–WNBA Deal Turns Black Sports Culture Into a Global Commerce Funnel

Museum workers prepare Benin Bronze artifacts for return to Nigeria, highlighting questions of ownership, cultural capital, and restitution.

July 17, 2026

Swiss Museums Return 18 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria After 1897 Looting

Black football players compete in a packed stadium beneath a luxury ownership suite, with a player contract, helmet, media-rights screen, and franchise valuation chart rising toward $9.6 billion.

July 15, 2026

Seattle Seahawks Sale Nears $9.6 Billion as NFL Faces New Scrutiny Over Black Coaching Pipeline

Black women basketball players in a WNBA arena corridor beside player-safety documents, media cameras, security barriers, and congressional oversight materials.

July 12, 2026

The WNBA Built Its Value on Black Women’s Labor. Now Political Power Wants a Say.

Editorial image showing a framed portrait of a young Black student-athlete beside an evidence bag, autopsy report, legal notes, invoices, and a Mississippi Gulf Coast map.

July 11, 2026

The Cost of Getting Answers: Nolan Wells, Private Autopsies, and the Price of Justice

A cinematic editorial image showing U.S. and Eswatini officials, deportation documents, a detention transport scene, and the headline “The U.S. Is Paying Eswatini to Absorb Deportees.”

July 9, 2026

The U.S. Is Paying Eswatini to Absorb Deportees. That Is an Economic Arrangement.

Supreme Court with birth certificate, Social Security document, school enrollment form, housing application, passport, and employee ID showing citizenship as an economic gateway.

July 9, 2026

Birthright Citizenship Is a Fight Over Who Gets Access to America’s Economic System