Let's face it, we all have a little nerd in us, but a select few wear that character trait with pride.

With the holiday season upon us, it's only right to gift that blerd (Black nerd) moonlighting as your longtime friend or family member, something that captures all their geeky and quirky ways.

The following eight products make great presents for the eccentric, lovable and curious blerd who is always on-hand to provide a fun fact or source of trivia only they would know. Their imagination or sense of adventure might differ from yours, but the mutual love and respect will never waver.

1. "Anime and Trap Music" sweater

Branded as "the friendly geeks," snag your favorite blerd eagerly awaiting their next convention this "Anime and Trap Music" sweater from \n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding:16px;\"> \u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Be4ET_rh780/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding: 19% 0;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display:block; 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flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cp>\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CCcQMcyHpl0/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Adorned By Chi® (@adornedbychi)\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003C/p>\n",{"title":61,"content":62},"A unicorn pillow","\u003Cp>Jourdan Porte is the owner of Philadelphia-based \u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/naturallyqueer_designs/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Naturally Queer\u003C/a>, a small business that caters to queer and transgender people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals who love to wear their hair curly or natural. Know someone obsessed with anything unicorns? This \u003Ca href=\"https://naturallyqueer.com/product/hand-painted-pillow/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">hand-painted pillow\u003C/a> will remind them of your gesture every time they look at it. \u003C/p>\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu6SrB-llO2/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding:16px;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu6SrB-llO2/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding: 19% 0;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display:block; height:50px; margin:0 auto 12px; width:50px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" color:#3897f0; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\">View this post on Instagram\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cp>\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu6SrB-llO2/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Naturally Queer™️ (@naturallyqueer_designs)\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003C/p>\n",{"title":64,"content":65},"Blerd comic pop backpack","\u003Cp>Comic pop art will never go out of style, so it's only fair to give any comic aficionado this carryall with iconic sayings from \u003Ca href=\"https://www.etsy.com/listing/779494861/blerd-comic-pop-backpack?ref=shop_home_active_63&frs=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Blerd Official\u003C/a>. Features include a 15" laptop sleeve and a hidden pocket to secure a mobile device. Complete the look with these \u003Ca href=\"https://www.etsy.com/listing/779495717/blerd-comic-pop-leggings?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=blerd&ref=sr_gallery-1-30&organic_search_click=1&frs=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">matching leggings\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\u003C/p>\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CEg83djDHGf/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding:16px;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CEg83djDHGf/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; 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flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cp>\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CEg83djDHGf/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Blerd™ – Blerd.com (@blerdofficial)\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003C/p>\n",{"title":67,"content":68},"Afro-futurism comics ","\u003Cp>Based in North Philadelphia, \u003Ca href=\"https://amalgamphilly.com/harriet-tubman-demon-slayer-1/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Amalgam\u003C/a> is the only Black and woman-owned comic shop, and the first Black-woman owned comic book store on the East Coast. In stock is a fantasy story centering around \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/search/Harriet%20Tubman\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Harriet Tubman\u003C/a>, and the description is a must-gift for the Black and proud recipient with a larger-than-life imagination.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>"When slave owners can't stop the formidable ninja warrior Harriet Tubman, they call on the help of Vampires, Werewolves, Witches, & Demons to stop her," reads the book's synopsis. "Harriet Tubman must lead a family of slaves to freedom while battling an army of darkness."\u003C/p>\n\u003C/p>\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B5GgOlnjGYa/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding:16px;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B5GgOlnjGYa/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding: 19% 0;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display:block; height:50px; margin:0 auto 12px; width:50px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" color:#3897f0; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\">View this post on Instagram\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cp>\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/B5GgOlnjGYa/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse (@amalgamphilly)\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003C/p>\n",{"title":70,"content":71},"Black comic book series","\u003Cp>Basically, \u003Cem>The Avengers\u003C/em> with an all-Black cast, \u003Ca href=\"https://blacksuncomics.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Black Sun\u003C/a> is a graphic series that tells the story of people from different worlds who must work together to restore order in their homeland after it has seized from an unknown, invading alien army. For anyone who wants to escape the difficulties of another day in quarantine, this is the perfect gift.\u003C/p>\n\u003C/p>\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CBQx4ibFNjY/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding:16px;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CBQx4ibFNjY/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding: 19% 0;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display:block; height:50px; margin:0 auto 12px; width:50px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" color:#3897f0; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\">View this post on Instagram\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cp>\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CBQx4ibFNjY/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Black Sun Comics ???????? (@blacksuncomics)\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003C/p>\n",{"title":73,"content":74},"Wakanda flag pin","\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/radical_dreams_pins/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Radical Dreams\u003C/a>' mission is simple: to change the world one pin at a time. Owned and operated by Shannon P., a Black student of medicine who is also a staunch advocate for \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/search/social%20justice\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">social justice\u003C/a>, this \u003Ca href=\"https://www.radicaldreams.net/collections/lapel-pins/products/black-panther-wakandan-flag-lapel-pin\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Wakanda flag pin\u003C/a> could make a great gift for fans of the blockbuster film who wishes every day they had access to vibranium.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/p>\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CEfryAgnlwq/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding:16px;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CEfryAgnlwq/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding: 19% 0;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display:block; height:50px; margin:0 auto 12px; width:50px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" color:#3897f0; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\">View this post on Instagram\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cp>\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CEfryAgnlwq/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Radical Dreams Pins®️ (@radical_dreams_pins)\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003C/p>\n",{"title":76,"content":77},"\"Fly Nerd\" tee","\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://flynerdapparel.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fly Nerd\u003C/a> is the brainchild of Mimi, a Baltimore-based creative who earned degrees from Towson University and Parsons the New School of Design. A self-proclaimed "fly" nerd at heart, make your loved one an official member of the weird crew and present them with this \u003Ca href=\"https://flynerdapparel.com/products/fly-nerd-too-hype-unisex-tee?variant=31602710347845\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">unisex tee\u003C/a> for $30. Sizes go up to 4XL.\u003C/p>\n\u003C/p>\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CBSIiZHpBCj/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding:16px;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CBSIiZHpBCj/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> \u003C/p>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding: 19% 0;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display:block; height:50px; margin:0 auto 12px; width:50px;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\" color:#3897f0; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\">View this post on Instagram\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\">\u003C/div>\n\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; 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font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Fly Nerd Apparel (@flynerdapparel)\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\n\u003C/div>\n\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Blessed should be the blerds this holiday season. \u003C/p>\n",true,false,{"disableAd":79,"disableConnatixPlayer":79,"enabledComments":79,"headScript":81},null,"article","2026-02-23T12:02:23.649Z",{"list":85,"total":226},[86,152,195],{"id":87,"author":88,"authors":99,"title":101,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":102,"body":103,"categories":104,"tags":113,"featuredMedia":142,"publishedAt":147,"updatedAt":148,"type":149,"listicle":150,"disableContentGate":79,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":79,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":10,"additional":151},72898440,{"id":89,"avatar":90,"firstName":91,"lastName":92,"displayName":93,"email":94,"username":95,"normalizedUsername":96,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":97,"registeredAt":98},99834,"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/KyraAlessandrini-compress.jpeg","Kyra","Alessandrini","Kyra Alessandrini","[email protected]","KyraAlessandrini","kyraalessandrini","https://www.instagram.com/kyraless/","2023-04-03T03:46:17+00:00",[100],{"id":89,"avatar":90,"firstName":91,"lastName":92,"displayName":93,"email":94,"username":95,"normalizedUsername":96,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":97,"registeredAt":98},"Spelman Students Develop PlantGPT, An AI System That Allows Verbal Communication With Plants","spelman-students-develop-plantgpt-to-communicate-with-plants","\n\u003Cp>Students at \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/top-colleges-us-news-world-report-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spelman College\u003C/a> have developed an \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/sza-ai-environmental-racism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">artificial intelligence\u003C/a> system that allows anyone to communicate verbally with their plants. PlantGPT allows houseplant owners to monitor their plants’ health and needs via conversation.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-plantgpt\">What is PlantGPT?\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>PlantGPT is a tool using data sensors, artificial intelligence and text-to-speech technology to translate the needs and conditions of a plant into speech. It was developed by Spelman College students Joy Rutledge, Temple Dees, Grace Burch, Jessica Obi and Devyn Washington.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“PlantGPT is a way to be able to talk to your plant,” one of the students said in a \u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reels/DUVwjLXjtjQ/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video\u003C/a> shared by Spelman College earlier in February. “When your plant is dying, you need to know what type of information or resources it needs — water, sunlight, nutrients. We created sensors and connected them to an AI so you can get real-time data and adjust the conditions.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The team first developed the project using ChatGPT but later moved to TinyLlama, an AI model that runs locally without the need for internet access, according to \u003Ca href=\"https://shinemycrown.com/spelman-college-students-develop-ai-tool-that-makes-it-possible-to-talk-plants-we-created-sensors-and-connected-them-to-an-ai/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shine My Crown\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“My classmate, Grace Burch, initially started the project using an Arduino to gather data,” one student explained, per Shine My Crown. “That data was sent to an AI model, which generated tailored care recommendations, and then sent to a Python text-to-speech library so the plant could ‘speak.’ My contribution was switching the AI model to TinyLlama and expanding features like written responses.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The project was launched for home gardening, but the students say they would like the technology to benefit local communities.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“The next step is expanding it to small farms and urban gardens,” a student said, Shine My Crown reported. “That way local farmers can detect plant health issues early, protect crops and help ensure food security for the community.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUVwjLXjtjQ/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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With the ingenuity of my teammates and advisor, we started thinking of ways to scale it and build more features on it each with our own touch and expertise,” Rutledge told the association in a \u003Ca href=\"https://www.aaas.org/news/2025-hbcu-making-innovation-showcase-highlights-winning-inventions-reading-apps-ai-powered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">news release\u003C/a>. “We started asking: How can this tool not only monitor plant health but also empower people to better understand their environment? In what ways can we truly personify the plant so that you would want to care for it? Those questions pushed us to scale the idea and integrate new features that promote accessibility and sustainability.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Rutledge hopes to pursue a career using technology to protect the earth’s biodiversity, climate and food systems amid climate change. Washington said she would like to have a career in either software or game development, according to the news release.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The team shared words of encouragement for HBCU students who may be interested in innovation, invention or entrepreneurship.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Don’t wait for the perfect idea to get involved. Talk to people, get their feedback and continue to iterate,” Dees said, per the news release.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“A mentor once told me to “learn by doing,” so don’t wait to create or build just because you don’t know how yet. 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The advertising restriction appears to be part of a larger effort by Florida to censor diversity, a policy that has now been replicated on the national level under the Trump administration.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ban-on-using-black-and-other-terms-for-black-history-month-advertisement\">Ban on using ‘Black’ and other terms for Black History Month advertisement\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Florida A&M University student Aaliyah Steward, who is in her last year at the school’s College of Law, said the school required her to censor promotional material that the Black Law Students Association was using to advertise its Black History Month activities. Notably, Steward said, “We couldn’t use the word ‘Black’ in Black History Month. We need to abbreviate it.” Steward also said the university objected to other terms, including “affirmative action” and “women.” The university did not deny Steward’s claim, saying in a statement, “Florida A&M University has consistently been in full compliance with \u003Ca href=\"https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate Bill 266\u003C/a> and Board of Governors’ Regulation 9.016.” The university stated, “We support and have implemented the policy direction established by the Governor, the Legislature, and the Board of Governors as it relates to DEI, and consistent with related federal court rulings.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Florida A&M University law student says the school told her to remove the word 'Black' from a Black History Month event flyer. The school says it is in full compliance with state law \u003Ca href=\"https://t.co/vATXWchmkJ\">https://t.co/vATXWchmkJ\u003C/a> \u003Ca href=\"https://t.co/GMy65A1HjV\">pic.twitter.com/GMy65A1HjV\u003C/a>\u003C/p>— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/2020540901202813093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2026\u003C/a>\u003C/blockquote>\u003Cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003C/script>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-censoring-discussion-of-blackness-at-an-hbcu\">Censoring discussion of Blackness at an HBCU\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“I was very angry and baffled because this is a Historically Black College and University, and for them to say we can’t use the word ‘Black’ was kind of insane,” Steward told \u003Ca href=\"https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2026/02/06/black-banned-from-flyers-for-famu-college-of-law-black-history-month-event-student-says/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">News 6 Orlando\u003C/a>. The university maintained in its statement that it “is committed to fostering a campus community that encourages the free exchange of ideas while ensuring an environment of mutual respect, safety, and awareness.” FAMU claimed that “the University recognizes that freedom of expression is fundamental to academic inquiry, personal development, and civic engagement.” Steward described a very different experience. “I just don’t want us to be censored this way. Not being able to use the word ‘Black’ is very frustrating,” she said.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-florida-republicans-anti-woke-restrictions-on-diversity\">Florida Republicans’ anti-‘woke’ restrictions on diversity\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The censorship being conducted by FAMU is a manifestation of the \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/ron-desantis-announces-plan-to-defund-dei-programs-across-florida-universities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anti-DEI policies\u003C/a> put in place in Florida under the leadership of conservative Gov. Ron DeSantis. In 2023, the governor made defunding diversity, equity and inclusion programs in Florida universities a key part of his campaign against so-called “woke” ideologies. The policies put in place by DeSantis and the Republican-controlled legislature created an atmosphere that led the NAACP to issue a 2023 travel advisory warning Black people not to visit the state. Since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in 2025, he has been implementing a set of anti-diversity policies at the national level that have strictly interpreted the Supreme Court’s \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/trump-targets-college-essays-as-part-of-dei-crackdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anti-affirmative action ruling\u003C/a>; under Trump administration guidelines, any \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/trump-official-declares-virtually-all-race-conscious-college-programming-illegal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">race-conscious programming\u003C/a> on college campuses could be viewed as illegal.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Florida’s anti-diversity policies laid the groundwork for other states like Texas to adopt restrictive policies toward their schools, and Florida’s policies also served as a precursor to restrictions being implemented at a national level. Now, the state’s restrictions have apparently created an absurd situation in which students are being restricted from publicly advertising the “Black” aspect of Black History Month.\u003C/p>\n",[167,168],{"name":106,"slug":107,"id":108},{"name":110,"slug":111,"id":112},[170,171,175,178,182,185],{"id":119,"name":120,"slug":121,"description":10,"image":10},{"id":172,"name":173,"slug":174,"description":10,"image":10},2170,"DEI","dei",{"id":176,"name":177,"slug":177,"description":10,"image":10},26807,"famu",{"id":179,"name":180,"slug":181,"description":10,"image":10},19873,"Florida A&M University","florida-aandm-university",{"id":183,"name":110,"slug":184,"description":10,"image":10},38270,"hbcu-2",{"id":139,"name":140,"slug":141,"description":10,"image":10},{"url":187,"thumbnail":188,"credit":189,"title":190,"alt":10,"type":50},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-9001180462532-1-compress.png","https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-9001180462532-1-150x84.png","Photo: Don Juan Moore","GettyImages-9001180462532 (1)","2026-02-09T20:44:54-05:00","2026-02-09T20:44:58-05:00",[],{"disableAd":79,"disableConnatixPlayer":79,"enabledComments":79,"headScript":10},{"id":196,"author":197,"authors":198,"title":200,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":201,"body":202,"categories":203,"tags":206,"featuredMedia":217,"publishedAt":222,"updatedAt":223,"type":149,"listicle":224,"disableContentGate":79,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":79,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":218,"additional":225},72898213,{"id":89,"avatar":90,"firstName":91,"lastName":92,"displayName":93,"email":94,"username":95,"normalizedUsername":96,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":97,"registeredAt":98},[199],{"id":89,"avatar":90,"firstName":91,"lastName":92,"displayName":93,"email":94,"username":95,"normalizedUsername":96,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":97,"registeredAt":98},"Judge Rules Against Early Voting Sites At 3 NC Universities, Including This HBCU, Ahead Of Election","judge-rejects-early-voting-at-3-north-carolina-universities","\n\u003Cp>A federal judge ruled on Sunday against efforts to open early voting sites at three university campuses across \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/our-blues-make-us-gold-honors-the-legacy-of-north-carolina-at\">North Carolina\u003C/a> ahead of the state’s \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/black-women-elected-mayor-detroit-syracuse-albany\">primary election\u003C/a>. In January, a coalition of students had sued the state after officials rejected their efforts to open early voting sites on campus.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-students-have-been-advocating-for-early-voting-sites\">Students have been advocating for early voting sites\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Students from Western Carolina University, University of North Carolina Greensboro and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (the country’s largest HBCU) sued the State Board of Elections in January — alleging that the refusal to open early voting sites was in violation of the Constitution. They said the board ignored their demands and “brushed aside urgent warnings that their decisions would disproportionately burden young and Black voters and denigrated students who advocated for their rights,” according to the \u003Ca href=\"https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article314602656.html\">News & Observer\u003C/a>. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DT0AP_KkXs7/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\u003Cdiv style=\"padding:16px;\"> \u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DT0AP_KkXs7/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/a>\u003Cp style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DT0AP_KkXs7/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by The A&T Register (@theatregister)\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cscript async src=\"//www.instagram.com/embed.js\">\u003C/script>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Students said that without early voting being made available, they will have to travel off-campus to vote, which will cost them money and time. They asked officials to open early voting sites ahead of North Carolina’s primary election on March 3.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>After their demands were rejected by the State Board of Elections in January, NC A&T State University students held a protest to push for the opening of early voting sites on campus. Board Chair Francis De Luca reportedly threatened to call the police on them.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The three universities have previously hosted early voting sites in recent elections. Western Carolina University has hosted early voting sites regularly since 2016, while UNC Greensboro and NC A&T State University have offered sites in recent presidential elections but not for midterm elections, according to the \u003Ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-early-voting-universities-judge-452615513f497ab51ca3c19783703073\">Associated Press\u003C/a>. Early voting is offered at other university campuses across the state with same-day registration made available on site.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-did-a-judge-rule-against-the-students-lawsuit\">Why did a judge rule against the students’ lawsuit?\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Federal judge William Osteen Jr., who was appointed by former President George W. Bush, ruled that it would be impossible to force universities to open early voting sites on such short notice.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“That the universities hosted early voting sites in prior elections … is one thing,” Osteen wrote, according to The News & Observer. “Whether they are able or willing to do so now, only days away from the state of the early voting period, is another.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He also wrote that the plaintiffs were not likely to succeed with their lawsuit because “this court does not find the burdens on plaintiffs to be severe.” The judge’s ruling can still be appealed.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Lawyers representing the State Board of Elections wrote that there are no requirements to retain voting sites used in previous elections. They added that deciding whether to open a site was based on circumstances such as cost, geographic location, parking access and previous turnout.\u003C/p>\n",[204,205],{"name":106,"slug":107,"id":108},{"name":110,"slug":111,"id":112},[207,208,212,216],{"id":119,"name":120,"slug":121,"description":10,"image":10},{"id":209,"name":210,"slug":211,"description":10,"image":10},5021,"early voting","early-voting",{"id":213,"name":214,"slug":215,"description":10,"image":10},14517,"Primary Elections","primary-elections",{"id":139,"name":140,"slug":141,"description":10,"image":10},{"url":218,"thumbnail":219,"credit":220,"title":221,"alt":221,"type":50},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-1776444235-1.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-1776444235-1-150x100.jpg","Photo: Grace Cary via Getty","early voting sign","2026-02-09T13:08:51-05:00","2026-02-09T13:08:56-05:00",[],{"disableAd":79,"disableConnatixPlayer":79,"enabledComments":79,"headScript":10},266,{"list":228,"total":393},[229,268,304,328,361],{"id":230,"author":231,"authors":241,"title":243,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":244,"body":245,"categories":246,"tags":255,"featuredMedia":260,"publishedAt":264,"updatedAt":265,"type":149,"listicle":266,"disableContentGate":79,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":79,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":10,"additional":267},72900541,{"id":232,"avatar":233,"firstName":234,"lastName":235,"displayName":236,"email":237,"username":238,"normalizedUsername":238,"description":239,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":240},98848,"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2da4e4032b5f8358dd429b2129677ea08cd82811258070074b014cd6424c975c?s=1024&r=g","Trey","Mangum","Trey Mangum","[email protected]","tmangum","Trey Mangum is the Managing Editor of Blavity and Shadow & Act. 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These wins included Ryan Coogler for Best Original Screenplay, Wunmi Mosaku for Best Supporting Actress and Ludwig Göransson for Best Original Score.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>With the award, Coogler has become the first Black person to win Best Original Screenplay. Heading into the Oscars, only one Black person has won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay: Jordan Peele for 2017’s \u003Cem>Get Out. \u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ryan-coogler-on-his-historic-bafta-win\">Ryan Coogler on his historic BAFTA win\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t expect that,” he said when accepting the win, as \u003Ca href=\"https://variety.com/2026/film/awards/ryan-coogler-first-black-person-bafta-original-screenplay-1236666022/\">Variety\u003C/a> reported. “This is nerve-wracking.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe title=\"Ryan Coogler Wins the Original Screenplay BAFTA for Sinners | EE BAFTA Film Awards 2026\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/n44HeX9fqqQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C/iframe>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He went on to say,  “I come from a community that loves me. They made me believe that I could do this, that I could be a writer. And it was amazing to be accepted into the community of film actors, the community of Los Angeles…For all the writers out there, when y’all look at that blank page, think of who you love, think of anybody who you’ve seen in pain that you identify with and wish they felt better and let that love motivate you. I’ll be forever grateful for this, thank you all.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-wunmi-mosaku-spoke-about-her-victory\">Wunmi Mosaku spoke about her victory \u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In what may be seen as an upset because Teyana Taylor seemed to be the favorite, but also not an upset because she is a British darling, Mosaku took home the Best Supporting Actress prize as her stock continues to rise for the Oscars after she shocked many when she was nominated for her moving performance. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“I found a part of myself in Annie, a part of my hopes, my ancestral power and connection, parts I thought I had lost or tried to dim as an immigrant trying to fit in,” she said.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe title=\"Wunmi Mosaku Wins the Supporting Actress BAFTA for Sinners | EE BAFTA Film Awards 2026\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/ExVzYoaSSec?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C/iframe>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>After the win in the press room, per \u003Ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7jnj028lko\">BBC\u003C/a>, she also said, “It always feels good when you feel like your story and your experience is being represented with integrity and creativity,” and that it was pleasing to see “the response of black women feeling seen, loved, valued, treasured, and the power of our ancestry and the spirituality.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>She added, “For me, seeing that response made me realise how lonely I felt, and all of a sudden these women were in my life who I’d never met, I felt a kinship to.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-akinola-davies-jr-and-wale-davies-won-for-my-father-s-shadow\">Akinola Davies Jr. and Wale Davies won for ‘My Father’s Shadow’\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Elsewhere, for the film \u003Cem>My Father’s Shadow, \u003C/em>brothers Akinola Davies Jr. and Wale Davies on Outstanding Debut for a British Writer, Director or Producer. The film was directed by Akinola, who co-wrote it with Wale. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-full-list-of-2025-bafta-winners\">Full list of 2025 BAFTA winners\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Check out the full list of BAFTA winners below:\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\">Best Film\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\">\u003Cem>Hamnet\u003Cbr>Marty Supreme\u003Cbr>\u003Cstrong>One Battle After Another\u003Cbr>\u003C/strong>Sentimental Value\u003Cbr>Sinners\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\">Outstanding British Film\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\">\u003Cem>28 Years Later\u003Cbr>The Ballad of Wallis Island\u003Cbr>Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy\u003Cbr>Die My Love\u003Cbr>H Is For Hawk\u003Cbr>\u003Cstrong>Hamnet\u003Cbr>\u003C/strong>I Swear\u003Cbr>Mr. Burton\u003Cbr>Pillion\u003Cbr>Steve\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\">Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\">\u003Cem>The Ceremony\u003Cbr>\u003Cstrong>My Father’s Shadow\u003C/strong>\u003Cbr>Pillion\u003Cbr>A Want In Her\u003Cbr>Wasteman\u003Cstrong>\u003C/strong>\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\">Best Film Not in the English Language\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\">\u003Cem>It Was Just An Accident\u003Cbr>The Secret Agent\u003Cbr>\u003Cstrong>Sentimental Value\u003Cbr>\u003C/strong>Sirat\u003Cbr>The Voice of Hind Rajab\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\">Best Documentary\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\">\u003Cem>2000 Meters to Adraiivka\u003Cbr>Apocalypse in the Tropics\u003Cbr>Cover-Up\u003Cbr>\u003Cstrong>Mr. Nobody Against Putin\u003C/strong>\u003Cbr>The Perfect Neighbor\u003Cstrong>\u003C/strong>\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\">Best Animated Film\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\">\u003Cem>Elio\u003Cbr>Little Amélie\u003Cbr>\u003Cstrong>Zootopia 2\u003C/strong>\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\">Best Children’s & Family Film\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\">\u003Cem>Arco\u003Cbr>\u003Cstrong>Boong\u003C/strong>\u003Cbr>Lilo & Stitch\u003Cbr>Zootopia 2\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_37-0\">Best Director\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp id=\"mntl-sc-block_38-0\">Yorgos Lanthimos, \u003Cem>Bugonia\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>Chloé Zhao, \u003Cem>Hamnet\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>Josh Safdie, \u003Cem>Marty Supreme\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>\u003Cstrong>Paul Thomas Anderson, \u003Cem>One Battle After Another\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>\u003C/strong>Joachim Trier, \u003Cem>Sentimental Value\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>Ryan Coogler, \u003Cem>Sinners\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_40-0\">Best Original Screenplay\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp id=\"mntl-sc-block_41-0\">\u003Cem>I Swear\u003Cbr>Marty Supreme\u003Cbr>The Secret Agent\u003Cbr>Sentimental Value\u003Cbr>\u003Cstrong>Sinners\u003C/strong>\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_43-0\">Best Adapted Screenplay\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp id=\"mntl-sc-block_44-0\">\u003Cem>The Ballad of Wallis Island\u003Cbr>Bugonia\u003Cbr>Hamnet\u003Cbr>\u003Cstrong>One Battle After Another\u003Cbr>\u003C/strong>Pillion\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_47-0\">Best Leading Actress\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp id=\"mntl-sc-block_48-0\">\u003Cstrong>Jessie Buckley, \u003Cem>Hamnet\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>\u003C/strong>Rose Byrne, \u003Cem>If I Had Legs I’d Kick You\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>Kate Hudson, \u003Cem>Song Sung Blue\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>Chase Infiniti, \u003Cem>One Battle After Another\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>Renate Reinsve, \u003Cem>Sentimental Value\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>Emma Stone, \u003Cem>Bugonia\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_50-0\">Best Leading Actor\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp id=\"mntl-sc-block_51-0\">\u003Cstrong>Robert Aramayo, \u003Cem>I Swear\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>\u003C/strong>Timothée Chalamet, \u003Cem>Marty Supreme\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>Leonardo DiCaprio,\u003Cem> One Battle After Another\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>Ethan Hawke, \u003Cem>Blue Moon\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>Michael B. Jordan, \u003Cem>Sinners\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>Jesse Plemmons,\u003Cem> Bugonia\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_53-0\">Best Supporting Actress\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp id=\"mntl-sc-block_54-0\">Odessa A’Zion, \u003Cem>Marty Supreme\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, \u003Cem>Sentimental Value\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>\u003Cstrong>Wunmi Mosaku, \u003Cem>Sinners\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>\u003C/strong>Carey Mulligan, \u003Cem>The Ballad of Wallis Island\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>Teyana Taylor, \u003Cem>One Battle After Another\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>Emily Watson,\u003Cem> Hamnet\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block_56-0\">Best Supporting Actor\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp id=\"mntl-sc-block_57-0\">Benicio Del Toro, \u003Cem>One Battle After Another\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>Jacob Elordi, \u003Cem>Frankenstein\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>Paul Mescal, \u003Cem>Hamnet\u003C/em>\u003Cbr>Peter Mullan,\u003Cem> I 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2026-02-22T205311.652","2026-02-22T23:58:39-05:00","2026-02-23T00:06:10-05:00",[],{"disableAd":79,"disableConnatixPlayer":79,"enabledComments":79,"headScript":10},{"id":269,"author":270,"authors":271,"title":273,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":274,"body":275,"categories":276,"tags":282,"featuredMedia":295,"publishedAt":300,"updatedAt":301,"type":149,"listicle":302,"disableContentGate":79,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":79,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":10,"additional":303},72900557,{"id":232,"avatar":233,"firstName":234,"lastName":235,"displayName":236,"email":237,"username":238,"normalizedUsername":238,"description":239,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":240},[272],{"id":232,"avatar":233,"firstName":234,"lastName":235,"displayName":236,"email":237,"username":238,"normalizedUsername":238,"description":239,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":240},"'A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms' Quietly Introduced Several More Targaryens In Baelor’s Finale Funeral: Who Are They?","a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-finale-more-targaryens-who-are-they","\n\u003Cp>In a blink-and-you-missed-it moment during the Season 1 finale funeral of Prince Baelor “Breakspear” Targaryen (Bertie Carvell) on \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/entertainment/a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-season-1-finale-post-credits-scene\">HBO’s \u003Cem>A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms\u003C/em>\u003C/a>, the \u003Cem>Game of Thrones\u003C/em> series may have introduced several lore Targaryens that we haven’t seen before.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>At the funeral, there are several Targaryens in the series that we already knew: Prince Maekar Targaryen (Sam Spruell), Prince Valarr Targaryen (Oscar Morgan) and Prince Aegon V “Egg” Targaryen (Dexter Sol Ansell). However, there are several silver-haired figures around them.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While only one of these is confirmed, it’s time to speculate who the others are.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-confirmed\">Confirmed \u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-kiera-of-tyrosh\">Kiera of Tyrosh\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While not a blood Targaryen, Kiera is the wife of Valarr. At the funeral, she’s standing beside her husband, and her appearance is accurate to the source material, with darker skin and pink hair. In the source material, she and Valarr go on to have two children, but they are stillborn. She later marries his cousin, Prince Daeron Targaryen, and they have a daughter, Vaella Targaryen.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>An image of Kiera and Valarr from the funeral surfaced in December, and the character is officially confirmed to be Kiera by actress Tamara Chanel.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms Finale!\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Grateful beyond words to have stepped into this extraordinary world as Kiera of Tyrosh 💕 \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/AKOTSK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AKOTSK\u003C/a> \u003Ca href=\"https://t.co/JyxIiksLC8\">pic.twitter.com/JyxIiksLC8\u003C/a>\u003C/p>— Tamara Chanel (@tamarachanel_) \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/tamarachanel_/status/2025776518706680288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2026\u003C/a>\u003C/blockquote>\u003Cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003C/script>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-speculated\">Speculated\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-aerys-i-targaryen\">Aerys I Targaryen\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There is a man who appears beside Maekar and Egg at the funeral, and he could be Aerys I Targaryen. In canon, Aerys I becomes king after Baelor and his sons die, as he is next in line. He ends up not having an heir, and this leads to Egg becoming king.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aelinor Penrose\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There is a woman standing next to the man who could be Aerys I. If this is Aerys, this is likely his wife, Aelinor Penrose, who came from House Penrose. In canon, she and Aerys I were said to be cousins, but their exact relation is unknown, as is whether she is technically a blood Targaryen.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rhae and Daella Targaryen\u003C/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While unconfirmed, there are two seemingly Targaryen ladies standing behind Valarr and near Kiera. They could be Maekar and his late wife, Dyanna Dayne’s daughters, Rhae and Daella Targaryen. They appear to be close in age. In canon, Daella is the fourth-oldest child, and Rhae is the sixth and youngest. Aegon V is between them as the fifth child. The ladies in the scene look older than Egg is right now. However, as we know, the \u003Cem>Game of Thrones\u003C/em> shows like to mix up ages and generations, so this doesn’t necessarily mean these characters aren’t Rhae and Daella.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The case for this not being Rhae and Daella? It seems odd that Prince Matarys, the other son of Baelor and Valarr’s brother, wouldn’t be there, no? Or maybe he just didn’t journey to Ashford Meadow for the tourney while his cousins did. It’s not like he could travel over by dragon, right?\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In canon, both Rhae and Daella are married off to unnamed houses and end up having children. We don’t know exactly who they were married to, but one of them (probably Rhae) married into House Tarth — and could have had a romantic tryst with Dunk, had a baby, and this is how Brienne of Tarth could be connected to Dunk.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Manfred Dondarrion also attends Baelor’s funeral\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Of note, the Targaryens who may or may not be Rhae and Daella are also standing directly behind Manfred Dondarrion (Daniel Monks), a knight of House Dondarrion, whom we met earlier in the season. He is likely there because he’s related to Jena Dondarrion, Baelor’s late wife and the mother of Prince Valarr and Prince Matarys.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What notable Targaryens of the time weren’t at the funeral\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Of the immediate Targaryen family members of Baelor, missing — and not speculated to be the unnamed Targaryens we saw — from the funeral would be, of the characters introduced properly in the series, Prince Daeron, aka Daeron the Drunken (Henry Ashton) and Aerion Targaryen (Finn Bennett). \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Of unseen characters, there’s the aforementioned Prince Matarys, Prince Rhaegel Targaryen, brother of Baelor, Aerys I and Maekar, as well as their father, King Daeron II Targaryen. There’s also Rhaegel’s children: Prince Aelor Targaryen, Princess Aelora Targaryen and Princess Daenora Targaryen (future wife of Aerion) — though the timeline of their ages, or even whether they were born at this time, is somewhat unclear. There are probably many more distant relatives, but there are just so many Targs.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms \u003C/em>is streaming in full on HBO/HBO Max. Season 2 was renewed in November of last year before the premiere of Season 1. \u003C/p>\n",[277,278],{"name":248,"slug":249,"id":250},{"name":279,"slug":280,"id":281},"Television","television",100,[283,287,291],{"id":284,"name":285,"slug":286,"description":10,"image":10},71891,"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms","a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms",{"id":288,"name":289,"slug":290,"description":10,"image":10},32770,"Game of Thrones","game-of-thrones-2",{"id":292,"name":293,"slug":294,"description":10,"image":10},38915,"HBO","hbo",{"url":296,"thumbnail":297,"credit":298,"title":299,"alt":10,"type":50},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/sam-spruell_1.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/sam-spruell_1-150x100.jpg","Photo: HBO","sam-spruell_1","2026-02-22T23:58:05-05:00","2026-02-23T00:08:02-05:00",[],{"disableAd":79,"disableConnatixPlayer":79,"enabledComments":79,"headScript":10},{"id":305,"author":306,"authors":307,"title":309,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":310,"body":311,"categories":312,"tags":315,"featuredMedia":319,"publishedAt":324,"updatedAt":325,"type":149,"listicle":326,"disableContentGate":79,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":79,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":10,"additional":327},72900548,{"id":232,"avatar":233,"firstName":234,"lastName":235,"displayName":236,"email":237,"username":238,"normalizedUsername":238,"description":239,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":240},[308],{"id":232,"avatar":233,"firstName":234,"lastName":235,"displayName":236,"email":237,"username":238,"normalizedUsername":238,"description":239,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":240},"'A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms' Season 1 Finale Makes Huge Change From Source Material In Post-Credits Scene","a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-season-1-finale-post-credits-scene","\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>\u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/entertainment/a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-trailer-hbo\">A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms\u003C/a>, \u003C/em>the hot new \u003Cem>Game of Thrones \u003C/em>series at \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/entertainment/harry-potter-hbo-series-casts-harry-hermoine-ron\">HBO\u003C/a>, brought its first season to a close on Sunday night. Season 1’s penultimate episode ended with the tragic death of Prince Baelor “Breakspear” Targaryen (Bertie Carvel), heir to the throne, leaving everyone at Ashford Meadow gagged in the finale, which is Episode 6. Ser Duncan “Dunk” the Tall (Peter Claffey) was even planning to serve Baelor after he was triumphant in the trial\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Prince Maekar Targaryen (Sam Spruell) is trying to figure out how to move his family forward after his son Prince Aerion Targaryen’s (Finn Bennett) actions pretty much led them to this moment (or we can argue that Egg pretending to be a squire led to this). Though his brother has died from this Trial of the Seven, Maekar has a proposition for Dunk: let Prince Aegon V “Egg” Targaryen (Dexter Sol Ansell) be his squire…but there’s a twist. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Learn more about what Maekar asks of Dunk, as wellas the mid-credits scene. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-s-in-the-season-1-post-credits-scene-of-a-knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms\">What’s in the Season 1 post-credits scene of ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In what’s technically a mid-credits scene, which airs right after the title card, \u003Cem>A Knight of the Nine Kingdoms\u003C/em> (a fun poke at Egg’s correction to Dunk), we see Maekar looking for Egg.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While this isn’t a traditional post-credits, or even a mid-credits scene…we’re just going to call it that to give it a name, it’s noteworthy. Back at Ashford Meadow, the Targaryens are leaving, but then the fact that Egg is missing, again, has come to his attention. He said, “Where the f**k is he?”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Now, just a few moments ago in the finale, we’d seen Egg approach Dunk before he took off and let him know that his father said that he needed to squire for him. Dunk, seemingly into the fact that his idea worked on Maekar, is pleased, and they hit the road. However, looks like Maekar didn’t \u003Cem>actually \u003C/em>approve of Egg going. As we know, Maekar wasn’t too thrilled with the idea of Egg living as a peasant, and his first offer was for Dunk to go to Targaryen’s summer retreat, Summerhall, and have Egg squire for him there. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-this-isn-t-what-happens-in-the-novella\">This isn’t what happens in the novella\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the first of three\u003Cem> \u003C/em>(so far) \u003Cem>Tales of Dunk and Egg\u003C/em> novellas, Maekar actually agrees with Dunk and sends Egg off with him. So the fact that he doesn’t know that Egg went off with Dunk is a deviation and change from the source material.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>What does this mean? We don’t exactly know yet; maybe, though he didn’t know that Egg left, Maekar is truly fine with him and will believe this is the best plan. That could likely be the case.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms \u003C/em>is streaming in full on HBO/HBO Max. Season 2 was renewed in November of last year before the premiere of Season 1. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003C/p>\n",[313,314],{"name":248,"slug":249,"id":250},{"name":279,"slug":280,"id":281},[316,317,318],{"id":284,"name":285,"slug":286,"description":10,"image":10},{"id":288,"name":289,"slug":290,"description":10,"image":10},{"id":292,"name":293,"slug":294,"description":10,"image":10},{"url":320,"thumbnail":321,"credit":298,"title":322,"alt":323,"type":50},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dexter-sol-ansell_5.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dexter-sol-ansell_5-150x100.jpg","dexter-sol-ansell_5","Dexter Sol Ansell as Aegon V Targaryen / Egg","2026-02-22T22:46:32-05:00","2026-02-22T22:55:38-05:00",[],{"disableAd":79,"disableConnatixPlayer":79,"enabledComments":79,"headScript":10},{"id":329,"author":330,"authors":337,"title":339,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":340,"body":341,"categories":342,"tags":344,"featuredMedia":351,"publishedAt":357,"updatedAt":358,"type":149,"listicle":359,"disableContentGate":79,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":79,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":10,"additional":360},72900493,{"id":331,"avatar":332,"firstName":10,"lastName":10,"displayName":333,"email":334,"username":333,"normalizedUsername":335,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":336},96045,"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/DSC09602-2-compress.jpg","Tomas Kassahun","[email protected]","tomas-kassahun","2019-09-06T00:00:00+00:00",[338],{"id":331,"avatar":332,"firstName":10,"lastName":10,"displayName":333,"email":334,"username":333,"normalizedUsername":335,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":336},"What's Happening In Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco And More As El Mencho, Mexican Cartel Leader, Has Been Killed?","whats-happening-in-puerto-vallarta-jalisco-el-mencho-mexican-cartel-leader-killed","\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/that-mexican-ot-n-word-controversy\" type=\"link\" id=\"https://blavity.com/that-mexican-ot-n-word-controversy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mexican\u003C/a> officials announced on Sunday that the infamous cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera has been killed. Oseguera, also known as El Mencho, died in a military raid as Mexico ramped up its effort to crack down on \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/trump-classifies-fentanyl-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction\" type=\"link\" id=\"https://blavity.com/trump-classifies-fentanyl-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cartels\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-drug-lord-el-mencho-killed-military-operation-government-source-2026-02-22/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-drug-lord-el-mencho-killed-military-operation-government-source-2026-02-22/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reuters \u003C/a>reported. Oseguera sustained serious injuries during the attack in the western state of Jalisco, and he died while being transferred to Mexico City by air. According to Reuters, Mexico ramped up its effort against drug cartels after Donald Trump pressured the country to address the issue.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“The operation for his arrest was led by the Defense Ministry, and he ended up being killed,” a government source familiar with the operation told Reuters.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who was Nemesio Oseguera?\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Oseguera, a former police officer, was the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). Under Oseguera’s leadership, CJNG became one of the biggest international criminal enterprise groups in the world.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The 59-year-old drug lord was accused of smuggling massive amounts of cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine across the Mexican border, \u003Ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/22/mexican-security-forces-reportedly-kill-drug-cartel-boss-el-mencho\" type=\"link\" id=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/22/mexican-security-forces-reportedly-kill-drug-cartel-boss-el-mencho\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Guardian\u003C/a> reported. The U.S. was offering a $15 million reward for Oseguera’s capture.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to The Guardian, Oseguera died alongside several members of his cartel on Sunday. Four cartel members died at the scene of the attack. Oseguera and two others died while they were being transferred to Mexico City.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What’s going on in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco and beyond?\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The U.S. Embassy in Mexico has issued a warning to American citizens in Jalisco State as the region is seeing a violent outbreak following Oseguera’s death. According to \u003Ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/puerto-vallarta-shelter-in-place-21738514.php\" type=\"link\" id=\"https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/puerto-vallarta-shelter-in-place-21738514.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SFGate\u003C/a>, American citizens are advised to take shelter if they are currently staying in the Jalisco State regions of Puerto Vallarta, Chapala and Guadalajara. Tamaulipas State, Guerrero State and Nuevo León State are also considered to be among the dangerous areas at the moment.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Videos circulating online showed burning cars blocking some of the roads in Jalisco. Cartels commonly use this tactic to stop military operations, SFGate reported.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Criminal groups have set up roadblocks with burning vehicles in several cities in Jalisco State, including in Puerto Vallarta,” Global Affairs Canada said in a \u003Ca href=\"https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/mexico?_ga=2.257135051.1975701971.1771787465-1297429699.1771787465\" type=\"link\" id=\"https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/mexico?_ga=2.257135051.1975701971.1771787465-1297429699.1771787465\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement\u003C/a>. “There have been shootouts with security forces and explosions. A shelter-in-place order is in effect in Puerto Vallarta. All taxi and rideshare services are suspended until further notice.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Air Canada also announced on Sunday that all operations in Puerto Vallarta are canceled due to the “ongoing security situation.” Airlines are advising customers to check with their airports before preparing to fly.\u003C/p>\n",[343],{"name":27,"slug":28,"id":29},[345,348],{"id":346,"name":347,"slug":347,"description":10,"image":10},77474,"cartel",{"id":349,"name":350,"slug":350,"description":10,"image":10},31068,"mexico",{"url":352,"thumbnail":353,"credit":354,"title":355,"alt":356,"type":50},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-2262558803.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-2262558803-150x100.jpg","Security members speak next to burnt buses on February 22, 2026 in Zapopan, Mexico. Road blockades and vehicle burnings have been reported in several parts of Mexico since early morning. The Secretariat of National Defense of Mexico has confirmed that during a security operation in Tapalpa, Jalisco, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as 'El Mencho' leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was killed, along with four other members. Three Mexican soldiers were wounded during the operation. | Photo by Carlos Zepeda/Getty Images","Mexican Army Killed Drug Leader ‘El Mencho’ In Jalisco","Security members speak next to burnt buses on February 22, 2026 in Zapopan, Mexico. Road blockades and vehicle burnings have been reported in several parts of Mexico since early morning. The Secretariat of National Defense of Mexico has confirmed that during a security operation in Tapalpa, Jalisco, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as 'El Mencho' leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was killed, along with four other members. Three Mexican soldiers were wounded during the operation.","2026-02-22T20:21:24-05:00","2026-02-22T20:22:35-05:00",[],{"disableAd":79,"disableConnatixPlayer":79,"enabledComments":79,"headScript":10},{"id":362,"author":363,"authors":364,"title":366,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":367,"body":368,"categories":369,"tags":374,"featuredMedia":383,"publishedAt":389,"updatedAt":390,"type":149,"listicle":391,"disableContentGate":79,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":79,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":10,"additional":392},72900389,{"id":331,"avatar":332,"firstName":10,"lastName":10,"displayName":333,"email":334,"username":333,"normalizedUsername":335,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":336},[365],{"id":331,"avatar":332,"firstName":10,"lastName":10,"displayName":333,"email":334,"username":333,"normalizedUsername":335,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":336},"Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Signs Law To Block Local Law Enforcement From Assisting ICE","maryland-gov-wes-moore-signs-law-to-block-local-law-enforcement-from-assisting-ice","\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/maryland-hairstylist-sentenced-after-dragging-15-year-old-client-in-viral-video\" type=\"link\" id=\"https://blavity.com/maryland-hairstylist-sentenced-after-dragging-15-year-old-client-in-viral-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maryland\u003C/a> Gov. Wes Moore (D) has signed a new law that blocks local law enforcement from assisting federal \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/trump-halts-temporary-immigration-protections-for-haitians\" type=\"link\" id=\"https://blavity.com/trump-halts-temporary-immigration-protections-for-haitians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">immigration\u003C/a> arrests. According to the new bill, signed on Tuesday, nine sheriff’s offices in Maryland are ordered to dissolve their agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Moore signed the bill after he described ICE as an “unaccountable agency with seemingly unlimited resources.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“We make a very clear statement to our community that we believe in your safety,” Moore said, per \u003Ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/02/17/maryland-bans-ice-287g-agreements/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/02/17/maryland-bans-ice-287g-agreements/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Washington Post\u003C/a>. “We believe in making sure that you are going to be safe from violent offenders, and we also believe in making sure that you are safe from unaccountable agents as well.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are other states that have blocked local law enforcement from partnering with ICE?\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Much like Maryland, New Mexico has also blocked local law enforcement from assisting ICE. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) signed the bill two weeks before Maryland passed its legislation. Some of the other states that have passed similar laws are Washington, Illinois, California, Oregon, New Jersey, Maine, Delaware and Connecticut. New York is also considering similar legislation, the Post reported.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Still, many other states allow 287(g) partnerships, agreements that allow local officers to assist ICE in detaining immigrants who are allegedly staying in the country illegally. The Department of Homeland Security, which had 135 287(g) partnership agreements across the country when Donald Trump started his second term, has now expanded its collaboration to more than 1,300 agencies, per the Post.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Gov. Wes Moore saying about dissolving the state’s partnership with ICE?\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>After signing the bill on Tuesday, Moore said Maryland is determined to “defend Constitutional rights and Constitutional policing.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“We will not allow untrained, unqualified and unaccountable ICE agents to deputize our law enforcement officers,” Moore said, per \u003Ca href=\"https://thegrio.com/2026/02/19/governor-wes-moore-signs-bill-blocking-state-and-local-cooperation-with-ice/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https://thegrio.com/2026/02/19/governor-wes-moore-signs-bill-blocking-state-and-local-cooperation-with-ice/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Grio\u003C/a>. “This bill draws a clear line: we will continue to work with federal partners to hold violent offenders accountable, but we refuse to blur the lines between state and federal authority in ways that undermine the trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Moore is the only Black governor in the country, according to The Grio. The governor hails Maryland as “a community of immigrants.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“That’s one of our greatest strengths because this country is incomplete without each and every one of us,” he said.\u003C/p>\n",[370],{"name":371,"slug":372,"id":373},"Politics","politics",120,[375,379],{"id":376,"name":377,"slug":378,"description":10,"image":10},26590,"ICE","ice",{"id":380,"name":381,"slug":382,"description":10,"image":10},38424,"Maryland","maryland",{"url":384,"thumbnail":385,"credit":386,"title":387,"alt":388,"type":50},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-2262346601.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-2262346601-150x100.jpg","Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is interviewed by David Rubenstein alongside Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt at the Economic Club on February 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. As Chair and Vice Chair of the National Governors Association, Stitt and Moore discussed the NGA’s bipartisan “Reigniting the American Dream” initiative. | Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images","Maryland Gov. Moore And Oklahoma Gov. Stitt Speak At The Economic Club Of Washington, DC","WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 18: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is interviewed by David Rubenstein alongside Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt at the Economic Club on February 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. As Chair and Vice Chair of the National Governors Association, Stitt and Moore discussed the NGA’s bipartisan “Reigniting the American Dream” initiative.","2026-02-22T20:09:53-05:00","2026-02-22T20:10:02-05:00",[],{"disableAd":79,"disableConnatixPlayer":79,"enabledComments":79,"headScript":10},76052,["Reactive",395],{},["Set"],["ShallowReactive",398],{"page-8-products-from-black-owned-brands-that-will-make-perfect-gifts-for-the-blerd-in-your-life":81,"fetch:/articles:{\"count\":3,\"tag\":\"top-stories\"}":81,"fetch:/articles:{\"count\":5,\"sort\":\"most-read\"}":81},"/8-products-from-black-owned-brands-that-will-make-perfect-gifts-for-the-blerd-in-your-life",["Reactive",401],{}]