WASHINGTON INFORMER — A report released Sunday shows that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is not the scourge that Republicans make it out to be. In...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — The 2019 hurricane season started June 1, and will last until November 30. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting that nine to 15...
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — A series of free educator workshops at the Detroit Institute of Arts is helping teachers in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties use the museum to inspire...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — After the cancellation of Lee Daniels’ FOX series Star, the internet called for Daniels to shop the show to the other networks, and he listened. Unfortunately,...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Bed, Bath & Beyond now has black girl magic on the executive board. The company has appointed a businesswoman named Mary Winston...
NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER — The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that Taj-Aya Barnes, an Indiana University of Pennsylvania graduate, was selected by the IUP Department of Criminology for the...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Anthony Bolling recently proved to be a rainmaker for the inaugural Global Scholars Foundation (GSF) Charity Golf Tournament, having raised more than $55,000 for...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The rate of Black homeownership in America – now at 41.1 percent, according to 2019 census numbers – is even lower than it was...
SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES — Any internet-connected toys that have cameras, microphones, or location tracking may put children’s or parents’ privacy and safety at risk. That could be...
ROLLINGOUT — A day after announcing that Jay-Z is a certified billionaire, Forbes magazine revealed on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, that Rihanna is the richest female...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg May 26 in recognition of her service to the community as a business owner and for her civic engagement...
SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES — When it comes to having access to quality health care, minorities still lag behind their white counterparts, research shows, and that can...
SAN FRANCISCO BAY VIEW — A group of prominent academics, lawyers and activists published an open letter on May 21 calling for the release of political...
CHICAGO CRUSADER — If you recently purchased a Lucky Day Lotto ticket in Glenwood or Grand Detour, you may want to check it right away! A beauty...
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN RECORDER — Coming up in June will be the 11th Annual Community Empowerment through Black Men Healing Conference. This year, the conference will focus...
Ten-year-old Jayla Davis is being heralded a hero for her quick-thinking actions that saved her 3-year-old sister from drowning.
SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES — Last year, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Slave Wrecks Project (SWP) joined the effort to help involve the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to the history of Juneteenth, on June 19th, 1865 and more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — In a city like Chicago — particularly in black and brown areas — children live in segregated “bubbles.” These bubbles — in addition to...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Charleston County School District this week announced and welcomed Shanitra Deas as the new principal of Deer Park Middle School. Deas joins the district...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The Pigskin Club of Washington, Inc. held its annual Spring Sports Awards banquet Saturday at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Upper Marlboro,...
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — Homelessness in Los Angeles County increased by 12% over the past year to reach an estimated 58,936 people, according to figures released June...
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — The City of Detroit has hired a new Director of Digital Inclusion whose task will be to reduce the “digital divide” by developing strategies...
SAN ANTONIO OBSERVER — History is like a pendulum. It swings back and forth between narratives and many times those narratives swing back around. No other metaphor...
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Wednesday reintroduced the Maternal Care Access and Reducing Emergencies (Maternal CARE) Act, legislation to address persistent biases and shortcomings...