DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Rodney Ellis said he plans to vote against District Attorney Kim Ogg’s request for a massive 31.7 percent budget increase.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — There are Black role models in the communities and the Black media has a responsibility to tell positive and powerful stories of Black...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Aretha Franklin’s music served as a 1960s call to action that inspired thousands to join civil rights movements and still maintains a social...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Givens stars in the new OWN series, “Ambitions,” as ‘Stephanie Carlisle,’ the wife of Atlanta Mayor Evan Lancaster (Brian White), whose true loyalty...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I’m outraged that anyone at Toledo Transmission – or any facility – would ever face threats or discrimination. My heart goes out to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Seventy-eight percent of the cigarettes consumed in the Black community are menthol-flavored. As the selling of menthol products become prohibited within Black communities,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The governor can apologize, but the damage was done decades ago, and everyday he is a reminder of bigotry, racism and White Supremacy....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Wall Street Project’s Economic Summit will bring entrepreneurs, corporate executives and the nation’s leading policymakers together to increase business and employment opportunities...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We’re excited to have produced the ‘must see’ program,” says Julieanna Richardson, Founder and President, The HistoryMakers. Having the opportunity to showcase the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Additionally, the American Diabetes Association reports that 13.2 percent of all Black Americans aged 20 years or older have been diagnosed with diabetes....
ROLLINGOUT.COM — DJ Reec is lighting up the airwaves middays on Atlanta’s No. 1 hip-hop station.
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Consider giving your valentine something different this year. Select an indoor plant with heart shaped leaves or flowers.
THE AFRO — In a time of division and racial tension in the United States, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater brought unity and healing through art.
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Black people with mental illnesses are already overrepresented in our jails and prisons.
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — The local students applied for the program by writing essays that shared their personal stories and expressed their desire to travel abroad.
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — Instead of the College Dual Enrollment option being available in only a handful of DPSCD high schools, it will be available in every DPSCD...
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — More than 15,000 high school students met with representatives from more than 200 colleges and universities.
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — Minnesota’s Black Community Project is hosting a community panel discussion on police and racial profiling.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Twenty minutes into it, the outrageous sight-gag sex scenes, flippant dialogue and over-the-top performances yank the old premise firmly into the 21st century...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “There isn’t a day – I’m grateful to say – that when I walk out of my doors, I don’t run into somebody...
THE SEATTLE MEDIUM — Seattle Public Schools has two critical levies on the ballot on Feb. 12. I urge you to vote “yes” on both these...
MILWAUKEE COURIER — Black History Month is about many things, but above all it is about honoring and recognizing those who came before us.
MILWAUKEE COURIER — In life, as people become older the weaker their body may become, and eyesight is no exception.
THE AFRO — The D.C. Council’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety held a roundtable last week to check in on two efforts to curb...
THE AFRO — The day after the election and also first day of Black History Month, an extremely racist image surfaced from Northam’s yearbook page.
