Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
CNN By Michael Williams and Donald Judd, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden touted his administration’s efforts to place Black Americans into the highest echelons of political power during a Sunday commencement address at Morehouse College, while also acknowledging the anguish simmering amo...
by Toter - 7 months ago
(CNN) — In anticipation of President Joe Biden’s commencement address at Morehouse College on Sunday, Michael Levesque, executive director of the school’s alumni association, invited me to lead a town hall style discussion with current students, faculty, alumni and members of the Board of Trustees l...
by Toter - 7 months ago
New York (CNN) —& Universities across the United States have adopted a number of tactics in recent weeks to prevent disruptions by pro-Palestinian protesters at graduation ceremonies. Some universities have reached agreements with on-campus demonstrators, while others have cited safety concerns...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
President Joe Biden is making his rounds with Black voters across the country.Today, President Biden is in Detroit to deliver the keynote address for the Detroit NAACP’s 69th Annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner. After landing in Detroit shortly after 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, Biden made his way str...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 7 months ago
President Joe Biden is making his rounds with Black voters across the country. Today, President Biden is in Detroit to deliver the keynote address for the Detroit NAACP’s 69th Annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner. After landing in Detroit shortly after 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, Biden made his...
Lifestyle / Hot Topics Talk - 7 months ago
By Alexandria Wilson-McDonald, American University Prime Minister Robert Fico’s shooting sent shock waves through Slovakia. Zuzana Gogova/Getty Images The assassination attempt against Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has been widely condemned by world leaders as an attack on democracy. In...
by Toter - 7 months ago
(CNN) — Almost 48 hours after being shown physically assaulting his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in 2016 in a surveillance video obtained exclusively by CNN, Sean “Diddy” Combs has apologized.Just before 1pm ET on Friday, CNN published the video in which Combs is seen grabbing, shoving, dragging a...
Lifestyle / Parenting/ Health - 7 months ago
Skin flares up, apply medicine. Skin calms down, repeat. Eczema sufferers know that keeping flare-ups at bay means regular use of prescribed steroid creams on affected areas. It’s a cycle we’ve become accustomed to. But what many of us don’t know is that the treatment cycle has put us at ris...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — On Monday, May 13, the Asheville Buncombe Community Reparations Commission gathered at Harrah’s Cherokee Center Asheville to discuss the latest recommendations. They covered recommendations that focused on education, including early childhood education for Black students a...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
By Katherine Lawton Published: 14:07 EDT, 19 May 2024 | Updated: 14:16 EDT, 19 May 2024 The UK owes Caribbean nations £205billion in slavery reparations, a leading Cambridge academic has said. This country was once ‘the leading slaving nation in the world’ and present da...
Entertainment / Music - 7 months ago
Red Bull Dance Your Style, the global, all-styles street dance competition with a unique battle format, concluded its 2024 U.S. season with the Red Bull Dance Your Style National Final USA in Atlanta, a city renowned as the capital of hip-hop and viral street dance. Over the weekend, the country...
by Toter - 7 months ago
The American Cancer Society initiates a pioneering 30-year research program, VOICES of Black Women, spanning 20 states, to investigate the impact of medical history, lifestyle, and racism on cancer risk and mortality among Black women, aiming to address disparities and improve outcomes. #AmericanCan...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
Britain owes more than £200 billion in slavery reparations to Caribbean nations, a leading academic has claimed. Revd Dr Michael Banner, dean of Trinity College Cambridge, said that the UK was once “the leading slaving nation in the world” and that the modern-day descendants of slaves deserved co...
Lifestyle / Hot Topics Talk - 7 months ago
By Paula Lamphrey Allen Temple AME Church has an incredible history of service through ministry in Cincinnati since its founding on Feb. 4, 1824, by African Americans Rev. James King (a slave) and Rev. Phillip Brodie. In the early 19th century, some African Americans in Cincinnati worshipped at...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
DETROIT — President Biden pitched himself as a leader who is “breaking down doors” for Black Americans during a closely watched commencement speech on Sunday at Morehouse College and an evening speech in Detroit to try to make inroads with a constituency that has drifted away from him in recent pol...
