Category : Lifestyle

NFL Turns to Africa to Build a Market Beyond the U. S.

By Trice Edney Wire (GIN/TriceEdneyWire.com) – By the time you read this, the Super Bowl will be over and done. As will the Africa Cup of Nations 2023. What you may not have heard is how the league swapped the greenery of American football...

Prop 1: A Mix of Skepticism and Hope Is Shaping Opinions About Calif’s Upcoming Mental Health Ballot Proposal

By Edward Henderson | California Black Media San Francisco resident Anthony Hardnett receives a certificate with a smile, showcasing his achievement upon successful completion of his program. (Photo courtesy) (CBM) – San Francisco reside...

Voices for Change in Black Maternal Health

After learning about alarmingly high mortality rates of Black women before, during and after pregnancy, two Seattle University undergraduate nursing students decided they needed to do something. Working with the then CEO of Byrd Barr Place, a nonprof...

Black History is NOW: Swing ATL

Swing ATL officially opened June 2023 and became the only Black-owned outdoor mini golf course and food truck experience in Georgia. Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice Swing ATL, located in Fairburn, is a Black-owned and operated miniature gol...

Black History is NOW: Swing

Swing officially opened June 2023 and became the only Black-owned outdoor mini golf course and food truck experience in Georgia. Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice Swing, located in Fairburn, is a Black-owned and operated miniature golf course...

9 Facts About the Racial Wealth Gap

By Bria Overs | Word In Black (WIB) – Five hundred years. That’s how long experts say it would take for Black people to reach economic parity with white people and close the racial wealth gap, given current trajectories. That’s 100 years...

Black Business Expo returns for third year

By Benjamin Shinault For the third consecutive year, the Black Student Union hosted a Black Business Expo to help promote locally-owned Black businesses. On Feb. 20, Rider welcomed students and potential customers to take a stroll through the expo t...

Black heart health: What’s being done?

Stopping to catch your breath after running a 5K, playing a wind instrument, the rapid acceleration of your heartbeat when you enter a job interview. Our hearts work hard every day to keep us alive and power our daily lives, but we usually don’t thi...

Tim Scott Believes in Systemic Bias—But Only Against Republicans

Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), speaks at the Commemoration of the Bicentennial of the Birth of Frederick Douglass, in Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol, on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images) TIM SCOTT, AMERI...

History lesson: State senator discusses the need for reparation laws

History lesson: State senator discusses the need for reparation laws – El Camino College The Union Close Modal Window

Revealed: Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Obama and the Kenyan connection

On October 15, 1964, Malcolm X addressed the Kenyan Parliament. Before he left for Africa, Malcolm addressed a Harlem rally and asked his followers to form “Mau Mau” groups in New York to liberate the Blacks. “As I mentioned today – what we need...

8 Black-owned businesses to support in Athens

The month of February marks Black History Month, and the origins of this celebration date back to 1915. Carter G. Woodson and Jesse E. Moorland founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. Now known as the Association for the St...

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