Category : Lifestyle

Michigan Receives Over $177 Million for Water Infrastructure Upgrades Under Biden’s Historic Investment

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a significant boost to Michigan’s water infrastructure with an allocation of more than $177 million from President Joe Biden’s Investing in America agenda. This funding...

Mayor Johnson, City Sue Oil And Gas Companies For Climate Deception

On Tuesday (Feb. 20), Mayor Brandon Johnson announced that the City of Chicago is suing six oil and gas corporations and their largest trade association for deceiving Chicago consumers about the climate dangers associated with their products.& F...

The New York Amsterdam News Continues Growing and Welcomes Aaron Foley as News Editor

From Black PR Wire The New York Amsterdam News (AmNews), one of America’s oldest and most influential Black newspapers continues its unfolding renaissance with the hiring of distinguished journalist and author Aaron Foley as our new News Editor. Fole...

Black-Owned Companies Team Up To Provide Free AI Instructor-Led Courses To HBCU Students

Black-owned AI ed-tech company Skilldora has joined forces with African American billionaire Dr. Michael V. Roberts to offer its platform and AI Instructor-led courses to students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Roberts is t...

Pritzker pitches more than $20 million for initiatives to improve Black maternal health

Jeanine Valrie Logan is working to open a birth center inside a former church on Chicago’s South Side, where there’s a dearth of options to have a baby. Valrie Logan is a Black midwife. She envisions three rooms in the birth center where people can...

Black men therapists discuss disparities within mental health

Therapists share why Black men are resistant to therapy and how to change it. ATLANTA — Therapists in Atlanta are talking about a disparity in the mental health field. A study from the American Psychological Association shows that Black therapis...

5 Questions I Asked After Two Heart Attacks

Photos courtesy of Lentheus Chaney February is national Heart Month As the surgical technician rolled my hospital bed into the frigid operating room, my uneasiness grew, and my mind raced with questions about how and why this was happening aga...

Black California lawmakers introducing package of reparations bills

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Members of California’s Legislative Black Caucus on Wednesday will detail a package of 14 reparations bills they are introducing to right historic wrongs carried out against the Black community. The bills are meant to...

Empowering Black Fathers: A New Initiative Tackles Mental Health a…

Imagine the transformative power of a conversation. Now, consider the impact of those conversations when they tackle some of the most profound issues facing our society: mental health and racism. This is the vision behind a groundbreaking initiativ...

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