Category : Lifestyle

Detroit Makes New Changes to Parking on Sundays with Residential Parking Zones

By Sean Copeland, Contributing Writer Parking in many cities has always been a source of stress. At the beginning of this year, the city of Detroit started charging in certain areas for parking and safety violations on Sundays – instances that will n...

GOP Governor Candidate With KKK Ties Photos Go Viral On Social Media

A Republican candidate running for Missouri governor is under fire after a longtime GOP politician called him out for his past ties with the Ku Klux Klan. The Missouri GOP is condemning Darrell Leon McClanahan III after a resurfaced photo shows hi...

GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Salutes With KKK Member In Resurfaced Photos

Photo: Shamed Dogan A Republican candidate running for Missouri governor is under fire after a longtime GOP politician called him out for his past ties with the Ku Klux Klan. The Missouri GOP is condemning Darrell Leon McClanahan III after a resurf...

Tomorrow’s Health: Risk of rheumatic diseases, Black infant mortality rate & MS treatment while breastfeeding

WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) – Here’s a look at some of the day’s top health stories. Increased risk of rheumatic diseases Getting COVID-19 increases the risk of autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases for up to a year later. That’s according...

Ohio Celebrates Trailblazer Rhine McLin: First African American Wo…

As Black History Month comes to a close and Women’s History Month begins, Ohio’s political landscape takes a moment to honor an illustrious figure who bridged both celebrations. The Ohio Senate Democratic Caucus recently unveiled a port...

The Church of England’s reparations plan is un-Christian

Once again, reparations for slavery are in the news, with the Church of England stating its desire to create a £1 billion fund for the purpose. The typical discourse around these kind of proposals is endlessly frustrating. For example, it is often...

Black Caucus Slowly Bends Arc Of Justice

By Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer Assemblymember Lori Wilson, chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus, announces the 2024 reparations package of bills Feb. 20 at the Capitol. Louis Bryant III, OBSERVER Credit: Louis Bryant III...

The Healing Powers of ‘The Color Purple’

By Alexa Spencer | Word In Black Credit: Art by Alexa Imani Spencer (WIB) – Growing up, “The Color Purple” was more than just a movie playing on the television in my family’s living room — it was a window into the future challenges of ra...

Whoopi Goldberg Pioneering Change with Blkfam, a Groundbreaking, Black-Focused Streaming Platform

By Stacy M. Brown | NNPA (NNPA) – Television history, marred by a narrow portrayal of non-white characters, witnessed a transformative journey from caricatures and racist depictions to the evolution of influential, Black-centered shows like...

Head Start preschools aim to fight poverty, but their teachers struggle to make ends meet

By Moriah Balingit | The Associated Press Doris Milton, 63, stands for a portrait at the Bethel New Life holistic wellness center Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in Chicago. In some ways, Doris Milton is a Head Start success story. A student in one of C...

No twerking. No drinking. No smoking. But plenty of room for Jesus at this Christian nightclub

By Luis Andres Henao and Jessie Wardarski | The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The young crowd at a Nashville nightclub was ready to dance under the strobe lights to a throbbing mix of& hip-hop, rap and Latin beats. But first they g...

Sacramento’s only high-school run radio station provides real-world tools and fosters community

By Helen Harlan | Solving Sacramento (Left to right) El Camino Fundamental High School students Elizabeth Ramirez and Tori Norlie work in the studio airing KYDS 91.5, Sacramento’s only high school-run radio station. (By Manuel Figueroa) Credit: X...

Reparations from Armenia / JAMnews

Reparations as part of the peace process The negotiation process for a peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia is seen as an important component of the broader peace process, according to analysts from the Azerbaijani Center for South Caucasus st...

Calls Intensify for Royal Apology on Slavery Amid California’s Rep…

In a historic convergence of events, campaigners are amplifying their calls for a royal apology for slavery, paralleled by groundbreaking legislative efforts in California aimed at repairing centuries of systemic discrimination against Black Americ...

Buy the Block: Empowering Black Businesses at University of Missis…

The University of Mississippi’s NAACP chapter celebrated Black History Month with its annual Buy the Block event, turning the spotlight on Black entrepreneurs and their businesses. This initiative, rooted in the idea of community upliftment a...