Category : Lifestyle

Black and Unhoused: How Black Chicago’s Fight for Affordable Housing Echoes Through Generations

This collage details how Black segregation from the past has fueled the homegrown crises of Black homelessness and affordable housing scarcity (Credit: Christa Carter-Williams). This is Part One of the Chicago Defender’s series Black and Unhous...

The Building of A Black Community: Inside Wilmington Delaware’s Black Business Boom

by Jeroslyn JoVonn April 22, 2024 Wilmington, Delaware, has a booming Black business scene that amplifies the city’s rich Black history. Wilmington, Delaware, is...

CAIR: U.S. House “Complicit in Genocide” After Giving Israel’s Netanyahu Govt $17 Billion In Unconditional Aid For Weapons

By CAIR The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Sunday said that the GOP-led House of Representatives has made itself ‘complicit in genocide’ after voting to approve more than $17 billion in unconditional military aid for the Israeli gover...

Stakeholders Discuss Reparations for Black Californians as State Faces Deep Budget Cuts

Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌ ‌|‌ ‌California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media‌ Although California will have to make significant budget cuts to balance its budget as required by state law, Assemblymember and California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) member Isaac Brya...

As Many As 5% Of White California Residents Could Qualify For State’s Slavery Reparations

Cash Photo Source: TFP File Photo Sane California Democrats have sought a way out of the state’s nutty slavery reparations scheme ever since last year when a special task force appointed by left-wing Gov. Gavin Newsom declared that the price tag co...

Reparations Bills Pass First Hearings In California Senate

by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman April 22, 2024 The multiple bills would establish agencies to oversee the allocation of reparations, as well as correcting the injustice of eminent domain....

Governor Whitmer Proclaims NFL Draft Week in Michigan

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has officially declared April 22-28 as NFL Draft week in Michigan, marking a significant occasion as Detroit gears up to host the prestigious 2024 NFL Draft. The event will be held at the notable Campus Martius P...

California attempts to increase access to state financial aid for students as FAFSA problems persist

By Srishti Prabha | OBSERVER Staff Writer At the start of this year, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, underwent updates aimed at broadening its accessibility to students from low-income and undocumented backgrounds. But...

How Google’s AI Tech Is Transforming Sleep Health In Black Communities

Research has shown that Black adults experience higher rates of sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea, insomnia, and irregular sleep patterns, more frequently than other demographic groups. Dr. Ivor Horn, Google’s Chief Health Equity Officer, is at...

‘He Can’t Walk’: Cop Tries to Pull Paralyzed Black Man Out Of Car In Video

Photo: Getty Images A viral TikTok shows a California police officer attempting to pull a Black man from his vehicle despite being told that “he can’t walk.” TikTok user Shante Butler accused the Stockton Police Department of mist...

Evanston Reparations Committee Announces Funds To Be Moved To America’s Largest Black-Owned Bank

by Sharelle Burt April 22, 2024 Let’s hope other reparation plans are activated in other cities! The Evanston Reparations Fund’s money will be held at Liberty Ba...

Wray & Nephew supports Black businesses

Jamaican rum brand Wray & Nephew has launched the third edition of its Wray Forward programme, which provides support and funding for Black-owned businesses in the UK. The initiative gives Black business owners tools to pitch their projects and...

Systemic racism, politics prevent Black expectant mothers from getting needed health care

Last week was Black Maternal Health Week, and Mother’s Day is just around the corner — a prefect time to focus on the fact that the critical health care an expectant mother needs remains unavailable for many. That’s especially true for Black mothers...

Chicago’s response to migrant influx stirs longstanding frustrations among Black residents

By Matt Brown | The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The closure of Wadsworth Elementary School in 2013 was a blow to residents of the majority-Black neighborhood it served, symbolizing a city indifferent to their interests. So when the city re...

Young Ugandans tangle in the mud. They dream of becoming professional wrestlers

By Patrick Onen | The Associated Press Ugandan youths perform an amateur wrestling tangle in the soft mud in Kampala, Uganda Wednesday, March. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Onen) MUKONO, Uganda (AP) — In a forested area outside Uganda’s capital,...