Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
Black-owned businesses in our neighborhoods are facing a unique set of challenges when it comes to staying open. The Big Bend Minority Chamber of Commerce connects businesses with grant dollars, other business owners, and mentorships. Watch the vi...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
Village of Healing, nestled inside a busy strip mall between a bank and a rental center, may cause people to walk right past it without a second thought. But inside the small space is the first and only Black-led and -operated medical center with all...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
Proposals to legalize and regulate thousands of slots-like skill games in Virginia convenience stores, restaurants, and truck stops, easily cleared both chambers of the General Assembly this week. There are major differences left to be resolved in th...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
In the quiet corridors of Virginia’s political landscape, a story unfolds that speaks to the heart of redemption, resilience, and the unyielding scrutiny of public life. Recently, Virginia House Speaker Don Scott Jr., who is set to make history as...
2 months ago
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia When she assumed the role of New York Attorney General, Letitia James made little bones about her desire to take down Donald Trump for what she said was the massive busi...
Lifestyle / Hot Topics Talk - 2 months ago
Photos: YouTube Screenshots New York, NY — Wednesday, NYC Comptroller Brad Lander released the office’s Annual Report on M/WBE Procurement, exposing critical shortcomings in the City’s efforts to ensure equitable distribution of contracts among Minor...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Kansas City authorities charged two juvenile suspects with crimes connected to the Feb. 14 shootings at the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory celebration, in which one p...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
BOSTON — A grassroots group of Black activists are demanding “cash payouts” from the City of Boston in reparations related to slavery and “centuries of institutional racism,” the group said in a statement Friday. In the statement, the Rev. Kevin Pete...
Lifestyle / Hot Topics Talk - 2 months ago
The LeMoyne-Owen College Alumni Association has announced the return of the esteemed 33rd Annual MLK Prayer Breakfast. Scheduled for February 19, 2024, at 8:30 a.m., this year’s event will take place at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn, ma...
2 months ago
By Joshua Fechter, The Texas Tribune Feb. 16, 2024 “Amid high rents, eviction filings in major Texas cities soar above pre-pandemic levels” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that...
Lifestyle / Parenting/ Health - 2 months ago
One of the most important components of college life is one’s social life; this aspect influences contacts, acquaintances, and, most importantly, oneself. Rest is another key aspect of a person’s life that significantly impacts many aspe...
Lifestyle / Hot Topics Talk - 2 months ago
Photos: YouTube Screenshots A New York judge ordered Donald Trump, his namesake company and two of his sons to pay nearly $364 million in damages and barred them from conducting business in the state after committing rampant fraud in over-valuing his...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
GBH News is out with a new podcast that asks a big question: What Is Owed? On this week’s episode of Basic Black, host Phillip Martin talked about the podcast, which dives into what reparations might look like in Boston, with GBH News Politics Repor...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
Black church leaders to support mental health services with $1.25 million grant in Richmond | WRIC ABC 8News...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 2 months ago
By Tori B. Powell, Elise Hammond and Maureen Chowdhury, CNN Updated 5:27 p.m. ET, February 14, 2024 What we’re covering JUST IN: One person has died after a shooting at the end of a celebration in Kansas City, Missouri, for the Super Bowl-winn...
