Category : Lifestyle

Developer Charles Dickerson Marks Milestone with Completion of $7.3M ‘The Beauton’ Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Project in Detroit’s North End

Image courtesy of the City of Detroit Detroit Deputy Mayor Melia Howard and members of the City Council joined developer Charles Dickerson III today to celebrate the opening of “The Beauton,” a $7.3 million mixed-use affordable housing project that b...

Almost 300 victims of war-related sexual violence receive their reparations

Stock photo: Getty Images More than 300 Ukrainians have already received payments under the interim reparations project for war-related sexual violence. Most of the applications came from Kherson Oblast. Source: Kateryna Levchenko, Government Com...

Reparations – Non Profit News

As Ta-Nehisi Coates said, “America begins in black plunder and white democracy, two features that are not contradictory but complementary.” Every whip slash inflicted on their backs ironically gave them strength to carry on their shoul...

Debutantes Celebrate At Annual Ball

Staff ReportThe Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Eta Gamma Omega Chapter’s 58th Annual Debutante Season concluded with its formal ball on a cozy October night, attended by hundreds of family and friends who came out to cheer on the 2024 Debut...

First Black-owned bookstore in Farmers Branch closes doors after months of harassment

The small bookstore BlackLIT in Farmers Branch celebrated its second anniversary last month with music, vendors, and community. But beneath the festive atmosphere, there was a sense of finality. Founder and CEO Nia-Tayler Clark had announced that the...

Trump’s 2023 vow on education sounds a lot like reparations

Donald Trump’s election win has many teachers and educators concerned about what his incoming administration might do to reshape — if not dismantle outright — the Department of Education. Trump has previously vowed to “close” the DOE, which helps...

Buffalo Hosts Community Commission on Reparations Remedies

Almost a year ago, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an important piece of racial justice legislation into law, creating the state’s Community Commission on Reparations Remedies. The board is tasked with studying the history of slavery in the state and what...

Celebrating Our Philanthropy: The Giving Legacy of Black Women

By Levi Perrin | Word In Black(WIB) – Black philanthropy is rooted in resilience, vision, and a commitment to community. Long before the worth was quantified in dollars or outcomes, the contributions wove generations together through mutual aid...

How to Protect Your Mental Health After the Stressful ’24 Election

By Jennifer Porter Gore | Word In BlackOverview: Hopes in the Black community were raised when Harris, the first Black woman nominated by a major pollitical party, ran even with Donald Trump in the presidential race. Now that Trump has retaken power,...

Prepared for Trump’s Comeback, California’s Attorney General Is Ready To Fight

By Molly Castle Work | KFF Health News | Special to The OBSERVER(KFF) – If President-elect Donald Trump and a Republican Senate try to roll back reproductive health rights or pursue a widely prophesied national abortion ban, California Attorney...

Sanford Health to add Black Hills Surgical Hospital, Black Hills Orthopedic and Spine Center

Nov. 14, 2024 Sanford Health is making a big move into western South Dakota, becoming the parent company of Black Hills Surgical Hospital and Black Hills Orthopedic and Spine Center. The medical centers currently are physician-owned and will transiti...