Category : Lifestyle

My Story: "Make It A Lifestyle, Not An Event"

BlackDoctor.org recently sat down with Maisha Wynn: media personality and inspirational speaker. Maisha revealed to us her incredible weight loss journey and what it takes to overcome challenges. BDO: Is there a specific event or thing that happened...

Bobby Rush Earns GRAMMY Award For Best Traditional Blues Album ‘All My Love For You’

Photos: Laura Carbone February 5, 2024: Yesterday, Blues Hall of Famer, and 16-time Blues Music Awards winner Bobby Rush won a GRAMMY Award for Best Traditional Blues Album at the 66th annual GRAMMY Awards. Rush’s album All My Love For You is out n...

15 Subtle Ways Your Child Expresses Anxiety

Hidden Ways Children Communicate Parenting isn’t easy. When you’re dealing with ‘mum guilt’ or trying to explain the mental load to your partner while juggling work, home, and taking care of your kids, it’s easy to lose...

Storm Leaves 200,000 SMUD Customers Without Power in Sacramento Region

OBSERVER Staff Report The Sacramento region was hit with a powerful winter storm on Sunday, resulting in widespread damage and leaving over 200,000 customers of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) without power. According to a press...

NYC: Veteran-Owned Businesses To Receive $15,000 Grants Through ‘Boss Up’ Mentorship Program

Photos: NYC Boss Up NEW YORK (February 5, 2024) — On Tuesday, February 6, 2024, the NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS), the NYC Department of Veterans’ Services (DVS) and the Ron and Kerry Moelis Family Foundation will co-host a...

Quinn Minute – Valentine’s Day

by Rix Quinn Millions celebrate February 14 by giving flowers, candy, and cards to express romantic love. And some buy presents for their spouses, too. Yes, Valentine’s Day offers ladies the opportunity to declare affectionate thoughts with a lo...

The long road to freedom for Black people in America

Every year for Black History Month, Judge Derek Mosley posts daily tributes on Facebook that provide information about remarkable African-Americans and aspects of Black history often excluded from the mainstream. OnMilwaukee will share these tribute...

The effect of police violence on Black Americans’ health is documented in 2 new studies

The effect of police violence on Black Americans is tracked in two new studies, with one tying police-involved deaths to sleep disturbances and the other finding a racial gap in injuries involving police use of Tasers. The health effects of police v...

The effect of police violence on Black Americans’ health documented in 2 new studies

The Ballpark podcast Extra Innings: The Brattle Group Report on Reparations for Transatlantic Chattel Slavery

In 2023 the Phelan US Centre spoke to the authors of the Brattle Group Report on Reparations for Transatlantic Chattel Slavery, which estimates reparations for the total harm from enslavement, including to those who were enslaved and to their descend...

After Police Kill Unarmed Black People, Sleep Worsens — but Only for Black People

Black people in the U.S. were far more likely to report harmfully low sleep in the months after a killing compared with white people surveyed during that time. Black people in the United States are more likely than white people to report that the...

Jay-Z Calls Out Grammys For ‘Not Getting It Right’ In Candid Award Speech

Photo: Getty Images Jay-Z& got candid about his thoughts on the Recording Academy during his acceptance speech at the& 2024 Grammys. On Sunday (February 4), Jay-Z received the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award at the& 66th Annual Grammy Awards....

Commentary: U.S. prison system may be working better than we thought

After the protests and riots of 2020, considerable attention focused on the U.S. criminal justice system. Much interest understandably focused on police misconduct, but the larger criminal justice system also came under scrutiny. According to the Fed...

New York Attorney General: We Are Investigating Police Killing Of 19-Year-Old On Long Island

By Letitia James Photos: YouTube Screenshots NEW YORK – The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has opened an investigation into the death of David Clements, who died on February 2, 2024 after an encounter with the Nassa...

Creating a State Child Tax Credit This Year is Exactly What Chicago’s Black Families Need

By Marcus Evans, Jr. These days, it is harder than ever to make ends meet for hardworking families in Chicago, particularly in our city’s Black communities.& Rapidly rising costs have exacerbated longstanding inequity and injustice rooted in our...