Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 6 months ago
Black Americans suffer from obesity at disproportionate rates, but the popular weight-loss drug Ozempic isn’t available in many inner-city neighborhoods. An obscure industry — compounding pharmacies — have found business serving black residents th...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 6 months ago
By Ashlee BanksSpecial to the AFROPresident Joe Biden is facing criticism for mistakes he made during his “big boy” press conference on July 11.During the conference, Biden accidentally referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as former President Don...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is on a public and private blitz to shake off concern...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 6 months ago
Photo: Dwight Jackson A Black man has filed a discrimination lawsuit against a Detroit hotel after he was allegedly granted a job interview following a simple resume change. Dwight Jackson applied for a hospitality job at the Shinola Hotel in downt...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 6 months ago
Bally’s Beginning Site Prep for Demolition for Fall 2026 Opening (All Renderings: HKS). Bally’s Corporation (NYSE: BALY or “Bally’s”) today announced a refreshed Bally’s Chicago Casino permanent site plan that prominently features a planned 500-room,...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 6 months ago
By Ken Miller The Associated PressOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A World War I veteran is the first person identified from graves filled with more than a hundred victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre that devastated the city’s Black community, the mayo...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 6 months ago
By AFRO InternsIn the wake of the recent presidential debate, President Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s ability or inability to lead the country effectively has become a popular topic of public discussion. This week, the AFRO interns conducted interview...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 6 months ago
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia(NNPA Newswire) – As mainstream media and some Democrats zero in on President Joe Biden’s recent debate missteps, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is drawing attenti...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
After being on screen and stage for more than two decades, most recently as Lisa ‘LTW’ Todd Wexley in And Just Like That…, Nicole Ari Parker is branching out as a brand founder. After the effort and expense of having her hair washed...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 6 months ago
By D. Kevin McNeir Special to the AFROMaryland State Police continue to investigate the cause of a three-car accident which claimed the lives of three best friends – all former high school football stars at Wise Hill School in Prince George’s C...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
This past spring, at Morehouse College in Atlanta, a historically black, all-men’s college at the heart of the city which delivered Georgia to Democrats in 2020, President Biden gave a highly publicized commencement address on the themes of “manhood...
Lifestyle / Hot Topics Talk - 6 months ago
Photograph by Vaughan W Harrison;Timothy Haslett: Clay County Sheriff’s Office The Arraignment The Division 4 Courtroom at Clay County Courthouse buzzed with tension and anticipation. Haslett sat stoically with darting eyes, flanked by h...
Lifestyle / Hot Topics Talk - 6 months ago
For over 24 years, Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams has suffered on Missouri’s death row for a crime he did not commit. No evidence has linked him to the victim or crime scene. The two “incentivized informants” who testified against him were promi...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—Local leaders like Jordan Killebrew are trying to find solutions for Santa Barbara’s most pressing needs. “ How do we help people thrive here? How do we provide access to quality, affordable childcare? How do we provide access...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
The Spanish Catholic Church has approved a plan to make reparations to victims of sexual abuse in its midst, an initiative it hopes will be operational in a few months but which is opposed by the government, which considers it unilateral and insuffi...
