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Public Notice: REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY OF NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS (“RTA”) REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (“RFP”)

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5 DIY Face Masks To Make Your Melanin Glow

Who doesn’t love a glow-up? Face masks are all the rave these days but who has the money to keep buying them from the big-name brands? Take matters into your own hands with these 5 DIY face masks that can be achieved by simply using ingredients from...

Cedars-Sinai Joins Community Partners To Reduce Black Maternal Health Gap

By Cedars-Sinai Photos: Cedars-Sinai Black women in the U.S. are three times more likely than white women to die, or become seriously ill, from pregnancy-related complications, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those dispa...

Physician highlights issues in Black maternal health, hopes to save lives

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Last week, KSHB 41 News shared Krystal Anderson’s story, a former Chiefs cheerleader who died after battling sepsis following childbirth complications. Anderson’s story continues to raise questions about maternal he...

Power is never having to say ‘no.’ How California Democrats kill bills without voting against them

(CALMATTERS) – Mike Fong has cast more than 6,000 votes since he joined the state Assembly in 2022 and never once voted “no.” Pilar Schiavo is newer to the Assembly, but she has yet to vote “no” after more than 2,000 opportunities. Remarkably,...

Pontiac Native, Alabama State University President Dr. Quinton T. Ross, Jr. Appointed to NCAA’s Top Governing Body

The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) proudly announced the selection of Alabama State University President Dr. Quinton T. Ross, Jr. to the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) Division I Board of Directors. With his term s...

How the NFL Draft Spotlight the City’s Legacy of Black Excellence and Fashion

When the NFL Draft rolls into Detroit, it’ll do more than just herald the arrival of football’s next generation of millionaires. It is set to cast a beaming spotlight on a city that’s been a crucible of Black fashion, where the legacy of gators, buff...

Reparations push in California won’t yield much this year

Try taking an apology to the bank and see what the teller says, or even the bank president. One thing for sure: No apology will directly produce a bank deposit. Thousands of Black Californians knew this when they attended hearings across the state l...

WBAI 99.5 FM NY Launches Tower Fund Campaign To Continue Transmitting Signal In New York

& Photos: Pacifica\Facebook (New York, N.Y.)—Faced with a significant deficit, WBAI 99.5 FM NY has launched a Tower Fund Campaign this month to raise $250,000 to be able to continue broadcasting a signal within the greater metropolitan area. “W...

Detroit Unveils BeBot Technology for Litter-Free Belle Isle Beach

Detroit is setting a precedent with the introduction of BeBot, a cutting-edge cleaning robot, as part of its commitment to environmental preservation. This initiative emerges from the collaborative efforts of the City of Detroit, Belle Isle Conservan...

Lori Lightfoot Appointed to Investigate Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard

Former Chicago mayor and federal investigator Lori Lightfoot will investigate Village of Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard. On Monday, the Village of Dolton Board of Trustees voted to hire Lightfoot.& This development comes a month and a half after t...

Racial Bias Uncovered in Kidney Transplantation System: Thousands of Black Patients Prioritized After Years of Waiting

At issue is a once widely used test that overestimated how well Black people’s kidneys were functioning, making them look healthier than they really were. An automated formula calculated results for Black and non-Black patients that were far differe...

Southern Illinois Enjoys Solar Eclipse, Chicago Witnesses Partial Phenomenon

If you were lucky enough to be in the Carbondale region in Southern Illinois to witness the eclipse—with the right glasses, of course—then you experienced a 3-minute totality during which night descended on the area for a spell.& And during that...

J. Pharoah Doss: Judgment defeats us?

Both Palestinian children in Gaza, as shown on left, and Israeli children, as seen on the right, have been hurt, killed and kidnapped in the Israel-Hamas war. Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images/Roy Rochlin/Getty Images In the 1979 Vietnam War movie “Ap...

Trump Compares Himself To Nelson Mandela — Again

Photo: Getty Images Former President Donald Trump has again likened himself to Nelson Mandela. Trump made the comment on Saturday (April 6) while suggesting that he wouldn’t mind going to jail for violating a gag order in his upcoming New Yor...