Lifestyle / News Talk - 8 months ago
By Wilma Whitfield | OBSERVER General Manager Pastor Reece greets Saint Paul members during the church’s 76th anniversary celebration. Seth Patterson, OBSERVER. A church anniversary is a significant milestone that marks a long-standing traditio...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 8 months ago
Photo: Getty Images Black Twitter is reclaiming the phrase “DEI” from its critics. The phrase “DEIs” was trending on X, formerly Twitter, this week as Black social media users generated a plethora of memes and jokes reclaimi...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 8 months ago
by Sharelle Burt March 29, 2024 Time to pay up! United Nations chief Antonio Guterres spoke out in favor of reparations for descendants of the transatlantic slaves – c...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 8 months ago
This post was originally published on Word In Black. By: Ariama C. Long Although recent presidential elections have seen more diverse women on both sides of the political aisle jockeying for party nominations, the fact remains that in more than 240 y...
Lifestyle / Hot Topics Talk - 8 months ago
Sharing their experiences with crime reduction, The Black Mayors’ Coalition on Crime wrapped up a two-day conference at the Hyatt Centric Beale Street Memphis on Thursday, March 28. Memphis Mayor Paul Young hosted Black leaders from 18 U.S. cities du...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 8 months ago
Photo: Getty Images Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott blasted critics for not having “the courage to say the N-word” after he was labeled a “DEI mayor” in the wake of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. Scott faced blame from...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 8 months ago
Even though there’s been a lot of talk about the Academy Awards trying to be more diverse, the fact remains that it’s still very difficult for movies directed by Black women to be nominated for Oscars.& In 2024, only one Black female director...
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Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 8 months ago
Tapestry 360 Health hosted a workshop highlight the importance of cancer screenings for women (Photo: Annie Tarricone). By Rashad Alexander The month of March is Women’s History Month. However, it is also Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. One...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 8 months ago
ASBURY PARK, New Jersey — It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. These formerly incarcerated men are running a successful health-food company in Asbury Park, New Jersey. “MacroBites” is the first national Black-ow...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 8 months ago
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (NORMAL, ILLINOIS, March 23, 2024) Talia Omotola, an 8th grader at Lincoln Middle School in Edwardsville, recently competed in the State Gymnastics Championship at Horton Field House in Normal, Illinois and secured a 1st place f...
Lifestyle / Hot Topics Talk - 8 months ago
Contributed by Cristina Johnson, Asbestos Ships Organization During the last century, the U.S. armed forces prevalently used asbestos as the WWII war effort needed low-priced materials to mass-produce military equipment quickly. Deemed a “mira...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 8 months ago
Emil Ekiyor Jr. started playing football when he was 7. He followed in the footsteps of his father, Emil Ekiyor Sr., a former NFL defensive lineman, and cultivated his own impressive career.The younger Ekiyor was a four-star high school recruit from...
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Joy Carter at Bee Free Farm in College Park, Wednesday, Mar. 20, 2024. Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice On a cool Friday morning, Joy Carter made her way into Richard N. Fickett Elementary School in the Ben Hill section neighborhood and down...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 8 months ago
As a representative of District 34A in Harford County, my goal has always been to socially and economically develop our community, aligning with the governor’s vision of “leaving no one behind.” Cultivating diversity in entrepreneurship is integral...
