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Debate Night in Black America: Live Analysis of the Presidential Debate

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Atlanta Rapper Rich Homie Quan Reportedly Dead At 33

Rich Homie Quan has reportedly passed at the age of 34. Early reports claim that he died from a possible overdose.& Quan, born Dequantes Devontay Lamar, was raised in East Atlanta and became a rising star in rap around 2012. His life changed fol...

Atlanta Rapper Rich Homie Quan Reportedly Dead At 34

How to stay safe from AI voice scams

Robocalls made using AI-generated voices are now illegal in the US, according to a new ruling by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).The move comes in the wake of a significant rise in AI voice cloning scams, Spokeo reports. In these fairly s...

Kim Coleman Foote’s Literary Journey: From Chicago State to Printers Row

Author Kim Coleman Foote reflects on her family’s legacy of strength, her debut novel “Coleman Hill” and the support she’s received as a finalist for prestigious awards. Her path, rooted at Chicago State University, brings her back to Chi...

COVID-19, flu and RSV shots − an epidemiologist explains why all three matter this fall

Getty Images Stock Photo by Annette Regan, University of San Francisco The Food and Drug Administration approved and granted emergency use authorization on Aug. 22, 2024, for the newest, updated version of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Centers for Disea...

Street Lines: 2024 JEEP Compass Latitude

When you think of JEEP, it’s virtually guaranteed that ruggedness, all-terrain capability, and being an iconic SUV maker collectively come to mind. Those perceptions continue to be implemented in 2024’s Compass, which is slightly larger than a typica...

NAACP Urges University Of South Carolina To Cancel ‘Roast’ Of Kamala Harris

Photo: Getty Images The NAACP is calling on the University of South Carolina to cancel a scheduled event where right-wing figures will “roast” Vice President Kamala Harris. According to The Hill, the NAACP sent a letter to University of...

Atlanta’s first Black-woman-owned culinary academy opens in DeKalb County

Photo by Kerri Phox/.The Atlanta VoiceThe first Black-woman-owned culinary academy in the Southeast has opened in DeKalb County. Located at 1927 Lakeside Parkway in Tucker, the Culinary and Hospitality Enthusiast of the Future Academy (C.H.E.F.) cele...

New food, new fits at Mercedes-Benz Stadium this season

Chicken & Smoked Duck Mortadella. Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta VoiceA new Atlanta Falcons season brings a new batch of energy for the city’s football fans. With the 2024 regular season scheduled to begin on Sunday against the Pittsburgh...

This Week In Black History September 4-10, 2024

HARRIET WILSON SEPTEMBER 4 1781—The city of Los Angeles is founded by 44 settlers of whom 26 were Black. This little known fact of history is found in H.H. Bancroft’s authoritative “History of California,” which details the ages, races and gende...

4 Dead, 9 Injured In Georgia High School Shooting

Photo: Getty Images A shooting at a Georgia high school has left four people killed and nine others injured. According to Fox 5, authorities responded to reports of an active shooter at Apalachee High School in Winder, Barrow County on Wednesday (S...

10 Ways to Be a Better Black Voter

“Black Vote, Black Power,” a collaboration between Keith Boykin and Word In Black, examines the issues, the candidates, and what’s at stake for Black America in the 2024 presidential election. Here we go again. A handful of rappers, celebrities, an...

Frances Tiafoe to face Taylor Fritz in US Open semifinals, guaranteeing an American man will reach the final

(CNN) —& No American man has won a grand slam singles title since Andy Roddick at the 2003 US Open – but there is now a chance that drought could end this weekend.An American man is guaranteed to play in the US Open final – a first for a grand sl...

At least 4 killed, approximately 30 injured in school shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia

Winder, Georgia (CNN) — At least four people are believed to have been killed and approximately 30 more injured in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, according to law enforcement sources in the state.It’s unclear how many of the...