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Atlanta’s Black Coffee Company opens second location at Morehouse College

The Black Coffee Company, an Atlanta-based coffee shop brand, has opened its second location on the campus of Morehouse College at 830 Westview Dr. SW. Photo by Laura Nwogu/The Atlanta VoiceThe Black Coffee Company, an Atlanta-based coffee shop brand...

African Festival of the Arts Postponed Until 2025

Photo Credit: Africa International House USA, Inc. A cornerstone South Side event that serves as the unofficial end to the Chicago Summer Festival season has been canceled, and rising costs are to blame.& The African Festival of the Arts, a Labo...

Lizzo is taking a break and living her best life

(CNN) —& Lizzo is taking some time for herself and it shows.The Grammy-winning singer& posted on social media& recently, where she showed off her both her weight loss and the lush, jungle like environment she was enjoying.“I’m taking a ga...

Fashion Statement fashion show raises funds for Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta VoiceThe music pounding, the glamor on full display, attendees dressed to the nines, and the reason behind the luxurious gathering was truly righteous.On Sunday, August 26th, Phipps Plaza was transformed into a fashion...

2024 Dallas Cowboys schedule: Times, dates, how to watch

Justin Martinez, the Oklahoman & The Dallas Cowboys are all set to kick off their 2024 season. Dallas will begin the 2024 campaign with a road game against Cleveland on Sunday, Sept. 8. It’s a clean slate for the team, which went 12-5 last...

COLUMN: Chicago’s Triumph: A Historic DNC Convention Inspires Hope and Urges Action

Kouri Marshall holding his son while watching Rev. Raphael Warnock speak at the DNC at the United Center (Photo courtesy of Kouri Marshall). I could not be more proud that this groundbreaking and historic convention was held right here in our city an...

Usher 0pens Georgia’s first Dave’s Hot Chicken location in Conyers

The new Dave’s Hot Chicken is located at 1447 Hwy 138 SE in Conyers. Photo by Laura Nwogu/The Atlanta VoiceCONYERS – Atlanta R&B legend Usher opened his first Dave’s Hot Chicken in Georgia on Thursday to a fanfare of music, lines wrap...

Usher Opens Georgia’s First Dave’s Hot Chicken Location in Conyers

How Trump and Georgia’s Republican governor made peace, helped by allies anxious about the election

ATLANTA (AP) — The effort to make the peace between Donald Trump and Georgia’s powerful Republican governor began in a sprawling neo-Victorian mansion in the exclusive Atlanta enclave of Buckhead.It was at an Aug. 9 fundraiser hosted by former Georgi...

UNCF’s 80th Anniversary Celebration Continues with Chicago’s 41st Annual Walk for Education, Sept. 7

As UNCF (United Negro College Fund) observes its 80th anniversary, UNCF Chicago will hold its 41st Annual Walk for Education®, Sept. 7, 2024, at 8 a.m., in Chicago at Burnham Park, Grove 7, South DuSable Lake Shore Drive at 39th Street. As in previou...

Your Voice: What do you perceive as the harms or benefits of TikTok and Meta? Is there a difference in the threat level they present?

Andrell ‘The Detox Lady’ Johnson Atlanta “I think all of it falls in the same category as long as it’s on the phone. You can click on the app. It’s social media. So, anything on the app is a place where people can communicate, do bus...

The Atlanta Voice – August 30, 2024

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Analysis: Comparing and contrasting the policies by VP Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

Charlamagne tha God chided Vice President Kamala Harris on “The Breakfast Club” for not discussing policy on the show. He called out Plies for saying Black men have greater expectations for Harris compared to her opponent, former President Donald Tru...

‘We have 68 days to go’: VP Kamala Harris solo rally in Savannah brings large crowd out in rain

Photo by Julia Beverly/The Atlanta VoiceSAVANNAH – A day after United States Vice President Kamala Harris and her presidential running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, took their first Southeast Georgia bus tour through Chatham and Liberty co...