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NABJ Chicago 2024: Protestors and supporters await Trump at Hilton

CHICAGO – The National Association of Black Journalists annual convention is taking place in Chicago this week and thousands of journalists of all colors and creeds are in town for the occasion. However, they all might not be in the city of big shou...

Local organization gives debt relief grants to Georgia State students

Knowledge Inspires Notable Giving (K.I.N.G.) Entertainment Group celebrated its 2024 Knowledge Inspired Notable Giving Mixer & Silent Auction on Saturday, July 27 at Ventana’s rooftop in Downtown Atlanta. The event was held to award local inf...

Consumers with 1 credit card have lower debt and better credit, on average

Minimalism has been sparking joy for more than a decade. Multiple international bestsellers and Netflix productions on decluttering, along with plenty of TikToks, all suggest that the multibillion-dollar less-is-more industry is more than a passing...

Vice President Kamala Harris Could Become President As President Joe Biden Drops Out Of The Race

By James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D. The uncertainty about President Joe Biden’s bid to get another four years in the White House had reached a boiling point. Day and night, operatives were talking about the Biden campaign. Critics wanted him to take mental a...

Former president sparks controversy with Black journalists at NABJ annual convention

Black journalists around the nation are in an uproar after hearing former President Donald J. Trump, Republican presidential nominee, address the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) at their annual convention and career fair in Chicago o...

PartyNextDoor Co-Headlines Afro Nation Detroit 2024: The Enigmatic Star’s Journey

Canadian R&B singer, songwriter and producer PartyNextDoor has a bit of a conundrum, if you want to call it that.By all accounts, this introvert prefers anonymity to celebrity. However, by being involved with some of the biggest hits of the last...

Sen. Mattie Hunter Hosts 20th Annual Family Health and Fitness Fair

Ill. State Senator Mattie Hunter (3rd District), in partnership with the Institute for Positive Living, the Illinois Institute of Technology, Ada S. McKinley and TASC, is hosting one of the city’s largest health fairs.The 20th Annual Family Health an...

Mr. Sonny Knows for July 31, 2024

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D.C. area under drought watch as heat rises

By Alexis TaylorAFRO Managing Editor Residents in the D.C. area are now under a drought watch, according to an alert issued by the Drought Coordination Committee of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG).& The notice came on Jul...

‘The momentum in this race is shifting’: Kamala Harris returns to Atlanta as the people’s choice

U.S. VP Kamala Harris inside the Georgia State University Convocation Center on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Photo by Julia Beverly/The Atlanta Voice “We have 98 days to get this done,” said former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Ab...

National Book Club Conference celebrates 20th anniversary in Atlanta

The National Book Club Conference (NBCC) is celebrating its 20th anniversary on August 2-4, at the Westin Buckhead in Atlanta. The conference is a literary organization that features Black authors, providing a space for readers and authors to connec...

The Denim Workroom reimagines the lifecycle of denim

The Denim Workroom, a new denim restoration and repurposing shop based in Atlanta, is working to change how people incorporate denim into their lifestyles. Currently, operating solely online, the shop specializes in tailoring and alterations to deni...

The Denim Workroom reimages the lifecycle of denim

Project 2025: The Blueprint for America’s Democratic Demise

Trump is “America’s Hitler.” Those aren’t my words. They’re the words of Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance. That’s what he and many others used to say about Trump before they succumbed to his influence. Now, they’re proclaiming their l...

Nollywood aims to become a global cultural phenomenon like Afrobeats

New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) — Nollywood, Nigeria’s vibrant film industry, is setting its sights on achieving global recognition akin to the meteoric rise of Afrobeats.As the third-largest film industry in the world by number of films produced annual...