Category : News Talk

Darryl George Is Back, and He’s Still Fighting for His Dreadlocks

By Aziah Siid | Word In Black(WIB) – A metro Houston teenager who was suspended from school for refusing to cut his dreadlocks has urged a judge to let him go back to that school so he can spend his senior year “like a normal teenage student”...

Pras Michel Files Lawsuit Against Lauryn Hill Alleging Fraud and Breach of Contract Over Fugees Reunion Tour

By Stacy M. Brown | NNPA(NNPA) – Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, a founding member of the iconic hip-hop group The Fugees, has filed a lawsuit against his former bandmate Lauryn Hill and MLH Touring, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern Di...

Helene’s Floods: Climate Change’s New Normal

By Willy Blackmore | Word In Black(WIB) – When Helene reached northern Georgia as a tropical storm at the end of last week, its wind speeds had dropped to the point that it was no longer a hurricane. Huge and comparatively slower-moving too, th...

Breaking Barriers: Ovarian Cancer Study Expanded to Africa

By Stacy M. Brown | NNPA(NNPA) – Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers Dr. Sophia George and Dr. Matthew Schlumbrecht are leading an ambitious study focused on ovarian cancer treatment for women of African descent. Their work, based...

Third Annual DTW Golf Classic Raises Over $280K for LAHC, Advancing Empowerment and Social Impact

Image courtesy of DTW The Third Annual DTW Golf Classic, hosted by the Wayne County Airport Authority (WCAA), raised over $280,000 for Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities (LAHC). Held in September at Eagle Crest Golf Club in Ypsilanti, the even...

Unfounded Claims Target Springfield Officials, Haitian Immigrants

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Springfield, Ohio, has been the target of misinformation about its Haitian immigrant population. Conservative commentators are now falsely claiming the mayor traveled t...

N.J. Reparations Council to tackle environmental justice

Perth Amboy marker details history of slavery in N.J. This marker near the city’s historic Ferry Slip notes that near the site enslaved Africans disembarked in Perth Amboy, one of the main ports in eastern New Jersey at that time. Perth Amboy w...

Did Obama Low-Key Take the First Steps Towards Reparations, Which is Finally Paying Off?

On May 31, 1921, white attackers destroyed Greenwood, a thriving Black business district in Tulsa, Oklahoma, killing hundreds of residents (most of whom were Black) and burning more than 1,250 homes. Suggested Reading Small Town Hor...

Harris’ Focus on Maternal Health Care Gains Support Among Black Women

Vice President Kamala Harris is seeing a surge of support from Black women voters, galvanized in part by her work on health care issues such as maternal mortality, reproductive rights, and gun control. The enthusiasm may be key for Democratic turnou...

Cash for consumers

Combined with the credits that were issued in April, Californians will receive an average of $217 total, according to Newsom’s office.Californians pay more than twice the national average in electricity, with bills nearly doubling within the last dec...

Tulsa Race Massacre Investigation Marks Long Overdue Step Toward Justice

Lessie Benningfield Randle is 109 years old. Viola Fletcher is 110. They’ve lived through a century that most of us can only learn about in history books—if we’re lucky enough to find the truth there. Yet, for these two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Ra...

Henry Ford Health and Ascension Michigan Unite for Expanded Access and Equity

& Photo by: Riva Sayegh-McCullen & A groundbreaking partnership between Henry Ford Health and Ascension Michigan has launched a new organization aimed at transforming healthcare for Southeast Michigan. This historic collaboration is s...

Caribbean leaders hope new UK government is open to talks on slavery reparations

By Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) – Caribbean leaders hope that Britain under its new Labour government might shift its long-standing position on slavery reparations and agree to discuss how to address past wrongs and their current day legac...

State Leaders Urge Employers to Address Persisting Racial and Gender Pay Gaps

Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media(CBM) – State leaders concerned about the persisting gap between the incomes of Black and White Californians are urging the state to take steps to address the problem.On Sept. 18, International Equal Pay Day...

Can Freedom Schools Fill Educational Gaps for Black Students?

By Quintessa Williams | Word In Black(WIB) – In the mid-1960s, when the Supreme Court ordered the integration of public schools, states in the Deep South were incensed. Not only did they refuse to comply, but they also banned Black schools from teach...