Category : News Talk

PrEP has revolutionized the war on HIV — but barriers to access remain

[This story, which we feature today on World AIDS Day, is part of ongoing work on LGBTQ+ healthcare in North Carolina, written by Joe Killian. It was conceived and written through a partnership between NC Newsline and Qnotes Carolinas.] As a 40-year-...

Anti-Smoking Bill Sans GEG ‘Black Mark In Malaysia’s Public Health History’: Expert

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 – Instead of being hailed as a victory against Big Tobacco, yesterday’s passage of Malaysia’s first anti-smoking bill was denounced by public health experts and anti-tobacco advocates. Prof Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman – a public hea...

Emotions are not a sign of weakness. Stigmas around Black men and mental health must fall

Columbus area resident Kyle Thompson is a policy assistant at the Center for Community Solutions. With the holiday season upon us, it is important to shed light on behavioral health issues and how they impact marginalized communities. This is especi...

Southern boarding houses, including in Wilmington, shaped modern America, new book argues

Once upon a time, boys and girls, before Airbnb and Virbo, there was something known as a boarding house. People, usually women, rented out rooms in their houses, generally to single men and women. The deal was for room and board. Tenants often ate...

Opinion | There Is No Way to Live a Life Without Regret

When I was in sixth grade, I made a decision that changed the course of my life. I decided not to try out for the middle school swim team. I know that might not sound like a big deal, but it was. As a grade schooler I was a standout swimmer — stro...

New Orleans wants to spend $2 million to give out cash payments to disadvantaged youth

The Mayor’s Office of Youth and Families plans to give $2 million in cash payments to teens and young adults in New Orleans, an expansion of the city’s guaranteed basic income pilot program launched in 2022. Under the program — which could...

“We want Reparations! Gov. Hochul, sign the Bill!”

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large Activists and New York elected officials are demanding that Gov. Kathy Hochul signs the Reparations Bill before the end-of-the-year deadline.“It’s a de facto veto if she doesn’t sign it by December 31st. And then the...

This Is What it’s Like to Survive Cancer

By Anissa Durham | Word In Black Credit: The Good Brigade via Getty Images. (WIB) – Roughly 600,000 Americans die of cancer each year. Black people are at an& increased risk of death& from different forms of cancer due to str...

Making Teaching Sustainable for More Black Men Like Me

By Cedric Jones | Word In Black Getty/Cali9 (WIB) – I remember sitting in a small classroom in Barrows Hall at U.C. Berkeley when I learned of my acceptance into Teach For America, a national education nonprofit that supports public scho...

In the US, Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis

Charles Richardson, of Baltimore, wipes his eye while discussing his alleged abuse decades ago by a Catholic priest, in Baltimore on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Black victims have largely been invisible in the Catholic sexual abuse crisis. Richardson...

Hidden Gems: ‘My Government Means to Kill Me’ charts political and sexual awakening amidst the AIDS crisis

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Illinois Supreme Court: Health care workers exempt from biometric privacy law

(The Center Square) – The health care industry is exempt from Illinois’ strict Biometric Information Privacy Act because of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, also known as HIPAA, according to a unanimous Illinois Supreme Cour...

Scholarships for December at UNCF

UNCF offers national and regional scholarships and job opportunities that close in December. Apply today! Check out these UNCF scholarships and internships currently open for applications, and complete your application before the deadlines. Look at...

The William T. Grant Foundation’s Funding of Critical Race Theory

The William T. Grant Foundation is a donor nonprofit that gives between five- and six-figure annual donations to universities and policy groups that in turn fund programs on controversial public policy topics relating to Critical Race Theory(CRT). B...

Greenpeace activists block Shell facility in Philippine port to demand

It is about 8am on Wednesday at the port of a coastal village in Batangas, south of Manila, in the Philippines. About 30 activists from environmental group Greenpeace are riding inflatable boats and paddling kayaks towards a large oil import facili...