Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
By Joseph Williams | Word In Black (WIB) – In 2020, when millions of people worldwide took to the streets to protest the murder of George Floyd, a small school district in northwestern Virginia — an area that gave safe haven to Confederate...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
By KFF Health News (WIB) – Raymond Llano carries a plastic bag with everything he owns in one hand, a cup of coffee in the other, and the flattened cardboard box he uses as a bed under his arm as he waits in line for lunch at Glide Memoria...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware | Word In Black (WIB) – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently reported that its membership numbers are poised to match those before the pandemic caused by COVID-19—growth that seems to reflect...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
By Keyshawn Davis | Solving Sacramento CLTRE, a nonprofit creating pathways for economic development and homeownership in underserved communities, has secured a new site for affordable housing and retail development on Del Paso Boulevard in Nort...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
Donald Trump rolled the dice on a campaign stop in deepest Democratic New York Thursday seeking to woo Black and Latino voters whose support for Joe Biden has shown signs of faltering. The event, in the Bronx where the Republican was trounced in 202...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
The California State Senate passed a total of three laws (SB 1403, SB 1050 and 1331) to create a repair and financing agency for descendants of slaves or whose relatives suffered abuses by the Californian authorities during the time of slavery for...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
Donald Trump rolled the dice on a campaign stop in deepest Democratic New York Thursday seeking to woo Black and Latino voters whose support for Joe Biden has shown signs of faltering. The event, in the Bronx where the Republican was trounced in 202...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
The California state Senate passed three reparations bills on Tuesday, advancing a broader legislative effort to provide restitution to descendants of slaves. The bills passed this week are part of more than a dozen reparations bills proposed by the...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
Entrepreneurs Worry Broken Leases Will Leave Them with Insurmountable Debt OKLAHOMA CITY — The EastPoint Project, located at 1720 NE 23rd Street, was heralded in its development phase as haven for Black entrepreneurs who wanted to grow their business...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
Jamaican-American Mayor of Miramar Wayne Messam has been appointed as the 2nd Vice President of the African American Mayors Association (AAMA), a professional organization that represents and supports African American mayors across the United States...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
In a May 19 interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Sen. Marco Rubio made misleading and unsubstantiated claims about election fraud in states lost by then-President Donald Trump in 2020: Rubio said “liberal groups” in Georgia...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take College commencement remarks by Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker on the roles of women drew widespread criticism, including from Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder....
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – The older people get, the harder it can be to stay physically active, but one Lowcountry line dance group is working to make that easier, by stepping with soul. Twice a week for two and a half hours each class, o...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
Oregon doctors are raising awareness about the importance of Black maternal health. Statistics show many Black moms are dying during pregnancy. PORTLAND, Ore. — Mersades Thompson couldn’t be happier to hold her baby in her arms. But everyth...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
As California’s legislature charges ahead with its plans to implement reparations for descendants of slaves in America and those suffering from its legacy, concerns are growing that they could further wreck the fiscally-strained Golden State and acc...
