Category : News Talk

Only 3% of businesses are Black-owned: study

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Black-owned businesses only accounted for about 3% of companies in 2021, the Pew Research Center says. Citing data from the Annual Business Survey, which is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Science Fo...

East Texas non-profit ‘Black Nurses Rock’ empowers nurses and advocates in the black community

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) – Nursing is the largest healthcare profession in the U.S. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, nearly 5.2 million Americans are registered nurses, but only six percent are black. The Tyler group, B...

East Texas non-profit ‘Black Nurses Rock’ empowers nurses and advocates for health needs in the black community

“I grew up here, my kids played golf out here, and there was this core group of people that had a real passion that we can’t let it go away,” said Gorham. “As you can see now it was worth saving, I think we have a premier event place in East Texas.”...

Vaseline’s Mended Murals Campaign: A Pioneering Initiative for Bla…

Imagine walking down the streets of Baltimore, Brooklyn, or Hartford, where art and health converge in a vibrant display of color and community. This is the reality Vaseline is creating with its innovative Mended Murals Campaign, a project that tra...

Dame Carol Black to lead occupational health taskforce

Professor Dame Carol Black is to head up the taskforce that will produce a voluntary occupational health framework for employers this summer, the government has announced. The taskforce, which is meeting for the first time today, intends to devise a...

Sovereign Immunity and Reparations in Ukraine

Editor’s note: This article is part of Just Security’s series on reparation mechanisms in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Two years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, experts estimate that it will cost nearly half a trillion...

‘It’s Our Responsibility’: U.S. Philanthropist Who Donated to Tulsa Massacre Survivors Calls on Rich White People to Pay Reparations Since Government Won’t

A New York philanthropist who donated $3 million to the last three living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre called on other wealthy white Americans to contribute to reparations, citing the lack of action from states and the federal government...

California’s Bold Move: Introducing a Suite of Reparations Bills t…

As I walked through the hallowed halls of the California State Capitol, a palpable sense of history and urgency filled the air. The California Legislative Black Caucus was about to unveil a groundbreaking package of 14 reparations bills, aimed squa...

Bridging Boundaries: Detroit’s Urban Youth and Michigan’s Wilderness Unite in the Classroom

Salmon in the Classroom: A Unique Wildlife Education Initiative, Fueled by Michigan Wildlife Council, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and Real Times Media By Lynzee Mychael, Multimedia Journalist Envision vibrant urban classrooms, alive wit...

18 Black Women-Run Businesses That Inspire Us

For Black History Month, we’re honoring some outstanding Black women entrepreneurs. Black women continue to lead the startup charge. Since right before the Covid pandemic began, there’s been a 70% increase in the number of new Black-women-owned small...

Michigan Receives Over $177 Million for Water Infrastructure Upgrades Under Biden’s Historic Investment

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a significant boost to Michigan’s water infrastructure with an allocation of more than $177 million from President Joe Biden’s Investing in America agenda. This funding...

The New York Amsterdam News Continues Growing and Welcomes Aaron Foley as News Editor

From Black PR Wire The New York Amsterdam News (AmNews), one of America’s oldest and most influential Black newspapers continues its unfolding renaissance with the hiring of distinguished journalist and author Aaron Foley as our new News Editor. Fole...

Black-Owned Companies Team Up To Provide Free AI Instructor-Led Courses To HBCU Students

Black-owned AI ed-tech company Skilldora has joined forces with African American billionaire Dr. Michael V. Roberts to offer its platform and AI Instructor-led courses to students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Roberts is t...

Pritzker pitches more than $20 million for initiatives to improve Black maternal health

Jeanine Valrie Logan is working to open a birth center inside a former church on Chicago’s South Side, where there’s a dearth of options to have a baby. Valrie Logan is a Black midwife. She envisions three rooms in the birth center where people can...

Black men therapists discuss disparities within mental health

Therapists share why Black men are resistant to therapy and how to change it. ATLANTA — Therapists in Atlanta are talking about a disparity in the mental health field. A study from the American Psychological Association shows that Black therapis...