Category : News Talk

What Do Kindergarten Teachers Mean By “Ready for School?”

By Kristen J. Amundson | NNPA (NNPA) – At this time of year, many preschool parents are worrying about whether their child will be ready for kindergarten. What are the things their child should learn? Do they need to make alphabet flash car...

Try adding these 10 healthiest snacks for weight loss into your daily food plan

By Lauren Panoff | Stacker (Stacker) – When it comes to weight loss, we live in an era that feels more influenced than investigated. We receive so much nutrition information from the loudest social media influencers rather than actual healt...

‘Change for the future’: Cincinnati moms work to lower death rates for Black mothers, babies

Latosha Shelton, 28 weeks pregnant and hyperventilating, shoved aside her midwife’s advice to “wait it out,” gripped the steering wheel and headed for the hospital, screaming. She’d spent weeks experiencing frightening symptoms – swelling feet, swell...

Efforts renew to expand Prisma Health’s Black Doula program

A successful South Carolina pilot program is leading to the continuance of Prisma Health’s Black Doula program.In a release from Prisma Health, it reads in part:”Prisma Health’s Black Doula Program, a groundbreaking initiative aime...

Rising Youth Mortality Rates Hit Native American, Black Youth the Hardest

Details By Elyse Wild May 08, 2024 A new study revealed that rising child mortality rates in the United States are affecting Native American and Black youth the most. According to a study from...

Miners told to get repeat tests after audit exposes black lung bungle

In short: Resources Safety and Health Queensland says an audit has found a 30 per cent error rate in tests done by a spirometry company in Mackay in 2023. Spirometry testing is used to identify breathing impairment seen in black lung disease. What&...

‘Detroit Means Business Summit’ Propels Black Entrepreneurs to New Heights

Photo credit: Detroit Means Business On May 6th, over 300 small business owners in Detroit bustled through the Cambria Hotel, eagerly participating in the third annual Detroit Means Business Summit (DMB). The summit was a day-long affair packed with...

#SistersInLaw Hits the Road with a Dynamic Perspective on Law, Politics, and Culture

There’s a unique kind of kinship that’s forged through marriage, but #SistersInLaw, a podcast launched by Politicon, transcends the familial to create a new kindred bond in the world of law and politics. With a shared background in journalism, politi...

Study looks to identify factors leading to cancer in Black women

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – More than two million new cases of cancer are expected to be diagnosed in the United States in 2024, according to the American Cancer Society, despite significant strides in cancer research. Black women continue to have the...

Top Six U.S. Senate Candidates from Michigan Will Debate One Another at Mackinac Policy Conference

Sandy Baruah, President and CEO of the Detroit Regional Chamber, announced today that the Mackinac Policy Conference later this month will play host to a combined debate between the top three Democrat and Republican candidates for the soon-to-be-vaca...

Newmarket association gets $103K for Black community mental health project

The Regional Municipality of York is giving a $103,933 boost to the Newmarket African Caribbean Canadian Association (NACCA) to help improve mental and public health in the community. NACCA now has a funding partnership with the region’s community...

In Portugal, the President stirred up the debate on colonial reparations

Portugal’s President has called for reparations for the crimes committed by his country during the transatlantic slave trade and the colonial era, sparking a domestic debate that is gaining ground among former colonized countries. It drew the ire of...

Will Californians get any relief on gas prices?

BY LYNN LA (CALMATTERS) – Californians pay more at the pump than residents of any other state — an average of $5.34 a gallon for regular unleaded, compared to the national average of $3.64, according to AAA. And in some counties, the sticker s...

Breaking Down Barriers: Michigan Chronicle’s Pancakes and Politics Forum III Set to Chart Detroit’s Tech and Innovation Path

Detroit is on the cusp of redefining its identity as a destination for technology and innovation, and Michigan Chronicle’s Pancakes and Politics Forum III will be at the forefront of this conversation. Taking place on May 23, 2024, at 7:5...

‘Straight Words’: 4 Differences Between Trump and Cousin Ray Ray in Court

By Naba’a Muhammad, Contributing Columnist The judge in the Trump hush-money case in New York, which revolves around charges the GOP boss paid off a porn star to keep an affair quiet and lied about it to flim-flam voters, has gotten a ton of media co...