Category : News Talk

Suffering In Silence

By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer Working closely with families to help them heal from gun violence and trauma is DeAngelo Mack’s calling, but passion and purpose are not without a downside. Seeing young people dealing with pain...

Myth of ‘superhuman strength’ in Black people persists in deadly encounters with police

By Shahid Meighan, Nathan Collins and Elena Santa Cruz | The Associated Press (AP) – Deputy Steven Mills of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office was on patrol one night in 2013 when he received a call about a naked Black man walking down a rural...

Rebirth and Redemption at Flint’s 2nd Chance Church

By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware | Word In Black This story is part of “Flint’s Still Fighting,” Word In Black’s series about the decade-long water crisis, and the struggles and triumphs still transforming the majority-Black city. (WIB) –...

South Africa: apartheid victims demand reparations

The voices of some 50 elderly protesters are heard echoing in song across the grounds of South Africa‘s Constitutional Court in Johannesburg, the commercial heart of South Africa. They are demanding justice and reparations for abuses suffered u...

Eight health benefits of black coffee

There’s nothing quite like the smell of freshly ground coffee in the morning, but your caffeine fix isn’t just a costly habit – it could be benefiting your health. Early research has suggested that a cup of coffee raises the risk of heart disease...

Mental Health Awareness Month: Addressing Unique Challenges in the Black Community

May marks Mental Health Awareness Month, a significant initiative since its inception in 1949. Today, it resonates even more deeply as mental health issues—ranging from stress and anxiety to depression and substance abuse—continue to escalate acros...

Addressing the alarming disparities in Black maternal health

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Detroit Lions Open Applications for ‘Touchdown in Your Town’ Program Benefitting Local Athletes

Local high school football and cheer programs can apply today at DetroitLions.com/touchdown. Fresh off being the host team for the 2024 NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions announced this week that online applications for their 2024 Touchdown in Your Town pr...

Biden’s Dubious Civil Rights Arrest Anecdote

In his interview with SiriusXM radio’s Howard Stern, President Joe Biden revived a dubious anecdote about having been arrested as a teenager while standing in solidarity on the porch of a Black family amid a desegregation protest.As it has in the pas...

Posts Misrepresent Raising of Palestinian Flags at Harvard

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Protesters against the war in Gaza raised three Palestinian flags on the Harvard University campus on April 27. Social media posts misleadingly claimed the university &...

$100 million Harvard reparations pledge is not enough for 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones

The primary author of The 1619 Project recently blasted Harvard University’s $100 million plan intended to remedy the school’s past associations with slavery. On Tuesday, April 23, Nikole Hannah-Jones described Harvard’s $100 million “Legacy of Slav...

Social Change Fund United Granting Financial Empowerment to Young Black Entrepreneurs

Social Change Fund United, an organization co-founded by NBA stars Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Chris Paul, has announced that $230,000 will be granted to two new entrepreneurship-centered programs based in Los Angeles and Chicago. The non-profi...

Sybil Wilkes ‘What You Need To Know:’ UN Calls for Reparations, Go

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DA’s Office Releases Report on Racial Disparities in Philly’s Criminal Legal System – Office of the District Attorney : City of Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (June 19, 2023) – The District Attorney’s DATA (District Attorney’s Transparency Analytics) Lab on Monday released a report showing that stark racial disparities persist both within and outside the criminal legal system in the city of P...

Canadian churches use portion of budgets for Indigenous reparations

In many Canadian churches today, it is common to hear a land acknowledgment at the start of a service. It’s a way to recognize the First Nations who occupied the land. Three Mennonite churches in Winnipeg, Man., and one in Kitchener, Ont., have take...