Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago
BY ROBERT HANSEN | OBSERVER STAFF WRITER Over 70,000 of the votes have been counted in the race for Sacramento’s next mayor and Dr. Flojaune Cofer has the largest lead held so far by any of the four leading candidates. As of 3:40 p.m. Tuesday,...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago
Nationwide — Mike Mayden, a former major-league baseball scout and now the Founder of A League of Our Own (ALOOO), the only Black-owned independent baseball league in the United States, is inviting Black-owned businesses to take advantage of availab...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago
WRBB News Episode 8: Reparations Research and a Louisa May Alcott Discovery – The Huntington News...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago
Michael Tome Business Reporter THE delegation of visiting US businessmen currently in Zimbabwe to explore trade and investment opportunities in the country says its mission is to propel black-owned businesses to unprecedented levels of success globa...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago
Finding a remedy for the institutional and social injustices that persist in society sounds like a daunting task. In Calvert County, a group of citizens are ready to accept the challenge and have organized their effort. The Calvert Concept Chari...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago
“It’s not a hard thing. It’s strategic,” shared FORCE Detroit Public Health & Safety Director, Zoe Kennedy, an organization that is leading the city of Detroit’s Community Violence Intervention (CVI) initiative, highlighting what has been the dr...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago
Since 1951, the Detroit chapter of the Links, Incorporated has been devoted to strengthening African American communities through fundraising, education, advocacy, and volunteering. On Saturday, March 16, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., the organization’s vis...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago
Tate and Lyle could face demands from Caribbean nations to pay reparations for profits made from indentured labour, as British companies come under fresh pressure to address their colonial history. British refiner Tate and Lyle sourced sugar from...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago
The former president traffics in stereotypes about Black Americans, yet he is counting on them, and aggressively courting them, in seeking to return to the White House. He has repeatedly accused three Black prosecutors investigating him of “reve...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago
HAMPTON, Va. — A wellness expo aimed at addressing disparities Black families experience in the healthcare system is coming to Hampton Roads this weekend. Celebrate Healthcare will be hosting The Black Family Wellness Expo at the Mary W. Jackson...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – An upcoming wellness event hopes to connect Black families with important resources in the Roanoke Valley. The Roanoke Chapter of The Links, Incorporated organized the event as a way to make it easier for families to get...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan today announcement. The announcement is that the Adams administration — in partnership with the Fund for Public Health...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago
Caribbean countries are to demand that Britain makes reparations for indentured labour in addition to slavery, it emerged on Tuesday. Nations that have pushed for payments for slavery are now planning to seek reparative justice in connection with the...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago
By Tanu Henry | California Black Media (CBM) – On March 7, President Biden delivered his third State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. In the wide-ranging and impassioned speech that covered broad political ground, Biden...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 9 months ago
Russia’s behaviour represents the most flagrant breaking of international law in a generation – if not longer. It has provoked justified anger at the wanton and unprovoked destruction that Russia has inflicted on Ukraine. There will be a pressing nee...
