Category : News Talk

Celebrating Black History Month With Motoring While Black

The question often arises: what do you like doing with your cars? What qualifies as a good “car day” for you? Are you into Club Racing? Do you like autocrossing? Are car meets your thing? Do you like wrenching in the garage? Do you like long drives t...

The Black Bean Bonanza: Unveiling Health and Flavor in Baton Rouge

In the heart of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a culinary revolution quietly simmers, centered around an unassuming hero: the black bean. This versatile legume has woven its way into the fabric of various cuisines, celebrated not only for its rich, earthy...

Police Physically Remove Man From Vehicle For Expired Registration

By Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer Sacramento police attempt to physically remove Eric Murphy from his car Feb. 10. Courtesy of Eric Murphy Eric Murphy said he feared for his life as soon as he saw the police lights flashing. The 31...

African American issues dominate Darryl Rouson funding requests

Sen. Darryl Rouson is asking for nearly $78 million in funding for local projects, with the biggest asks for those who would benefit a large chunk of his constituents — those in the African American community. Of the $77.9 million, spanning 58 reque...

Beauty in the eyes of the community: SoCal-based nonprofit focuses on making unhoused people ‘feel inherently beautiful’

By Katerina Graziosi | Solving Sacramento Beauty 2 The Streetz founder Shirley Raines delivers food, clothing, makeup and wigs to Sacramento’s unhoused community along North B Street in Sacramento on Saturday, Feb. 17. “Sacramento has shown me n...

All-Star Game or All-Star Shame?

By John Celestand | Word In Black (WIB) – I couldn’t let another minute go by before I turned off the game. It was bothering me so much that I figured I would just write about it. I was going to kill the NBA and the All-Star game for maybe...

Help Wanted: Schools Struggling to Keep Black Teachers

By Joseph Williams | Word In Black Credit: Pexels/Tima Miroshnichenko (WIB) – Study after study confirms it: Black children perform better in schools with Black teachers. They score better on achievement scores and have lower dropout rat...

Why Don’t Police Find Missing Black Folks?

By Trina Reynolds-Tyler, Invisible Institute, and Sarah Conway, City Bureau | Word In Black This story is part one of the 7-part Chicago Missing Persons project by City Bureau and Invisible Institute, two Chicago-based nonprofit journalism organi...

Asian Pacific American Coalition hosts dialogue on reparations for Japanese Americans

Isaiah Steinberg/The Daily Northwestern SESP senior and APAC Communications Co-Chair Lily Ng said the term “internment” suggests someone is at fault for their imprisonment, while the term “incarceration” more closely describes the...

Transforming mental health stigma in black households: Arkansas woman’s app paves way

(Little Rock, KATV) — It’s still black history month and one Arkansas native created a mental health app with the target audience being African Americans. The Ebony Notes app is catered toward the African American community to help break the...

Our Rich History: The 15th Amendment — politics and racism polarized Americans

By Paul A. TenkotteSpecial to NKyTribune (Part 1 of two parts. In honor of Black History Month, we offer this encore column that originally appeared in Our Rich History on February 25, 2019.) Today, as we look back upon the Civil War and the period o...

Prince George’s County Council discusses bill to support Black-owned businesses

The Prince George’s County Council’s government operations and fiscal policy committee discussed a bill Thursday that would allocate funds toward supporting Black-owned local businesses. The legislation would define and add “African American Busine...

Feast of unity: Soul food and Black-owned businesses bring people together

Feast of unity: Soul food and Black-owned businesses bring people together – El Camino College The Union Close Modal Window

Report: Philanthropy must play role in racial reparations

A new report said philanthropic organizations need to reexamine the source of their wealth, which it asserted often came from systemic racism and discrimination, and stressed the need to repair the harm done to Black communities. Called “Crack...

The G7 reconfirms that Russian assets will remain frozen until the aggressor pays reparations to Ukraine.

The G7 countries released a statement in which they noted: “We confirm that the sovereign assets of the Russian Federation in our jurisdictions will remain immobilized until the Russian Federation pays for the damages it has caused to Ukraine.” The...