Category : News Talk

A New FDA Ruling Can Help Black Women in the Fight Against Breast Cancer. What You Should Know

Each October, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we amplify the importance of being knowledgeable on the risks and impact of the disease while also celebrating the brave individuals who have survived their own bout. As technology evolves, so do t...

FIRST PERSON: As world mourns Tito Jackson, acclaimed author Connie Porter shares about family connection, parallel steeltown upbringing

I’m coming. I’m coming. I’m coming. I’m home. “Goin’ Back to Indiana,” The Jackson 5 In the meandering course of my life, while my body has sought to live in a house, my spirit has sought to dwell in a home. Growing up in a housing project in t...

Local Artists Compete for Cash & Dream Trip to Art Basel in MARTK’D Art on Canvas Contest

Artist easels before the MARTK’D Art on Canvas Contest As the sun set over the city, the Ambassador Bridge and views of Detroit’s skyline presented as a canvas, setting the stage for a high-stakes battle of creativity. Twenty local artist...

Reparations Movement Gains Momentum at National Summit in New Orleans

Recently on “The WAOK Morning Show” with special guest host Shar Bates, Vice Chair of the Fulton County Reparations task Force Marcus Coleman joined the program to discuss The reparations movement taking center stage in New Orleans for a...

Apology but no cash payments: California reparations for slavery start incrementally

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a package of reparations legislation, including a formal apology to African Americans for the state’s role in perpetuating slavery and its legacy – and budgeted $12 million to pay for it. The effort – touted...

Black Doula’s Reproductive Health Startup, LOOM, Gets Acquired By Perelel

Women’s health company Perelel has acquired LOOM, a sexual and reproductive health information platform co-founded by Erica Chidi. Chidi, a doula and health educator, joins Perelel as a strategic advisor, where she will use her expertise to advance...

New mural honors Sacramento’s railroad legacy

By Marie-Elena Schembri | Solving SacramentoKevin Hecteman, Sacramento Southern Railroad conductor and California State Railroad Museum marketing and communications manager, traded in his conductor cap for a paintbrush on Sunday, Sept. 15 as one of d...

Darryl George Is Back, and He’s Still Fighting for His Dreadlocks

By Aziah Siid | Word In Black(WIB) – A metro Houston teenager who was suspended from school for refusing to cut his dreadlocks has urged a judge to let him go back to that school so he can spend his senior year “like a normal teenage student”...

Pras Michel Files Lawsuit Against Lauryn Hill Alleging Fraud and Breach of Contract Over Fugees Reunion Tour

By Stacy M. Brown | NNPA(NNPA) – Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, a founding member of the iconic hip-hop group The Fugees, has filed a lawsuit against his former bandmate Lauryn Hill and MLH Touring, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern Di...

Helene’s Floods: Climate Change’s New Normal

By Willy Blackmore | Word In Black(WIB) – When Helene reached northern Georgia as a tropical storm at the end of last week, its wind speeds had dropped to the point that it was no longer a hurricane. Huge and comparatively slower-moving too, th...

Breaking Barriers: Ovarian Cancer Study Expanded to Africa

By Stacy M. Brown | NNPA(NNPA) – Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers Dr. Sophia George and Dr. Matthew Schlumbrecht are leading an ambitious study focused on ovarian cancer treatment for women of African descent. Their work, based...

Third Annual DTW Golf Classic Raises Over $280K for LAHC, Advancing Empowerment and Social Impact

Image courtesy of DTW The Third Annual DTW Golf Classic, hosted by the Wayne County Airport Authority (WCAA), raised over $280,000 for Leaders Advancing and Helping Communities (LAHC). Held in September at Eagle Crest Golf Club in Ypsilanti, the even...