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Black Health Inc. Releases Community Needs Assessment Results, Sets Path for Improved Health Services in Syracuse

SYRACUSE, N.Y., April 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Black Health, Inc., in collaboration with five Syracuse-based organizations, is proud to announce the release of the findings from its comprehensive community needs assessment, conducted in the firs...

Irth Started as a Mother & Son Project — Now the App Is Becoming ‘Yelp for Safe Black Birth’

Kimberly Seals Allers likes to say that Irth, the app she created to give BIPOC birthing people the power to review their doctors, is something she wished she had when she was giving birth. “I was doing all the research… really hoping to have a gre...

City of Detroit Announces Phase 3 Road Closures for 2024 NFL Draft Preparation

Detroit officials have unveiled the latest in a series of road closures as part of the preparations for the 2024 NFL Draft, marking a significant impact on the city’s traffic flow. Scheduled to commence on Monday, April 15, at 12am, this phase...

Redefining Roots: Detroit’s North End and the New Chapter of ‘The Claire’

Detroit’s North End is far more than just a neighborhood; it’s a community with roots that run deep into the very soil. While downtown Detroit and its neighboring areas have seen a surge of modern housing developments, the North End is now poised to...

Astrology Influencer’s Murder-Suicide Draws Attention To Black W

NewsOne Featured Video Source: x / x The murder-suicide involving a popular social media astrology influencer and her family is drawing attention to Black women and mental health awareness. Authorities, who are still working on the ongoin...

Springfield celebrates Black Maternal Health Week

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Springfield officials will be joining together on Thursday for a special Black Maternal Health Week celebration. Car accident leaves trail of damage on State Street in Springfield According to the CDC, Black Mat...

Reparations rift? California’s Black lawmakers divided on how far to go

BY WENDY FRY | CALMatters (CALMATTERS) – As California becomes the first state to publicly grapple with the complexities of reparations, a conflict has emerged between reparations advocates and some lawmakers backing bills to implement a state...

Black Maternal Health Week: These Groups Are Dedicated To Improving Maternal Health Outcomes For Black Women

H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock / Contributor / Getty Images Every year, Black Maternal Health Week occurs from April 11-17. The Black Mamas Matter Alliance, which leads and founded this campaign, revealed this year’s th...

Historic reparations commission slated for final recommendations in June. Then what?

ASHEVILLE – After two years of meetings, barring further extension, the city and Buncombe County’s reparations commission will close out its report of final recommendations in June. But then what? Commission members ask: How will local mu...

Black Maternal Health Week to raise awareness in April

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Track Opioid Settlement Payouts — to the Cent — in Your Community

By Aneri Pattani and Lydia Zuraw and Holly K. Hacker | KFF Health News | Word In Black (WIB) – State and local governments are receiving billions of dollars in settlements from companies that made, sold, or distributed prescription painkill...

Baseball Hall of Fame to Honor Hank Aaron with Statue Unveiling; U.S. Postal Service to Issue Commemorative Stamp

By Stacy M. Brown | NNPA (NNPA) – Fifty years ago, the sports world watched in awe as Hank Aaron shattered baseball’s most hallowed record, cementing his place as one of the game’s greatest legends. To celebrate the anniversary of that his...

Soul Project creates pathways for youth in the solar industry

By Keyshawn Davis | Solving Sacramento Dariyn Choates, CEO and founder of Soular Cleaning, speaks to the inaugural cohort of the Soul Project during orientation on March 20. (Photo by Keyshawn Davis) Dariyn Choates came to Sacramento from Mon...

6 former Mississippi law officers sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men

By Michael Goldberg | The Associated Press FILE – This combination of photos shows, from top left, former Rankin County sheriff’s deputies Hunter Elward, Christian Dedmon, Brett McAlpin, Jeffrey Middleton, Daniel Opdyke and former Richland...