Category : Lifestyle

Sunday Always Comes: Pastors Search for Post-Election Sermons

By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware | Word In BlackOverview: Black parishioners’ emotional investment in the 2024 presidential election left some in mourning over its outcome. Pastors believe the right message of resilience and hope can offer strength...

What Project 2025 Would Mean for Immigrants

By Felicia J. Persaud | New York Amsterdam News | Word In BlackCredit: Joel Rivera-Camacho/Unsplash(WIB) – Much has been said recently about Project 2025, particularly regarding its implications for issues like abortion and transgender rights....

It’s the Hottest Year Ever, Again

By Willy Blackmore | Word In Black(WIB) – At the COP 20 talks in Paris back in 2015, organizers pushing for a lower overall goal for global average temperature increases in order to stave off the worst effects of climate change had a very effec...

Statue of the late US Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, is unveiled in his native Alabama

By The Associated PressThis image provided by the Equal Justice Initiative, Bryan Stevenson, Founder and Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative, speaks during the unveiling of a a statue of U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, at the Equa...

The Bidwhist Spades Thanksgiving extravaganza

ContributedThe annual Bidwhist and Spades Thanksgiving Extravaganza will be Friday Nov. 22 from 6-9pm at the College Hill Recreation Center. This year’s celebration will feature competitive and fun bidwhist and spadescard games, a delicious mea...

Godspeed You! Postpone Remaining U.S. Tour Dates, Citing Health Reasons

Save this storySave Save this storySave Godspeed You! Black Emperor is postponing the remaining U.S. stops of their 2024 North American tour, according to a statement posted to the Constellation Records Instagram page. Earlier this month,...

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center reflection on the 2024 Election

We, the people.Three words that changed the course of history.We, the people.The opening of the Constitution and the “Once upon a time” of the American dream.The Constitution, our nation’s founding document of promise that both protects a...

The Hamptons: A Dallas Venue that Combines Modern Elegance with Exceptional Personal Service

In late 2019, Barry Brewer opened the doors to The Hamptons, an exquisite event venue located in Red Oak, Texas. Weeks later, Covid-19 began its deadly sweep across the world. However, Barry persevered, thanks in large part to the unwavering suppor...

Trump’s plan to implement Reparations for White People

Yes, you heard that right. Trump thinks that White people are the ones who have been oppressed in this country and he plans to gear up the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ to sue colleges and universities to get repayment (reparations) for what has...

South Carolina Man Arrested For Hate-Based Threats To Kill Hispanic News Reporter And Her Family

By DOJ News Photos: Video Screenshots Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James E. Dennehy, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation...

The Royal family must directly address and pay reparations for role in slavery

The British monarchy is hailed as an elite group of rulers and leaders from the nation that birthed the Americas — as well as had control of most of the world at one point or another. However, even after their influence over the rest of the world h...

Giving Birth Shouldn’t Be a Nightmare for Black Women

At 40 weeks pregnant, Georgina Dukes-Harris drove to her weekly OB-GYN appointment in Clemson, South Carolina. It was 8 a.m. on Dec. 14, 2011. The doctor told her there’s no need for her son to “bake any longer.” So, the first-time mom returned, as...

Clifton R. Wharton Jr., Who Broke Racial Barriers, Is Dead at 98

He was the first African American to become president of a large white university, C.E.O. of a major corporation and deputy secretary of state. When Clifton R. Wharton Jr. was appointed president of Michigan State University in 1969, he became th...

Weight loss plans often miss black women

By Loneke Blackman Carr, University of Connecticut and Jameta Nicole Barlow, George Washington University People who are obese or overweight are at higher risk of developing several chronic diseases andreswd/E+ via Getty Images The popularity of weig...

A Brief Overview of the Epistle to the Hebrews

The writer of this grand book of Hebrews is anonymous. Although the author of this magnificent book is unknown, the basic appeal of the book is “let us go on unto perfection (maturity)” (Hebrews 6:1). In this majestic book, the author is presenting...