Category : Lifestyle

PNBC vows to keep fighting ‘until everyone can realize the dream’

The Progressive National Baptist Convention is boosting its work for criminal justice, gun reform, civil rights and other reforms to help marginalized Americans, the denomination’s leaders announced recently in St. Louis. These efforts will be relent...

A Black Arkansas family is trying to recover weeks after being held at gunpoint by Frisco

As Demetria Heard stood in front of multiple Frisco police officers with their weapons drawn toward her, her husband, their son and nephew on the Dallas North Tollway, she could barely process what was happening. “All I could hear was aggression,” sh...

USDA Invests $33 Million Into HBCU Agricultural Programs

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is continuing its commitment to bolster agricultural programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by allocating $33 million to enhance the budgets of those institutions. According...

How do I feel about reparations as a Black man? It’s complicated.

When I was growing up, sometimes classmates told me that I wasn’t “Black enough.” They said this because I used standard English, and I didn’t think the way everyone else did or like the same things they did. Now at 70 years of age, I’m still not ex...

Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis vs. Donald Trump: His defense? Call her a racist

WASHINGTON − Donald Trump was not at a loss for words Monday night after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the first Black woman to serve in the position, became the latest prosecutor to indict the former president. “So, the Witch H...

How Do We Fix the MPD?

Support the Memphis Flyer The Memphis Flyer is Memphis’ alternative newsweekly, serving the metro Memphis area of nearly a million residents. The Flyer was started in 1989 by Contemporary Media, Inc., the locally...

Michael Oher, former NFL tackle known for ‘The Blind Side,’ sues to end Tuohys’ conservatorship

By Teresa M. Walker | The Associated Press FILE – Carolina Panthers’ Michael Oher speaks to the media during the first day of their NFL football offseason conditioning program in Charlotte, N.C., April 20, 2015. Oher, the former NFL tackle...

LAO: Gov Newsom’s Mental Health Proposal Is “Unclear” on Children’s Services

By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Natalie Champion was one of the participants in the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission’s Advocacy Listening Session for Diverse Racial and Ethnic Communities. Champi...

Black-on-Black Therapy Is Difficult to Access Nationwide

By Brian Delk | New York Amsterdam News Credit: Alex Green/Pexels (WIB) – Mental health resources are a necessity for many New Yorkers. Yet access to the right therapists has proved challenging for many due to race, sex, insurance coverag...

‘If I don’t do this now, then when?’: Rutgers, other universities launch partnership to elevate free speech to counter threats to democracy

What to Know The presidents of 13 universities are elevating free speech on their campuses this academic year, as part of a new nonprofit initiative announced Tuesday. The Institute for Citizens & Scholars launched the initiative with fundi...

Hip-Hop at 50: Women battle misogyny to send hip-hop spinning in a new direction

By Sharon Johnson and Nardos Haile | The Associated Press Rasheeda posing for camera. (AP) (AP) – Rasheeda Frost’s decades-long relationship with hip-hop started in 1981. She was a curious, energetic kindergartener — eager to touch and ex...

Sage Steele Exits ESPN After Settling Lawsuit Over Coronavirus Controversy

Former ESPN anchor and sports journalist Sage Steele has officially cut ties with ESPN following a lawsuit over statements she made in opposition to its COVID-19 vaccination policy. As previously reported, Steele turned down a $500,000 settlement fro...

International African American Museum opens in Charleston

After over 20 years of planning, our next guest’s museum officially opened to the public this June, with a mission of helping visitors learn the full story of the African American journey. Mike Switzer interviews Dr. Tonya M. Matthews, president and...

Ava DuVernay Creates Largest Hiring Network In The Industry With ‘Array Crew’ Expansion

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay has doubled down on her commitment to continue diversifying the film and TV industry. Partnering with Hollywood heavy-hitters Brian Grazer and Ron Howard through their Impact platform, the 50-year-old When They...

One High Point Commission shares reparations proposal for the city

The 13-member commission spent a year creating a plan for reparations for the African American community. HIGH POINT, N.C. — For the past year, a group in High Point has been researching the history in the black community to recommend reparations...