Lifestyle / Hot Topics Talk - 6 months ago
There are no fences, barbed wire, or guards at Lighthouse Youth Center at Paint Creek. Instead, this residential treatment campus for boys with behavioral and emotional challenges, many of whom have been adjudicated delinquent by a juvenile court in...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
Torin Brazzle, 47, founder, CEO and president of IGNITE!, created the nonprofit with a single thought: It shouldn’t be so hard for Black people to succeed at business. IGNITE! connects Black- and woman-owned businesses across Alabama with the resour...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 6 months ago
Park West Health Systems is a pillar in the Park Heights neighborhood. This fall they’ll be breaking ground on their new renovations and expansions. (Image courtesy of Park West Health Systems) By Aria BrentAFRO Staff Writerabrent@afro.com Park West...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
Did you know that in 2008, Barack Obama became the first African American President of the United States? The founders of the Constitution expected leadership that transcends riches and connections, a goal accomplished when Obama believed in the pr...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 6 months ago
By Michael A. Grant, J.D. Michael Grant, J.D. is president-emeritus of the National Bankers Association and a former assistant professor of political science at Morgan State university. (Courtesy photo) I have admired Joe Biden since 1988. I did not...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 6 months ago
By Jade LozadaThe Associated PressUNITED NATIONS (AP) — Terrorism and organized crime by violent extremist groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State are a “pervasive threat” in Africa’s volatile Sahel region and are spilling o...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Sunday urged Americans to reject political violence and recommit themselves to resolving their differences peacefully, saying the upcoming presidential election will be a “time of testing” in the aftermath of the a...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
By Aziah Siid | Word In Black(WIB) – For grade-school teachers, keeping up with student slang is a race as old as the teaching profession itself, and one they can never win. Changing as quickly as the weather, the hot slang word or phrase of the mome...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
By Freida Frisaro | The Associated Press (AP Photo/ Paul Sancya, File) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — With school out for the summer and temperatures rising across the country, many families will visit the beach, lake or local swimming pool. Now...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
By Ken Miller | The Associated Press FILE – Crews work at Oaklawn Cemetery during an excavation while searching for bodies from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Oct. 27, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum and officials with Intermoun...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
By Willy Blackmore | Word In Black(WIB) – More than 2.3 million homes and businesses are without power after Hurricane Beryl, downgraded to Category 1 after hitting category-5 wind speeds last week, made landfall in Houston, Texas, on Monday. The sto...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
By Chris B. Bennett | Word In Black (WIB) – Every few months, someone asks me why I’m still in the newspaper industry. The common narrative is, “Aren’t newspapers basically done?” My response is a resounding NO! Local, community-based n...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 6 months ago
By Black PR Wire(Black PR Wire) Washington, DC — Guns are by far the most common weapon used to kill Black homicide victims in America according to Black Homicide Victimization in the United States: An Analysis of 2022 Homicide Data, a new study from...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 6 months ago
By Deborah BaileyAFRO Contributing Editordbailey@afro.com Pamela Williams, Maryland Department of Health’s director of Cancer and Chronic Diseases. (Courtesy photo) It’s not your imagination. You really have been seeing more health prevention ads in...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
BUTLER, Pa. – Former President Donald Trump was the target of an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally Saturday that set off panic as a bloodied Trump was surrounded by Secret Service and hurried into his vehicle.A former fire chief attending...
