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Younger GOP women plead with older voters to focus on economic issues, avoid culture wars

The Barbie pink sashes and shirts stood out in the usual sea of red and blue at a Republican women’s convention in Oklahoma City. While the blockbuster movie that inspired the pink fashion wave was all about equity, these sashes and shirts had a dif...

Ottawa, banks approve millions in loans to reduce barriers for Black entrepreneurs

Open this photo in gallery: Miro LaFlaga and Ahs Phillips, founders of design agency Six Cinquième in Montreal received a loan from Bank of Montreal, on Sept. 29.Karene-Isabelle Jean-Baptiste/The Globe and Mail Major lending programs for Black e...

Today in history: OJ Simpson was found not guilty in ‘trial of the century’, 15 mind-blowing facts

O.J. Simpson, whose full name is Orenthal James Simpson, is a former American football player, broadcaster, and actor who became a controversial figure in the United States due to his involvement in a high-profile criminal trial. Simpson became the...

Building Philadelphia for the Next 100 Mayors

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — This year, 2023, is a major year in Philadelphia politics. We will be electing our 100th mayor who will lead and steer our diverse and unique city over the next four years. This mayor, possibly Philadelphia’s first A...

Federal Government Announces They’ve Hidden Briefcase Full Of Slavery Reparations Somewhere In Continental U.S.

WASHINGTON—Rolling out a new initiative to provide the financial restitution long advocated for by the Black community, the federal government announced Tuesday that it had hidden a briefcase full of slavery reparations somewhere in the contine...

Pfizer’s Diversity Fellowship Under Scrutiny at Second Circuit

A group representing White and Asian American applicants will try to persuade a federal appeals court in Manhattan to revive its challenge to a Pfizer Inc. fellowship program designed to build a diverse workforce. Do No Harm, an advocacy membership...

Wilmington’s only museum for Black history works to ‘restore a community’s self-esteem’

Located on North Seventh Street in downtown Wilmington’s Northside neighborhood, the Burnett-Eaton Museum Foundation is the first and only museum in town dedicated to local Black history. Its founding by director and founder Islah Speller goes...

PrEP prevents HIV infections, but it’s not reaching Black women

Enlarge this image Alexis Perkins, 25, tried to get a prescription for PrEP during a recent visit to her OB-GYN in Atlanta, but her doctor did not feel confident prescribing it....

Letters to the Editor

A stand-up guy By 1944, only five African Americans had ever enrolled in the U.S. Naval Academy. Subjected to continual harassment, none lasted longer than a year. In 1945, African American Wesley A. Brown enrolled in Annapolis and was subjected...

Black Resilience: Trauma to Triumph Since 1619

By Sonny Messiah Jiles | Word In Black Credit: Illustration by Demis Courquet-Lesaulnier via Wikimedia Commons/Adobe Stock (WIB) – As we acknowledge the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington and the 1963 bombing of 16th Street...

What would a government shutdown mean for me? SNAP, student loans and travel impacts, explained

By Wyatt Grantham-Philips | The Associated Press The federal government is heading toward a shutdown at month’s end that will disrupt many services, squeeze workers and roil politics. (Sept. 26) NEW YORK (AP) — With gridlock persisting in Washi...

Sex abuse reparations may just be tip of iceberg in Johnny’s scandal

Male talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc. will begin from November paying compensation to the 325 men who claimed to have been sexually abused by its founder, but as more victims may come forward the scandal is not over. How the company goes a...

TE Coleman Kuntz’s TD run helps Sacramento State beat Northern Arizona 31-30

By The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Kaiden Bennett passed for 257 yards and added 76 yards rushing, tight end Coleman Kuntz scored on a 2-yard run to give Sacramento State the lead midway through the fourth quarter and the Hornets b...

Medical Debt: The Price of Life

By Anissa Durham | Word In Black Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko/ Pexels. (WIB) – The healthcare system is one of the only transactions you make without knowing the price of your purchase. Whether you have health insurance or not, most Ameri...

Timberlake And Biel’s Romantic Getaway: Love And Wishes In Rome

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel celebrate anniversary in Rome, rekindling love at iconic Trevi Fountain. The post Timberlake And Biel’s Romantic Getaway: Love And Wishes In Rome appeared first on Rolling Out.