Category : Lifestyle

Award-Winning Actor, Lou Gossett Jr, Passes Away at 87

(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Academy Award winner Louis Gossett Jr., the tough guy with a sensitive side best known for his celebrated work in the original Roots and award-winning film, An Officer and a Gentleman, has passed away at the age o...

Preserved by Purpose: Spiritual PTSD: Strength After the Battle

This week, we conclude our look at Spiritual PTSD – Purpose, Strength, Trust, and Discernment by exploring how they work together to strengthen us after we experience spiritual warfare. Just like those who have experienced the trauma of a rea...

Pregnant Nigerian Woman Faces Jail Time Over Online Review Of Tomato Puree

Photo: Getty Images A pregnant Nigerian woman is facing jail time over her online review of a tomato puree brand, Metro reports. Chioma Okoli, 39, gave an online critique of tomato puree brand Nagiko Tomato Mix, owned by Nigerian company Erisco Foo...

Black Maternal Health Conference – WORCESTER

Each year, Black Maternal Health is recognized from April 11th – 17th to bring attention and action to improving Black Maternal Health. The week is held during National Minority Health Month. Founded and led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance...

Community Justice Scholarships offered at UC Blue Ash

Contributed The Blue Ash Branch of the University of Cincinnati on March 7 held its annual Scholarship Luncheon in recognition of the scholarship recipients and donors. Two students—Natalie Borgert and Cynthia Kudatsi– were awarded the cove...

Black Women Reds and Black Women on the Liberal Left

Rosa Parks being fingerprinted on Feb. 22, 1956, as one of the people indicted as leaders of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. She was one of 73 people rounded up by deputies that day after a grand jury charged 113 African Americans for organizing the boyc...

A Black Mayor Is Signed, Sealed

By Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer Flojaune Cofer after voting on March 5. Louis Bryant III, OBSERVER With Assemblymember Kevin McCarty and political newcomer Dr. Flojaune Cofer making it to the Nov. 5 election, Sacramento will have i...

Reading Is a Right, And We Must Fight to Protect It

Rick Callender | Special to California Black Media Partners OPINION (CBM) – In the Black community, literacy stands as a cornerstone of empowerment, guiding our way toward liberation and advancement. For centuries, African Americans have...

Addressing Mental Health With Innovation, Education

By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer Brother Be Well’s website shares valuable mental health information centered on boys and men of color. Founder and director Kristene Smith, inset. A locally based organization is reaching boys and...

Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ reinforces her dedication to Black reclamation — and country music

By Maria Sherman | The Associated Press This cover image released by Parkwood/Columbia/Sony shows “Act ll: Cowboy Carter” by Beyonce. (Parkwood/Columbia/Sony via AP) LOS ANGELES (AP) — First, Beyoncé arrived at the 2024 Grammy Awards in full co...

How Is the 4-Day Workweek Working for Other Countries?

By Amaka Watson | Houston Defender | Word In Black This& post& was originally published on& Defender Network (WIB) – The 9-to-5 grind is a phrase that resonates with countless individuals who feel trapped in the monotony of t...

Experts Weigh in on Diabetes in the Black Community

(WIB) – Diabetes has been a known disease that has widely affected the Black community — but it is a disease that can be managed. According to a report from the Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC), diabetes is categorized as a chronic lo...