Category : News

Buy Black: Targeted spending and job opportunities #DefenderRewind

While Black shoppers play a pivotal role in the success of Black Friday and its impact on the local and national economy, a movement is afoot to redirect Black consumer dollars away from traditional retailers and toward Black businesses. Black Fr...

Local Fraternity Pays It Forward to Kick-off the Holiday Season

On Saturday December 3rd, members of the Katy Cypress Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc and a host of supporters began the holiday with their annual Pay it Forward Day. The event, held this year at the Bear Creek HEB located on Hwy 6 and Keit...

TOUCHDOWN

Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock retains his seat in the U.S. Senate! At a quarter to 9 p.m. while supporters were dancing and mingling at the watch party for Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), which took place inside a ballroom at the...

MTSU Health And Human Performance Staff Usher In Holiday Door Décor Competition

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Sonya Sanderson, chair of MTSU’s department of Health and Human Performance, has always loved to decorate her office door for the holidays. “This year, my Halloween decorations must have really impressed because several people a...

FirstBank Partners with Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee to Set Up On-Campus Food Pantry

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec 6, 2022) –& Nashville-based FirstBank has donated $15,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee to set up the FirstBank Food Pantry at STEM Prep Middle School.& The FirstBank Food Pantry will be available...

D.C. Metrorail system shortages grow as ridership increases

By Hanna Zakharenko, Capital News Service The scale of the D.C. metro system shortage is a little hard to see. Metro ridership struggles to reach what it used to be pre-pandemic and trains are more crowded, according to Metro officials. The reas...

Early voting in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff election shatter records, Dems say the process can be reformed

The State of Georgia is the epicenter of American politics. The 2020 victories of Jon Ossoff to the U.S. Senate and Joe Biden’s 11,779 vote victory over former President Donald J. Trump in the Presidential Election, saw the Peach State catapult itse...

Soufriere MP Urges Public Cooperation With The Police Amid Violent Crime Spike

Following the news of a shooting in Soufriere on Saturday, December 3rd, 2022, where one individual was killed and another was injured, the Parliamentary Representative for Soufriere/ Fond St. Jacques, Emma Hippolyte has issued a stern warning to the...

Study: Industries with the most quitting

The American labor market is rapidly changing. The wave of “great resignations” the country witness during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, is still going strong two years later. A new research by the US Bureau for Labor Statistics rev...

Allison Jean Concerned Over ‘Semblance Of Anarchy’ In Saint Lucia

Dr. Allison Jean has expressed concern over the escalation of gun violence in Saint Lucia, declaring that there seems to be a semblance of anarchy. Jean, a government Senator, spoke in an interview with reporters on Tuesday in response to the questio...

No Blacks on jury of ex-cop who killed Atatiana Jefferson

A jury of eight men and six women has been selected for the trial of former Fort Worth officer Aaron Dean, who is charged with murder in the 2019 shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson. No Black jurors were selected for the case, which in 2019 spar...

What does Deion Sanders’ departure mean for SWAC, HBCUs?

The day we all knew was coming actually came this past weekend. Celebrated Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion “Prime Time” Sanders left Jackson State to take over at Power 5 conference school University of Colorado. It was a move that was expected...

What does Deion Sanders’ exit mean for SWAC, HBCUs?

Study reveals crisis in police recruit training nationwide

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior, National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia A comprehensive new report asserted that American authorities have traditionally trained police officers on the cheap, noting that more than 71 percent of agencies...

Police Commissioner Says Tougher Measures Coming To Deal With Gun Violence

Acting Police Commissioner Crusita Descartes-Pelius has disclosed that tougher measures are in the pipeline to deal with gun violence and has called for patience. Descartes-Pelius spoke to reporters on Monday after a bloody weekend in which two men w...