Category : News

Anxious About the Upcoming Presidential Election? A UAB Psychologist on How to Stay Grounded

By Anna Jones | UAB News As election season ramps up, Megan Hays, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, says it is common to feel overwhelmed by the constant influx of political news, debates and campaign rhetoric...

Birmingham Creatives Invited to Help Mark Opening of New York Fashion Week

By Ameera Steward | For The Birmingham Times To mark the opening of New York Fashion Week (NYFW) on Friday, September 6, the Magic City Fashion Week team, based in Birmingham, has been invited to Fashion For Our Future — a march in Midtown Manh...

Birmingham Designers Invited to Help Mark Opening of New York Fashion Week

Metro Public Health Department Expands Nashville Strong Babies Program to all Davidson County Residents

Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)-In July, the Metro Public Health Department (MPHD) announced that services through the Nashville Strong Babies program, the community’s HRSA Healthy Start program, will now be available countywide. The program offers ca...

The Unsung Story of Black Labor

On this Labor Day – let’s share with others the& unsung story of Black Labor. That helped build the largest economy in the world and its democracy. Organized Black workers, like those that unionized Amsterdam News in 1935 (and yes! we are...

Belle Vue Comes Alive In Tribute To The Late Rameau Poleon

Traditional music and dancing resonated from the Belle Vue Combined School grounds on Sunday in tribute to Rameau Poleon and the celebration of his life. The folk musician passed away in July and was a giant figure in culture. While he came from the...

Disabled Bella Emmanuel Proud Of Her Academic Achievement

Bella Emmanuel, whose outstanding 2024 Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) performance earned her a place at the Castries Comprehensive Secondary School (CCSS), wore her new uniform with pride on Monday’s first day of the new school term....

Road Accidents, Assaults Dominate 2024 SLFS Responses

Despite official road safety appeals road accidents accounted for the majority of Saint Lucia Fire Service (SLFS) trauma responses so far in 2024. According to SLFS data, as of August 28, there were 577 trauma responses to incidents involving vehicle...

HBCUs Have Experienced a Sharp Decline in Black Male Student Enrollment

In recent years, colleges and universities across the United States have experienced declining enrollment rates. At HBCUs, there has been a particular decline in Black male student enrollment. According to a new study from the American Institute for...

Homicide Victim’s Relative Says Killers Claimed To Be Police

A close relative of Saint Lucia’s latest homicide victim has told reporters that in the wee hours of Monday morning, bandits claiming to be police officers gunned down Keston Dilaire. “I just hear bam, bam, bam on the door ‘Police....

107TH ANNIVERSARY OF CAMP LOGAN WAR

Freedman’s Town grassroot residents and other Moor American neighborhoods celebrate annually the remembrance and show of love, respect and appreciation to the 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry soldiers stationed at Camp Logan (Memorial Park today), for st...

Roger Mitchell Named President of Howard University Hospital

Roger A. Mitchell, Jr. has been appointed president of Howard University Hospital. The hospital, a partnership between historically Black Howard University in Washington, D.C., and Adventist HealthCare, will welcome its new leader on September 13. Cu...

Kamala Harris Exposed

The following article, Kamala Harris Exposed, was first published on The Black Sphere. How sad for Democrats that Kamala Harris represents the best they can do. Although the media will present a very different narrative, the Democrat convention faile...

Kings Pull Off Stunning Comeback In CPL Opener!

The Saint Lucia Kings started their campaign in this year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with a victory on Sunday night at Warner Park in Basseterre. In their opening match of Season 12 against the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, the Kings won...

Black Patients Less Likely Than White Patients to Receive Diagnostic Imaging in the Emergency Department

Earlier this year, a report from the African American Research Collaborative found over half of healthcare workers in the United States have witnessed some form of racism towards patients. A new study led by Johns Hopkins University has found a medic...