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One big man … one hot truck!

John Miranda is a superstar. Having worked at the UCSF compound immediately adjacent to the Parcel E-2 landfill for 26 years, driving the same truck to work every day, he and his truck carry a heavy burden of contaminants. His plight is described in...

Cutting-Edge Wellness Center Coming To Saint Lucia

TheLifeCo Well-being, the internationally acclaimed wellness brand, is set to redefine holistic health with the inauguration of its most advanced center to date at Mount Pimard in Gros-Islet, Saint Lucia. As a pivotal component of the Caribbean Jewel...

Angela Bassett’s Honorary Oscar Marks a Triumph of Recognition and Resilience

[Photo: Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP] In a stunning turn of events, the illustrious career of Angela Bassett, spanning nearly four decades and punctuated by two Oscar nominations, has been rightfully honored with an honorary Academy Awar...

Racquel Oden Is the First Woman Board Chair of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund

Racquel Oden is the new chair of the board of directors of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. She is the first woman to chair the board in the organization’s 37-year history. Established in 1987, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund is the natio...

SCLC-KC Hosts Mass MLK Day Celebration & Issues Call for Reparations

(Photo by Samuel Jordon) Image of Dr. Vernon Howard, President of the SCLC-KC “But it is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condem...

A New Perspective on the Voting Behavior of Educated Young African Americans

A new study led by Amanda Wilkerson, an assistant professor of higher education at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, highlights the perspectives of Black youth voters at Florida HBCUs and how they engage with politics to effect change. Th...

Michael’s World: Commemorating Dr. King From Harlem To Hollywood

The #1 source in the world for all things Harlem. By Michael McQuillan Custom makes cliché of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1963 “I have a dream” declaration though the speech text urgently condemns police misconduct and calls for economic just...

Chesapeake Students To Visit Former Slave Plantation

On January 19, 2024, students from Indian River High School in Chesapeake, Virginia will travel to Henderson, North Carolina to visit a former slave plantation turned family retreat grounds and tourist attraction. Kenneth Spellman is a native of Ches...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Vocal Advocate For Love And Peace In Harlem And Beyond

The #1 source in the world for all things Harlem. At the moment above, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his extraordinary wife, Coretta Scott King, and others, stood resilient in front of Harlem Hospital after his recovery. This image serves as a poignan...

Connie Walton Is the New Leader of Grambling State University in Louisiana

The board of supervisors for the University of Louisiana System’s Executive Committee appointed Connie Walton as interim president of Grambling State University. Dr. Walton has been serving as the institution’s provost and vice president for academic...

New Bill Intends To Bring Tourism Benefits To More Saint Lucians

A ‘transformational’ bill will come before parliament soon, to bring tourism benefits to more Saint Lucians. “We need to create a framework in the country where more Saint Lucians can participate and own the tourism industry,”...

The Sister Accord Foundation celebrates 10th Anniversary with En Vogue

Contributed The Sister Accord Foundation, the organization whose movement is changing the way girls and women treat, support and interact with each other, capped off its tenth-anniversary celebrations with a special event and live performance by...

Cam Kirk hosts downtown Atlanta cleanup, ‘Spin The Block’

Photo by Noah Washington/The Atlanta Voice Equipped with gloves and masks, volunteers gathered on Sunday, January 14, 2024, to participate in the “Spin The Block” event. A community service project aimed at cleaning the streets of dow...

Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Nation’s Census Tracks

A new study from the U.S. Census Bureau offers data on the diversity of every census tract in the United States. Overall, the diversity index nationwide is 61.1 percent. This means that there was a 61.1 percent chance that two people chosen at random...

REP. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON DIES AT 89

Retired U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson has died, her family said Sunday on social media. She was 89. A towering Dallas political figure — once a nurse, state legislator and congresswoman — Johnson was the dean of the Texas Congressional delegation...