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Biden slams “extreme” U.S. Supreme Court, offers proposal for sweeping changes

(The Texas Tribune) – President Joe Biden on Monday called the U.S. Supreme Court “extreme” as he detailed his proposal for sweeping changes, including limiting justices to 18-year terms, during a speech to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the C...

The African American Policy Forum’s 5th Annual CRT Summer School Series Was A Call To Action For Social Justice

Source: Jacqueline Anders / Getty Change makers from around the world convened for The African American Policy Forum’s fifth annual Critical Race Theory (CRT) Summer School series titled Freedom Summer 2024: No U-Turn on Racial Justice, held in perso...

The number of available jobs in the U.S. is shrinking

(CNN) – Job opportunities are slowly disappearing in the U.S., and hiring has screeched to its slowest pace in a decade (aside from the pandemic plunge). That’s making more workers hold tight to the job they’ve already got. The good news: Those j...

Seven African Americans Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education

Andreia Wardlaw has been appointed as the director of the Walter and Linda Evans Center for African American Studies in the Museum of Art at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia. She previously held teaching roles with the New York Histo...

Alicia Volcy And The Art Of Architecture

Source: iOne Digital Creative Services “I just don’t understand why we need to keep her on this project,” Alicia Volcy recalled, her heart still sinking over what she overheard a colleague say at her architecture firm job. “It’s like she’s not even t...

Pittsburgh’s Black women rally for Sonya Massey

36-YEAR-OLD SONYA MASSEY WAS KILLED BY POLICE OFFICER SEAN GRAYSON ON JULY 6, 2024. AT A PITTSBURGH RALLY FOR MASSEY, BALLOONS ARE PLACED ON THE CORNER OF CLIMAX STREET AND CURTAIN AVENUE IN BELTZHOOVER & Massey was killed, July 6, by a White po...

Double dutch squad aims to rope Pittsburgh kids into sport, and off of phones

From left, Niara Dean-Wasim, Aicha Conde-Cyrus, Fatou Conde-Cyrus, Aliya Samson, and Danae Darwin jump between the ropes as coaches Arista Hunter and Shawnte Knox swing them during the Double Dutch Swing Squad practice at the Kingsley Association in...

George Washington didn’t have biological children. So, why is the criticism of Kamala Harris touching such a nerve?

In the past week, old comments by Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance about people without children have resurfaced, offending huge swathes of the American public. In a 2021 interview, Vance described Democrats as “a bunch of childl...

Suspected Human Skeletal Remains Found At Pigeon Point Beach

The Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) has launched an investigation into the discovery of suspected human skeletal remains at Pigeon Point Beach on Wednesday. The Gros Islet Police Station learned of the discovery at about 3:44 pm. The remains w...

Colman Domingo shines ‘Sing Sing,’ enjoying new era of acclaim and joy

Fresh from his Academy Award nomination for “Rustin,” Colman Domingo embraces a new role in the acclaimed prison drama “Sing Sing” (Photo Credit: Tacuma Roeback).& Colman Domingo is having the time of his life.& Fresh off being nominated...

Beenie Gunter announces ticket prices

Kampala is getting hyped because the Beenie Gunter’s Guntalk Festival is ready to come to town, and it’s going to be lit. Brought to you by Talent Africa Group, expect the biggest reggae dancehall show on the 21st of September at the Garden Ci...

Uganda’s Nicholas Katushabe scoops Founder of the Year award in Nairobi

Last week, Friday 26th, in Nairobi, Kenya, Ugandan business and investment consultant, serial entrepreneur and Author – Nicholas Katushabe, commonly known as M’ster Quest, also proprietor of NBK Premier Solutions, a Ugandan-based consultancy f...

The Joy, Pain, Love And Art Of Marvin Touré

Source: iOne Digital Creative Services Ivorian-American Marvin Touré is an interdisciplinary artist who uses fictional narratives and the objects of innocence as a vehicle to interrogate themes of love, loss, and memory. He focuses his interdisciplin...

Russia releases Gershkovich, Whelan and others in multinational prisoner swap

The post Russia releases Gershkovich, Whelan and others in multinational prisoner swap first appeared on Politics In Color.

SLNT Calls For Improved National Garbage Management

The Saint Lucia National Trust (SLNT) has urged better nationwide garbage management, while suggesting it would be a big challenge. Last week, a video posted on social media raised concerns about garbage on the beach near Pigeon Island. SLNT Business...