Category : News

Memphis Among a Dozen Tennessee Communities to Get Funding for Green Space

NASHVILLE& – Twelve Tennessee communities will have the opportunity to invest in their green spaces, thanks to grant funding provided by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry (TDF) through the U.S. Department of Agricultur...

Nashville Public Library Foundation Board Chair Don Holmes Reflects on Family’s Voting

Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Alice Walker. Gloria Steinem. Shirley Chisholm. Their stories — and dozens of others — are told & in Nashville Public Library’s (NPL)& Votes for Women Room. Meanwhile, some unsung heroes exist even closer to hom...

Julianne Malveaux: Poor and low-income people need to vote

REV. WILLIAM BARBER (TriceEdneyWire.com) —“There were fifteen Presidential debates in 2020,” thunders the Rev. William Barber, the co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival (www.poorpeoplescampaign.org). I’ve heard...

Saint Lucia About To Implement Historic Minimum Wage

The government is taking concrete action to end employee exploitation and make the Saint Lucian job market more equitable for working-class citizens by instituting a minimum wage. Prime Minister Pierre and his Cabinet of Ministers are determined to i...

Biden Makes a Desperate Campaign Move

The following article, Biden Makes a Desperate Campaign Move, was first published on The Black Sphere. The 81-Million-Vote-Man is having trouble connecting with his loyal supporter base apparently. While Donald Trump was holding a massive rally in th...

Guest Editorial: Supreme Disgrace…Justices Alito and Thomas should recuse themselves from Trump-related cases

Associate Justice Samuel Alito in 2022.— AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File An upside-down American flag was displayed outside Associate Justice Samuel Alito’s home Jan. 17, 2021, days after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Cap...

Motorcyclist Injured In Collision With Car

A male motorcyclist sustained multiple injuries after colliding with a car at Barre Denis on Friday. The Saint Lucia Fire Service (SLFS) Headquarters responded with a fire truck and an ambulance after receiving a distress call at about 2:45 pm. On ar...

Fever fizzle out to Storm 85-83

Exactly 49 days ago, Caitlin Clark and Nika Muhl faced off in the NCAA Tournament. Now, they both are rookies in the WNBA, facing off once again in front of a sold-out crowd at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle on May 22. The Indiana Fever fell short t...

Housing, Mental Health Advocates Push for November Ballot Measure Would repeal, replace Measure H

By City News Service | Our Weekly News A coalition of housing and mental health advocates, among others, submitted more than 410,000 signatures this week to the county in hopes of placing a homeless initiative on the November ballot. The measure, kno...

Saint Lucia Businesses Hit By Fraudulent Cheque Scam

Saint Lucia police have warned local businesses about a fraudulent cheque scam that has resulted in thousands of dollars in losses to some enterprises. According to a police advisory, businesses are receiving ‘hefty’ product orders from s...

Winston-Salem State University and Wake Forest University Establish a Pathway Program for Aspiring Physician Assistants

Historically Black Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina and the Wake Forest University School of Medicine have recently established a new partnership to encourage Winston-Salem State University students to pursue a physician assistant edu...

Kwasi Mitchell’s bold leap to leading DEI strategy at Deloitte

& Kwasi Mitchell became Deloitte’s first Chief Purpose Officer in 2020, with leadership of the organization’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategy added to his portfolio in 2023. Now, as Deloitte’s Chief Purpose & DEI Officer, Mitc...

Two Males Shot In Ciceron

Two males sustained gunshot injuries in Ciceron, Castries, Thursday and were rushed to the OKEU Hospital. The police received a report regarding the incident at about 8:15 pm. Investigators discovered that both victims are twenty-four years of age. O...

Highway of the apes: the Indianapolis Zoo’s new Chimpanzee Complex swings into action

A chimpanzee at the Indianapolis Zoo’s new Chimpanzee Complex. (Photo/Kayla Barlow) Ever wanted to see chimpanzees play on touchscreens or ogle at your shoes?& At the Indianapolis Zoo, the chimps now have an interactive way to greet...

Three African American Men Appointed to New Academic Positions

E. Albert Reece has been bestowed with the title of Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore. He currently serves as the CARTI Endowed Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Services, director of the C...