Category : News

Work on August Wilson House wins Master Builders’ Association Award

MEMBERS OF A. MARTINI & CO., ALEXIS RUSSELL OF RUSSELL GENERAL CONTRACTING, AND MEMBERS OF AUGUST WILSON HOUSE WITH AWARDS RECEIVED ON FEB. 29 FROM THE MASTER BUILDERS’ ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN PA. (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO) The New Pittsburgh Couri...

NAREB’s ABCs for buying a home

by Sheryl Merritt The most effective way for African Americans to build wealth is through homeownership. But so many families ask, where do you start when you want to buy a home?& The National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) broadly p...

April Is Alcohol Awareness Month: Insights from Illinois Liquor Control Commission

Adobe Stock Photo by Marshelle Sanders, For the Chicago Defender Imagine celebrating a joyful occasion such as a loved one’s 50th birthday party. What about going through the loss of a loved one while in despair? Life’s journey is a rollercoaster r...

Megyn Kelly Trashes Beyonce's ‘Cowboy Carter’: Says The Singer Isn't A Queen

News commentator Megyn Kelly slammed Beyoncé’s new album Cowboy Carter, particularly taking issue with the Grammy award winner’s version of “Jolene.” On Wednesday (April 10), Kelly appeared on Sky News with Paul Murray where she criticized Be...

Megyn Kelly slams Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’, ‘Jolene’: ‘She’s not a queen’

Photo: Getty Images News commentator Megyn Kelly slammed Beyoncé’s new album Cowboy Carter, particularly taking issue with the Grammy award winner’s version of “Jolene.” On Wednesday (April 10), Kelly appeared on Sky News wi...

Microsoft Competitor Crexendo Rings the Bell on Nasdaq Today

The following article, Microsoft Competitor Crexendo Rings the Bell on Nasdaq Today, was first published on The Black Sphere. While Bill Gates may be too busy working on the next vaccine, one of his competitors remains committed to its core competenc...

Domestic violence survivors seek homeless services from a system that often leaves them homeless

Sometimes emergency housing programs encourage domestic violence survivors to use unsafe alternatives to public programs − even staying with their abusive partner. Claudia Wolff/Unsplash by Nkiru Nnawulezi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County an...

Study finds six-figure earners also living paycheck-to-paycheck

In 2022, the economy proved as volatile as ever, with less disposable income and greater unpredictability. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index, inflation in the United States peaked at 9.1 percent in July 2022 and droppe...

Vieux Fort Police Probe Fatal Shooting

Police in Vieux Fort have commenced a homicide investigation after a man sustained apparent gunshot wounds. Residents identified the deceased as 39-year-old Antonio Theodore of Bruceville Vieux Fort. Emergency personnel from the Vieux Fort Fire Stati...

Sheila Guyse, talented singer and actress

Sheila Guyse by Herb Boyd, Amsterdam News We first heard of Sheila Guyse in Donald Bogle’s review of “Miracle in Harlem”& in his book “Blacks in American Films and Television” (1988).& Guyse, in Bogle’s view, was among the actors and...

Children born of rape: the devastating legacy of sexual violence in post-genocide Rwanda

A woman carrying a child looks at a wall in Kigali with names of the victims of the 1994 Rwanda genocide.& Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images by Myriam Denov, McGill University Trigger warning: this article contains accounts of sexual violence....

Starbucks seeks Supreme Court protection from being ordered to rehire baristas who say they were fired for union-promoting activities

A group of fired Starbucks employees celebrate the result of a vote to unionize a Memphis shop on June 7, 2022. AP Photo/Adrian Sainz by Michael Z. Green, Texas A&M University What factors must a court consider when the National Labor Relations B...

Government Notes Consumer Savings From LPG Subsidies

LPG cooking gas is a necessity for most Saint Lucian households. External factors like supply chain disruptions and instability in the international crude oil market can trigger increases in retail prices. However, high fuel prices have a disproporti...

Rema Namakula Overshadows Minister Nyamutoro in Public Eye, Says Ronnie Mark Kiyingi

By BigEyeUg Team Comparisons have begun swirling between Ugandan singer Eddy Kenzo’s former flame, Rema Namakula, and the Minister of State for Energy and Mineral Development (Minerals), Hon. Phiona Nyamutoro, who is now Kenzo’s new p...

Biden Injects Humor as Trump’s Hush Money Trial Begins

In a lighthearted moment amid the commencement of former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial, President Joe Biden injected humor into the proceedings, cracking jokes about his predecessor. The unexpected moment of levity provided a brief...