Category : Black Local and National News

Comrade Malik’s Black August message

“Black August Resistance” – Art: Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, 264847, Pendleton Correctional Facility, G-20-2C, 4490 W. Reformatory Road, Pendleton, IN 46064 by Keith ‘Malik’ Washington, Liberate the Caged Voices “Black Men born in the U.S. and for...

San Francisco Black Film Festival mourns the loss of Director Kali O’Ray

San Francisco Black Film Festival Directors Katera Crossley and Kali O’Ray pose for a portrait, on June 2, 2015. – Photo: Lea Suzuki Kali O’Ray, son of San Francisco Black Film Festival founder Ave Montague, succumbs to COVID-19 related illness&a...

A look at all of Tennessee’s August 6, 2020 Primary Election Results

Republicans Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty endorsed by President Donald Trump, won a contested Republican primary for an open U.S. Senate seat in Tennessee. The Nashville businessman emerged from a tough challenge from trauma surgeon...

5th District Incumbet U.S. Rep Jim Cooper defeats Keeda Haynes in Democratic Primary

Incumbent U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, a white lawmaker with a reputation as a moderate Democrat, defeated Keeda Haynes, a Black public defender, in the primary for just one of two Democratic-held congressional seats in Tennessee. Haynes argued that the Mid...

Marquita Bradshaw scores upset win in Tennessee Democratic Senate primary

Memphis environmentalist, Black activist and single mom Marquita Bradshaw won the Democratic primary for an open U.S. Senate seat in Tennessee on Thursday. Bradshaw defeated Nashville attorney and former Army helicopter pilot James Mackler, who had s...

Russian woman dies after shedding 443 pounds and overdosing on antidepressants

Black Entrepreneurs Face Major Uphill Battle say Business Owners

[National Black Business Month] Paul Little: “It is more difficult in most cases if you’re a minority entrepreneur to get your foot in the door or find financing, get through processes, and find the support you need to keep your business going.” Phot...

PHOTOS: Wildlife caught on camera reveal a rainforest on the mend

NYC Public Advocate Outlines New Public Electric Utility Plan

[Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams] Williams: "When Con Edison can oversee historic blackouts, leave New Yorkers in the dark, and then get a rate hike, it's long past time for change, for bold ideas that meet the scope of the challenge." Photo: You...