Category : Black Local and National News

Aramark: Multibillion dollar food vendor starves and exploits prisoners

This photo of “maggot stew” illustrates an Associated Press story about Aramark food service in Ohio prisons. by Kevin ‘Rashid’ Johnson Aramark, an Indiana-based food vendor that made the Forbes list and was named by Fortune 500 as the 27th la...

TSU President Glenda Glover statement on the passing of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 17, 2019) – Tennessee State University is saddened to learn that the Honorable Elijah Cummings has died. U.S. Rep. Cummings, D-Maryland, was a stalwart in the...

Benji Tankard CEO & Founder of Pure Entertainment, USA Announces The Release Of Nashville DJ Truck 2.0 At Dead Silent Halloween Costume Silent Launch Party

Benji Tankard, CEO & Founder of Pure Entertainment, USA, and star of Bravo TV’s hit show, Thicker Than Water, announces that his company’s plans to release Nashville DJ Truck 2.0 during Dead Silent – the company’s first annual Halloween cos...

BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ: MOTT HAVEN IS WRONG SITE FOR BRONX BOROUGH JAIL

[New York News\Mott Haven Jail Plan] Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.: "Throughout this process, I have been advocating to build the new jail Bronx adjacent to the existing Bronx Hall of Justice. With our citywide inmate population at a histori...

GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS CELEBRATE CITY COUNCIL VOTE THAT PAVES WAY TO CLOSING RIKERS ISLAND

[New York News\Mass Incarceration] Elena Weissman, Director, Bronx Freedom Fund: “In solidarity with the CLOSErikers campaign, we applaud the Council for approving this historic plan to dramatically shrink our incarcerated population, improve conditi...

Expanding space for women to heal: Grand opening of the Hope Center in the heart of the Tenderloin Oct. 20

Everyone who comes to the Hope Center is welcomed by this quilt hanging on the wall. by Clementine Ntshaykolo We are thrilled to announce the grand opening of the Hope Center drop in services, an expansion of the San Francisco SafeHouse transi...

Atatiana Jefferson’s funeral service scheduled for Saturday; Bishop T.D. Jakes delivering the eulogy

The funeral and wake for Atatiana Jefferson recently shot and killed in her home last week by a Fort Worth police officer, will be held at The Potter’s House of Dallas. Bishop T.D. Jakes will deliver the eulogy. While her heartbreaking and untimely d...

‘Once on This Island’ announces $25 digital lottery for all performances Oct. 15-20 at TPAC

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Once on This Island announces a $25 digital lottery for limited tickets for all performances of its engagement at TPAC’s Jackson Hall Oct. 15-20. The digital lottery, available via the TPAC Concierge App, will begin accepting entri...

Armed man taken into custody at Trump rally in Dallas

The Dallas Police Department has issued a statement indicating that a man wearing body armor was observed at President Donald Trump’s rally this evening. Someone brought the man to the authorities attention and after observing and confirming that he...

Teresa Phillips Announces Retirement

By Ron Wynn NASHVILLE, TN — Longtime Tennessee State University Athletics Director (AD) Teresa Phillips, one of a select handful of women serving in that position at a major college, announced her retirement Thursday, effective June 2020. She’...

Sister Tarpley: Becoming Aware of God

Editor’s Note: This is a reprint from June 7, 2012 “And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoke...

What you need to know before picking up this book

By: Terri Schlichenmeyer There are so many things you want to leave your children. Heirlooms will someday be theirs, obviously, but your gifts won’t be objects. You want to leave them reminders of you, memories to make them laugh, advice to make them...