Category : Black Local and National News

City Council Charged to Investigate KCDC Treatment of Elderly

By Vivian Shipe Knoxville TN (TN Tribune) – During the November public forum, citizens of the community presented the city council with a list of concerns and questions surrounding the treatment of the mentally ill, eviction rates, and sa...

Rep. Lauren Boebert suggested Rep. Ilhan Omar was terrorist in anti-Muslim remarks at event

Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado apologized to “anyone in the Muslim community I offended” on Twitter Friday after video surfaced of her making anti-Muslim comments last weekend about Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. In...

Marjorie Taylor Greene lays out demands for GOP House speaker vote if Republicans retake majority in 2022

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of Donald Trump’s staunchest allies in Congress, on Thursday laid out demands for a GOP leader to earn her vote for House Speaker if Republicans are able to retake the majority after the 2022 elections a...

#ElectionCentral – Fulton County DA Endorses Dickens; Moore calls for civility in last days of runoff election

The Thanksgiving holiday hasn’t stopped Andre Dickens and Felicia Moore from making headlines. While Atlanta families were cutting turkey, ham, and passing the macaroni and cheese, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis announced she̵...

New omicron variant stokes world fears, triggers travel bans

The discovery of a new coronavirus variant sent a chill through much of the world Friday as nations raced to halt air travel, markets fell sharply and scientists held emergency meetings to weigh the exact risks, which were largely unknown. A World He...

Black Friday\Cyber Monday: Support These 25 Black-Owned Businesses

(Photo: BlackBusiness.com)Black Friday is the most popular sales day of the year in the United States. Small Business Saturday is also a huge sales day, and Cyber Monday is the most popular day in the states for online sales.Every year during this we...

More than 70 percent of Will County residents 12 and older vaccinated

While the case positivity rate is up a bit in Will County, there is good news on the vaccination front. According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, 70.7 percent of Will County residents 12 and older are fully vaccinate as of Nov. 25. At th...

WeGo to Host Listening Sessions and Presentations on Current Projects in December

Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–WeGo Public Transit will host a round of Transit Out Loud listening sessions and presentations on WeGo’s current projects including QuickTicket, WeGo Link, neighborhood transit centers, job openings and more in Decem...

The Equity Alliance adds Percy ‘Master P’ Miller to its Board of Directors

Nashville, Tenn. — The Equity Alliance (TEA), a statewide grassroots organization focused on building independent civic and economic power in communities of color, today announced the appointment of entrepreneur, philanthropist and music mogul Percy...

Shiba Report: Disturbing Disparities in How Whites and Blacks Benefitted From Federal Refinance Programs

The SHIBA Report can be downloaded HERE WASHINGTON, DC – The National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) recently released its 2021 State of Housing in Black America (SHIBA) Report. The comprehensive study finds that the gap in homeowne...

Metro Nashville PD Training Academy Reaccredited with Excellence by International Group

The MNPD’s Training Academy has just been reaccredited with excellence, thehighest level of recognition, by the Commission on Accreditation for Law EnforcementAgencies (CALEA). In bestowing reaccreditation for the next four years, the Commission...

Preview: The ‘Dawgs aren’t looking past the Ramblin’ Wreck on rivalry weekend

The top-ranked and undefeated Georgia Bulldogs are preparing for the Alabama Crimson Tide in the game of all games, the SEC Championship, Dec. 4. That’s what the mainstream media is talking about. But first, they have the task of taking on the Georgi...

Alameda County fails to pay settlement to woman forced to give birth on jail floor

In July 2017, Candace Steel was left alone to give birth in solitary confinement at Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County – likely because the jail didn’t want to pay the cost of a hospital birth. Officers ignored her screams for hours, coming only when...

Ahmaud Arbery’s mom: Thankful for justice and son’s legacy

(Photo/Twitter) Ahmaud Arbery’s mother woke up Thursday with a new, very important blessing on Thanksgiving Day.But there will still be an empty chair at the family’s celebrations. It is a reminder that while she feels justice was served when the thr...

NAACP President & CEO Releases Statement on Guilty Verdict in the Trial Over the Killing of Ahmaud Arbery

Derrick Johnson, CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People released the following statement: The verdict in the trial over the killing of Ahmaud Arbery is long overdue. Ahmaud Arbery’s death was unnecessary and f...