Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

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...

Poetry on Peter: Downtown Atlanta’s Black creative outlet

Red and blue lights blend into a purple hue, illuminating a picturesque stage reminiscent of an intimate jazz club. Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice Miyana Sarver always knew Poetry on Peter (POP) would be special. However, the poet and driv...

FBI Director Christopher Wray in Birmingham for Civil Rights Conference

fbi.gov FBI Director Christopher Wray summoned the words of Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a speech Monday in Birmingham, Alabama encouraging Civil Rights activists and law enforcement leaders to forge ahead in their fight for...

Building Black Wealth Day in Birmingham Puts Spotlight on Homeownership

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | For The Birmingham Times Jeremiah Allen Spillers wants to form an LLC (Limited Liability Company) to manage rental properties in Birmingham. The 24-year-old San Antonio, Texas native on Saturday attended the Building Black...

Protests stop SF traffic in its tracks

San Francisco has a long history of weighing in on world affairs, and that tradition lives on. Early Monday afternoon the Golden Gate Bridge officially reopened to traffic after a pro-Palestinian protest shut down the famous bridge causing traffic t...

Civil Rights Icon Diane Nash Celebrated With Plaza Dedication This Saturday

Nashville, TN – (TN Tribune) – On Saturday, April 20, 2024, the Diane Nash committee and the Nashville community will commemorate the extraordinary contributions of Ms. Diane Nash, a pioneering figure in the Civil Rights Movement. As a Fisk Universi...

Gov. Kemp suspends south Georgia mayor accused of stealing nearly $65,000 from his town

PINEVIEW, Ga. (AP) — Gov. Brian Kemp has suspended a south Georgia mayor who was indicted on charges that he stole nearly $65,000 from his town. Kemp on Tuesday, April 9th, issued an order suspending from office Brandon Holt, the mayor of Pinevie...

Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center to Host Baby Shower for Expecting and Recent Mothers

Mommy to “Bee” Baby Shower to take place April 26 at Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center (MWCHC), Nashville’s oldest non-profit medical center, is excited for the return of their Mommy to “Bee” Baby Shower....

Sumatran Tiger Cubs Now on Exhibit at Nashville Zoo

Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)-Nashville Zoo is excited to announce that three critically endangered Sumatran tiger cubs can now be seen in the Zoo’s Tiger Crossroads habitat. Starting today, the three cubs (Bulan, Zara and Kirana) will be expl...

Speaker Johnson makes his long-awaited move on Ukraine as House plans to vote on separate aid packages

(CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson announced Monday evening the House will take up separate bills this week to provide aid for Israel and Ukraine, heeding demands from the far right to keep the issues separate as the threat of a vote to oust him from the s...

Inside Trump’s first day on trial in Manhattan criminal court

(CNN) — Donald Trump has been inside a half-dozen courthouses over the past year, but he had a new experience walking into a downtown Manhattan courtroom Monday morning: a half-empty room.The former president slowly walked through the cavernous and d...

Shutting down the lie of rent: 20th houseless resident becomes homeful on the day of global solidarity with Palestine

“Homefulness, a homeless peoples’ solution to homelessness, welcomes in their 20th residents, a houseless family who were residents at Wood Street Commons when they were violently evicted from the vacant West Huchiun (West Oakland) land they were li...

Fever land Caitlin Clark with No. 1 pick

Hundreds of fans gathered in Downtown Indianapolis at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on April 15 for a draft to hear league commissioner Cathy Engelbert utter those sweet words: with the first pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft, the Indiana Fever selected Iowa Hawk...

From Houston to the World: Celebrating Three Trailblazing Talents

[Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images] Houston, Texas, has been a breeding ground for talent in various fields, including sports, music, and film. Among its notable personalities, several African-American celebrities have risen to significant fame and...

O.J. Simpson: A Legacy of Triumph and Tragedy

The sports and entertainment world mourns the loss of O.J. Simpson, an iconic figure whose life story encapsulated the highs of athletic greatness and the lows of personal and legal controversies. Simpson passed away at the age of 76 in his Las Vegas...