Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

‘Brown Mamas Weekend’ continues its success under ‘Muffy’

MUFFY MENDOZA, FOUNDER OF “BROWN MAMAS” & 7,000 Black mothers in region part of the network & It’s hard being a mother. Really hard. Cynthia “Muffy” Mendoza is the founder of “Brown Mamas,” which began as a group of mothers meeting, talking...

AWAACC @ 15: Janis Burley Wilson, President/CEO of the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, celebrates its 15th anniversary

“Fifteen years ago, on September 17, 2009, the August Wilson Center for African American Culture opened its doors to the public, embarking on a journey filled with amazing arts experiences and cultural milestones. “Throughout the last 15...

What will happen to more than 12 Pittsburgh Public Schools?

PPS BOARD PRESIDENT GENE WALKER The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that Pittsburgh Public Schools has decided to push back the district’s consultant’s final recommendation on whether more than a dozen schools should be closed to Oct. 15, instead...

City of Indianapolis to acquire former Indiana Women’s Prison site

City of Indianapolis, office of Mayor Joe Hogsett. (Image provided) The city of Indianapolis and the state of Indiana finalized the agreement to exchange several properties, including the historical site of the former Indiana Women’s Prison. I...

Are you ready for it? What a Taylor Swift endorsement means for Kamala Harris

Evan Agostini/AP by Emma Shortis, RMIT University As the US Presidential debate wrapped up on Wednesday, commentators and journalists regrouped and drew breath. But then, enter Taylor Swift. The pop superstar posted her endorsement of the Kamala Har...

Five Native American artists chosen for Eiteljorg Fellowship

Five Native American artists have been selected for the 2025 Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship. Each artist will receive $50,000, and the museum will purchase more than $100,000 of their artworks to add to its contemporary Native art collection....

What would a second Trump presidency mean for the global economy?

Evan El-Amin/Shutterstock by John Hawkins, University of Canberra Donald Trump inherited a strong economy from President Obama and managed it poorly. Real GDP grew more slowly under Trump than it had under any president since the second world war. H...

What makes an Italian? An olympic gold medal and a vandalised mural reopen debate about race and citizenship

A mural celebrating Egona was vandalized to change her skin color to pink. Alamy/Mauro Scrobogna/AP by Victoria Donnaloja, University of Essex When Paola Egonu, born in Italy to Nigerian parents, won a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic games voll...

Kendrick Lamar or Lil Wayne: Why NFL made the right choice for its Super Bowl halftime show

On opening day of the NFL season, Kendrick Lamar announced that he will serve as the headlining performer at the Super Bowl.& “Rap music is still the most impactful genre to date,” Kendrick said in a statement. “And I’ll be there to remind the...

New media and social media: The impact on the WNBA’s Black players

Dr. Ajhanai (AJ) Keaton Credit:& Twitter by& Charles Hallman, The Minneapolis Spokesman Recorder Social media has too often been a racial cesspool for the WNBA, as trolls disguised as fans have made it toxic. This became apparent as soon...

Pittsburgh Land Bank poised to transfer lots to North Side group

The Charles Street Area Corporation has been planning to redevelop a vacant stretch for seven years — almost as long as the land bank has been ramping up. “PublicSource is an independent nonprofit newsroom serving the Pittsburgh region.& Sign up...

Class and race can create divides between donors and a cause they support − putting stress on those nonprofits

It’s hard to call mentoring by volunteers a “business model.” RichLegg/E+ via Getty Images by Abbie Cohen, University of California, Los Angeles Relying on wealthy, largely white donors for funding can lead nonprofits that run after-school programs...