Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

Recorder Rewind: Indians fall to Clippers 5-2 in series finale

The Indianapolis Indians fell short in the series finale against the Columbus Clippers, with a final score of 5-2 at Huntington Park in Ohio on Aug. 25. The Indians failed to hold back the Clippers, with the home team taking the lead in the first...

‘The field of life’: Indy Firehawks ignite more than football

In the heart of Indiana, a youth football league is making a significant impact on the lives of young athletes and their families. The Indy Firehawks, founded three years ago, have established themselves as an organization worth watching. However...

Voting for fall elections surging

WASHINGTON—This year’s highly divisive election campaigns to run the nation’s government enter the home stretch this fall as Democrats recently staged a national convention in Chicago last week, officially giving resounding support to the nomination...

Kamala Harris: here’s what we’ve found out so far about the presidential nominee

Kamala X J T. by Thomas Gift, UCL Who is Kamala Harris? That’s the question the Democratic nominee for president tried to answer in her highly anticipated acceptance speech at the party’s national convention in Chicago. Although she has been vice-pr...

How to buy a good pair of sunglasses

Getty Images Stock Photo by Jacobo García Queiruga, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela and Verónica Noya Padín, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Nowadays you can buy a cheap pair of sunglasses just about anywhere – from supermarkets and p...

Kamala Harris and her fellow Democrats used ancient Greek rhetorical tricks to keep their audiences spellbound

AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite by Richard Toye, University of Exeter The Democratic Party has had a good week. I’ll start that again – the Democratic Party has had an amazingly good week. Not so long ago, the Democrats seemed down, if not actually out...

‘Time poverty’ can keep college students from graduating − especially if they have jobs or children to care for

Black women are among the demographics with the least time for college. Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty Images by Claire Wladis, CUNY Graduate Center Many college students don’t have enough time for their studies. This “time poverty,” as we ca...

How Witnesses are Helping Birmingham Police Close ‘Significant’ Number of Homicide Cases

By Barnett Wright | The Birmingham Times This is another installment in Birmingham Times/AL.com/CBS42 joint series “Beyond the Violence: what can be done to address Birmingham’s rising homicide rate.” Sign up for the newsletter here. More witnesses a...

Birmingham Blocks Streets in East Lake to Reduce Crime. But Can it Save Lives?

By Alaina Bookman | abookman@al.com This is another installment in Birmingham Times/AL.com/CBS42 joint series “Beyond the Violence: what can be done to address Birmingham’s rising homicide rate.” Sign up for the newsletter here.” For weeks, cars hav...

One of Birmingham’s Longest-Serving City Councilors Announces Retirement

By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times One of Birmingham’s longest serving elected officials has announced her retirement. City Councilor, Valerie Abbott, who has represented Birmingham’s District 3 since 2001, said she plans to step down...

Fallout From Alabama’s Anti-DEI Law: College Offices Close, Websites Scrubbed

By Rebecca Griesbach | rgriesbach@al.com As freshmen thumbed through dorm posters and shopped for school supplies at the University of Alabama’s student center during the first week of school, other spaces in the building were noticeably empty. Refer...

What Red and Green Channel Markers Mean on the Water

As we end our summer series on water safety, our final focus will be on the road signs of the water – red and green markers. Most of the markers and buoys you will see will be either red or green, and these colors help identify which side you will wa...

“The way I’m running my jam session is the way I was taught.”

JOSE CARR, ALABAMA JAZZ HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE WHOSE HIGH SCHOOL BAND DIRECTOR PLAYED FOR TRUMPETER AND VOCALIST LOUIS ARMSTRONG; ALABAMANEWSCENTER.COM, AUGUST 22.

Mark Gwyn, Tennessee’s first Black TBI director dies

Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)-Mark Gwyn, the first African American to serve as director for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations, died in his home Aug. 22. He was 61. Gwyn served as TBI director for 15 years before retiring in 2018 less than t...

Meharry Medical College to Host Sefako Makgatho University of South Africa

Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune) — This week, Meharry Medical College will welcome leaders from Sefako Makgatho University of South Africa (SMU South Africa) in an effort to build academic and research partnerships between the two institutions. It mark...