Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

AES invests $1.1 billion in Pike County

AES Indiana announced Thursday an investment of $1.1 billion in Pike County’s energy future from 2024 to 2026. The investments include the repowering of Petersburg Generating Station Units 3 and 4 from coal to natural gas, pending approval and solar...

‘A genius who battled multiple demons’

The Recorder honors James’ Baldwin for the centennium of his birth Writer Guy Hayes sat down with one of the Recorder’s regular contributors, Larry Smith, to discuss the 100th anniversary of James Baldwin’s birth. Guy Hayes: Aug. 2 of this yea...

Outdoor Youth Exploration Academy ignites passion and curiosity

Joe King, 89, wants to inspire youth. An avid outdoorsman, King was raised in a single-parent household where his mother juggled several jobs to make ends meet. King found his love of outdoors early on, and he has spent many of his years trying to s...

REVIEW: ‘Twisters’ is an F5 out of five stars

Julia, I got to go, we got a brand new “Twister” re-boot to review! As storm clouds gather over Hollywood, the highly anticipated sequel to the 1996 classic “Twister” takes us back into the eye of the storm. With a new generation of storm chasers...

WISH-TV’s Amicia Ramsey and Dr. Daniel Sutton wed in luxe tropical wedding

Under the lush canopy of Montego Bay’s hills, surrounded by 130 close friends and family, Amicia Ramsey, a well-known TV host from WISH-TV, married orthopedic surgeon Dr. Daniel Sutton on August 3, 2024. Their wedding, a blend of tropical enchant...

Why vitamin D deficiency hits Black and brown communities harder

When Dr. Nakiisa Rogers, a mammographer, started seeing an influx of patients in their 30s being diagnosed with breast cancer with no family history, she began digging. Screening tests are covered by insurance when patients have a family history...

Blood tests, weight loss drug may improve Alzheimer’s diagnosis and treatment

Two groundbreaking studies have come to light for Alzheimer’s patients: a new blood test that could revolutionize Alzheimer’s diagnoses and a weight loss drug showing promise in slowing cognitive decline. At the 2024 Alzheimer’s Association Inter...

Federally Qualified Health Centers play important role in Black communities

CONGRESSWOMAN SUMMER LEE, CENTER, WITH NORTH SIDE CHRISTIAN HEALTH CENTER CEO BETHANY BLACKBURN AND CORNERSTONE CARE CEO RICH RINEHART. (PHOTO BY ROB TAYLOR JR.) Congresswoman Lee gets award for her role in money allocation & Over money, over st...

Harris’ lead over Trump continues to increase in US national and swing state polls

AP/AAP by Adrian Beaumont, The University of Melbourne The United States presidential election will be held on November 5. In analyst Nate Silver’s aggregate of national polls, Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump by 46.8–43.7 with 3...

‘Happened to turn Black’: how Donald Trump evoked a history of White authorities using their power to define race

Julia Nikhinson/AP by Kathryn Schumaker, University of Sydney In late July, former President Donald Trump told a room of Black journalists that Vice President Kamala Harris, his rival in the 2024 presidential election, “happened to turn Black” recen...

The theme of Hogsett’s 2025 city budget? People.

Mayor Joe Hogsett proposed his $1.6 billion budget to the city-county council Monday night, which includes allocations for pedestrian safety, pay raises for first responders and a fully funded IMPD. The budget is about $90 million more than last yea...

Takeaways: A Project 2025 author makes plans, rallies loyalists as Trump aims for 2nd term

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russell Vought, a key architect of the controversial Project 2025 plan, speaks as a general marshaling troops to tame a “woke and weaponized” federal government.& Vought has said political opposition is “e...

LGBTQ people have a troubled relationship with police − new survey shows high rates of harassment, abuse and distrust

Participants in the 2023 San Francisco Pride parade show their opposition to law enforcement. Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images by Stefan Vogler, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The LGBTQ community’s long history with law enforcement is so...

Why is an ultimate goal called a ‘Holy Grail?’

An 18th-century stained glass window panel by William Peckitt, showing The Last Supper of Christ and the disciples. TonyBaggett via iStock / Getty Images Plus by Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross For decades, winning an Olympic medal has b...

Libraries are cornerstones of our communities — and they need our help

Georgia Jensen speaks on the importance of libraries. Jensen is a Henry Wallace Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. (Courtesy photo) by Georgia Jensen From attending summer science demonstrations as a kid to volunteering as a high school stud...