Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

Former mayor hopes her message can help erase addiction stigma

NASHVILLE, TN — The personal impact and destruction caused by drug addiction has affected every segment and community in this nation. Former Nashville Mayor Megan Barry is just another among millions whose families have been devastated by drug addic...

Advanced academics: High school students take on college before graduation

Graduation season is upon us, but for five GEO Next Generation Academy students, there will be more than one stage to walk across this year. Taking classes throughout their high school career, these students are set to have earned associate degrees...

We’re removing lead from drinking water, once and for all.

In 2014, Flint, Michigan, made national headlines. It was all due to elected officials’ decision to switch the city’s drinking water supply — intended to be a cost-saving measure but with disastrous consequences for public health. The other is...

All hands on deck for Franklin Pride

By Logan Langlois NASHVILLE, TN — All hands are on deck for Franklin Pride’s fourth annual event to be hosted June 1, the organizers of which are preparing for upwards of 10,000 visitors, according to Board Member Robert McNamara. He said the fes...

NOAH to celebrate 10 years in June

NASHVILLE, TN — Nashville Organized for Action and Hope (NOAH), is celebrating 10 years of building community and power for ordinary people to establish the “Beloved Community” that is equitable, just, fair, and democratic for all. It is an ambitiou...

Morehouse students acquitted themselves well

By Rosetta Miller-Perry The students at Morehouse College gave many of their peers across the nation a lesson in the proper way to make a statement and protest this past Sunday. When President Joe Biden gave the commencement address, there were t...

Challenges facing Black women in the wake of Dobbs

By Ivan Sanchez& In the wake of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision, which effectively overturned Roe v. Wade, the reproductive rights landscape in the United States has shifted dramatically. A flurry of s...

SCOTUS upholds CFPB and Black Majority District in Louisiana

By Ivan Sanchez In a significant ruling, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) upheld the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) funding mechanism, affirming Congress’s authority to designate funding sources fo...

Angel Reese joins ownership group for new women’s soccer team in D.C.

& & She’s already captivated the sports world, made a successful foray into modeling, and is changing the endorsement game for women’s collegiate and professional basketball. Now, Angel Reese, the standout women’s basketball player...

The orange ball in black and white

I didn’t like Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics when I was growing up in the 1980s. While I also disliked the “Bad Boy” Pistons, race was at the center of my disdain for Bird. It wasn’t that I disliked him because he was white; I disliked what white...

Why it’s so hard to just leave

Sensitivity Warning: This article contains some details of a domestic violence incident. For the last few days, a video released by CNN has been in heavy circulation on the news and online. The video shows Sean “Diddy” Combs, a hip hop artist an...

Luka Dončić and Kyrie Irving lead Dallas Mavericks to Game 1 victory over Minnesota Timberwolves in Western Conference Finals

(CNN) —& Luka Dončić and Kyrie Irving led the Dallas Mavericks to a 108-105 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves in& Game 1& of the Western Conference Finals on Wednesday. Despite starting slowly, Dončić rallied late on with 15&...

New Alex Cross series renewed on Prime Video

By Ron Wynn NASHVILLE, TN — Seldom does a show have such potential that it gets a season two renewal before season one begins. But that’s the case for a new show coming soon to Prime Video. It’s a program spotlighting the brilliant Washington det...

Interview with Millicent Y. Black

By Charlotte Fontaine NASHVILLE, TN — Dr. Millicent Y. Black discussed the re-release of her book “Empowering Women Who Suffer from Domestic Abuse” with the powerful tagline “From Victim to Voice.” The book, according to Amazon, “Seeks to affirm...

Beat the acquisition competition

Buying a business is the hot new investment move promoted in the media. Business acquisitions are simple but not easy. The hardest parts of acquisitions include identifying who other buyers are and beating them to the punch and finding the right com...