Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

What happens when I stop taking a drug like Ozempic or Mounjaro?

Diva Plavalaguna/Pexels by Natasha Yates, Bond University Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are taking drugs like Ozempic to lose weight. But what do we actually know about them? This month, The Conversation’s experts explore their rise, imp...

Thirsty in paradise: Water crises are a growing problem across the Caribbean islands

Public water shortages have left people scrambling for alternatives on many of the islands, including Cuba. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images Farah Nibbs, University of Maryland, Baltimore County In the popular imagination, the Caribbean is paradise,...

Plant-based meat alternatives are trying to exit the culture wars – an impossible task?

A person holds an Impossible brand meatless burger in California in 2021. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images by S. Marek Muller, Texas State University and David Rooney, The University of Texas at Austin Increasingly, vegans, vegetarians and others...

Groceries are expensive: Stick to this food budget

by& Laura Onyeneho Houston Defender Today’s Millennials face all kinds of financial woes. Still, this particular problem has people wondering if they’ll have to survive off ramen noodles like in their college days, that is the skyrocketing grocer...

Wildfire smoke is back – fires burning across Canada are already triggering US air quality alerts in the Midwest and Plains

Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen wore a face mask to protect against smoke in the air during a Pirates-Padres game on June 29, 2023, in Pittsburgh. Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images by Charles O. Stanier, University of Io...

Instant Inspiration with Rev. A. Marie Walker for May 19

“Cause me to HEAR Your LOVINGKINDNESS IN THE MORNING; for in YOU do I TRUST: cause me to know the WAY wherein I should WALK; for I lift my SOUL unto YOU.” – Psalms 143:8 REV. WALKER SAYS: Start everyday with the Lord, Thanking the Lord for a ne...

Iconic Daisy Bates Statue Unveiled In U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall

The unveiling of a statue honoring civil rights icon Daisy Bates at the National Statuary Hall garners bipartisan praise, commemorating her pivotal role in desegregating Arkansas public schools and advancing the civil rights movement. #DaisyBates #Ci...

Chicago’s Oldest Black Church Is Now Debt-Free

Chicago-Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church has unshackled itself from the burden of debt.Leaders of the 180-year-old Near South Side church, 2401 S. Wabash Ave., celebrated paying off the church’s $510,000 debt with a special mortgage bu...

Tennessee Promise Application Deadline Extended to May 31 Due to Extraordinary FAFSA Issues

NASHVILLE, TN – TN Tribune – The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) announced today the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) deadline for the Tennessee Promise scholarship program will be extended to Friday, May 31. The new dea...

Celebrating Malcolm X On His Birthday

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—As we witness and experience what is happening today on the continents of North America and Africa, it’s absolutely important to study and act on the serious guidance for unity left to us by Brother Malcolm X. That’s the importan...

A. Peter Bailey: Honoring Bro. Malcolm X

by A. Peter Bailey (TriceEdneyWire.com)—As we witness and experience what is happening today on the continents of North America and Africa, it’s absolutely important to study and act on the serious guidance for unity left to us by Brother Malcolm X....

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Georgia’s state primaries

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters head back to the polls in Georgia on Tuesday, two months after helping Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump secure their parties’ nominations for president. This time, voters will choose nominees for the U.S. Ho...

MOLLY COOK DEFEATS STATE REP. JARVIS

By: Andrew Schneider Voters in Senate District 15 have elected ER nurse and political activist Molly Cook to ll the unexpired term of Houston Mayor John Whitmire. Cook’s margin of victory indicates her strength heading into the Democratic primary ru...

SUMMIT RAISES OVER $300,000 FOR SCHOLARSHIPS

By: Deavra Daughtry The Texas Women’s Empowerment Foundation (TWEF) successfully hosted its 20th Annual International Women’s Leadership Summit at Hotel ZaZa in the Museum District, co-chaired by founder Deavra Daughtry and philanthropist Reggie Van...

Biden Administration Announces Big Investment Totals for HBCUs; $16B in “whole of government” Investments

On May 16th, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that during their three-plus years in office, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have received over $16 billion in investments. Not only does this investment include funds rece...