Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

Pittsburgh’s African American Heritage Day Parade is no more

THE START OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY PARADE IN MANCHESTER IN 2018. THE COURIER HAS LEARNED THE PARADE WILL BE DISCONTINUED. Funding cut, but memories will remain over its more than 30 years in operation & You name the Black organizatio...

Separate water fountains for Black people still stand in the South

In this 1938 image, a Black boy uses a fountain marked ‘Colored’ at a North Carolina county courthouse. Getty Images& – thinly veiled monuments to the long, strange, dehumanizing history of segregation by Rodney Coates, Miami University No one...

Fani Willis reportedly paid winery with cash, but alleged cell phone records could be a problem

New developments could possibly help and hurt District Attorney Fani Willis in the controversial misconduct hearing. Days after testimony ended, more evidence has emerged.& Stan Brody of Acumen Wines revealed that he witnessed Willis and Natha...

Desperate Joe Biden Begs for MAGA Support

The following article, Desperate Joe Biden Begs for MAGA Support, was first published on The Black Sphere. What a huge development and a clear sign that Biden sees what's happening to him and his chances to get cheated back into office. The post Desp...

Are fears of saying ‘no’ overblown?

We can be unduly hard on ourselves as we grapple with the implications of declining an invitation. Yifei Fang/Moment via Getty Images by Julian Givi, West Virginia University and Colleen P. Kirk, New York Institute of Technology Everyone has been the...

Young people are lukewarm about Biden – and giving them more information doesn’t move the needle much

Adobe Stock Photo by Neil O’Brian, University of Oregon and Chandler James, University of Oregon Recent polling for the November 2024 election shows that President Joe Biden is struggling with young voters, who have traditionally supported Demo...

‘It is hijacking my brain’ – a team of experts found ways to help young people addicted to social media to cut the craving

Friends using smart phones while sitting on stone wall. Adobe Stock Image by Annie Margaret, University of Colorado Boulder and Nicholas Hunkins, University of Colorado Boulder Many people have compared the addictive nature of social media to cigaret...

Nikki Haley insists she can lose South Carolina and still get the nomination – but that would defy history

Nikki Haley greets supporters at a campaign stop in Aiken, S.C., on Feb. 5, 2024. Allison Joyce /AFP via Getty Images by Charles R. Hunt, Boise State University Former South Carolina governor and United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, a Republican, h...

Meet Willie Williams, the ASFA and Birmingham Southern Grad with City Walk Sculpture

By Callie Morrison | Bham Now Through its skatepark, pickleball courts and so much more, City Walk Bham is known for bringing the community together. Continuing to support the community feel, there’s something new headed to the area—a sculpture gar...

North Birmingham Library to Host Barbershop Talk Monday, Feb. 26

cobpl.org The barbershop in the Black community is a place of refuge where men can freely talk among themselves about relationships, parenting, politics and other issues that concern them. Join North Birmingham Regional Library, 2501 31st Avenue Nort...