Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

Applications open for Mayor’s Youth Leadership Council

Applications are now being accepted for the 2024-25 cohort of the Mayor’s Youth Leadership Council.& The Mayor’s Youth Leadership Council is an opportunity for the youth of Marion County to amplify their voices and provide input and diverse...

Celebrate National Building Black Wealth Day April 13

The National Association of Real Estate Brokers and the Church of God in Christ INC are collaborating for National Building Black Wealth Day April 13. “We are thrilled to coordinate with our partners,” said Dr. Courtney Johnson Rose,...

A Pittsburgh medic earned double the mayor’s salary, and fewer police cost more money

(Illustration by Natasha Vicens/PublicSource) PublicSource’s annual review of Pittsburgh payroll data shows that Mayor Ed Gainey’s administration has improved diversity in hiring, though not in the better-paid public safety bureaus. by Charlie Wolfso...

Teen and young adult summit on health, gender identity and sexuality

The Damien Center’s +Positive Youth Action Group and Planned Parenthood’s Teen Council are hosting a summit on teen and young adult health, gender identity and sexuality at the IUPUI Campus Center from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. March 30. This fr...

Tony-Award winning musical ‘Hadestown’ coming to Indianapolis

“It’s an old song,” and the cast of the Broadway National Tour are “gonna sing it again” for Hoosier audiences. Clowes Memorial Hall is transforming into the underworld for eight performances April 2-7 as the Broadway National Tour of “Hadestown”...

Steward Speakers celebrates Women’s History Month

Steward Speakers hosted Olympian and track star Jackie Joyner-Kersee along with Jacqie McWilliams, the commissioner for the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, at the NCAA Hall of Champions March 21. The 2024 Steward Speakers’ theme...

Who is Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones Jr.?

[Photo: Twitter] Beneath the surface of the music industry’s glamour lies a darker narrative, one that Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones Jr. brings into sharp focus with his recent legal action against Sean “Diddy” Combs. This laws...

Halle Berry says doctor mistook her perimenopause symptoms for herpes

Photo: Getty Images Halle Berry is opening up about a doctor misdiagnosing her with the “worst case of herpes” when she was actually experiencing perimenopause. The actress, 57, got candid about the herpes scare during a conversation wi...

Cargo vessel destroys the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore

BALTIMORE, MD — The crew of the Dali were heading to Sri Lanka before they crashed into the Key Bridge, according to Andy Middleton, director of the Apostleship of the Sea of the United States of America (AOS-USA), a Catholic ministry that helps cre...

Federal and local leaders fight opioid epidemic

By Ivan Sanchez In a joint effort to confront the scourge of substance abuse, the Biden-Harris Administration and Tennessee’s Opioid Abatement Council (OAC) have announced substantial funding initiatives totaling over $120 million. While the fed...

US House ODI to be disbanded as part of government spending bill

By CNN WASHINTON, DC — The US House Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) will be dissolved as part of the government spending bill that passed Friday, the office’s director said in a statement. Sesha Joi Moon said in her statement to CNN th...

There’s a solar eclipse next month: Here’s what that means

The countdown to the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse has begun. Indianapolis and other areas of the Midwest will be bathed in darkness for a few moments as the moon eclipses the sun in a rare astrological event on April 8. “The chance of seeing a tot...

Open Table Nashville marches with the unhoused

By Logan Langlois NASHVILLE, TN — The average unhoused person must walk between 10 and 15 miles a day in Music City, and Open Table Nashville (OTN) is trying to make that journey a little easier. The outreach and advocacy group will be hosting a...

Advance Financial offering teens learning opportunity

NASHVILLE, TN — On Saturday, March 30, the Be Pro Be Proud Mobile Workshop will make a stop at Advance Financial in Fayetteville, Tennessee at 2009 Wilson Parkway.& The mobile workshop gives teens hands-on experience in skilled workforce job...

From Raids to Revelations: The dark turn in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ saga

Following the federal raids on the residences of rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs in Miami and New York, the hip-hop community remains shocked by the barrage of disturbing revelations surrounding the music icon. The raids believed to be the culmination o...