Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

The hostility Black women face in higher education carries dire consequences

Isolation can make opportunities elusive. fotostorm via Getty Images by Ebony Aya, Macalester College Isolated. Abused. Overworked. These are the themes that emerged when I invited nine Black women to chronicle their professional experiences and rela...

Origin: Caste, Class, or Race? The danger of not knowing the difference.

George Middleton Ms. Wilkerson asserts that the issue of inequality is not because of the system of race i.e. racism, but that of another system, the Caste system. The author of Caste passionately states that in America we call everything racist,...

‘Friendship recession’ is ravaging our mental and physical health. Here’s how we fight against it together.

Jay Height It’s been called the friendship recession. And it’s having devastating consequences on our emotional, mental and physical health. Recent surveys indicate that Americans have significantly fewer close friends on average and are much m...

School Attendance Incentives for Birmingham Students Showing Signs of Success

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | For The Birmingham Times Birmingham’s Every Day Counts program, an effort to combat truancy, is gaining momentum. The initiative incentivizes Housing Authority of Birmingham District (HABD) parents to get their children to...

UAB Expert Shares 5 Steps for a Cleaner, Safer Water Bottle

By Brianna Hoge | UAB News Name-brand water bottles have become the newest trend, but what happens when they are not properly cleaned? One UAB expert explains how bottles are a breeding ground for mold and bacteria.Reusable water bottles have taken...

Ben Jealous: Highway robbery in Alabama

Adobe Stock Photo (TriceEdneyWire.com)—Imagine the neighborhood your family has lived in for more than 150 years being turned into a deteriorating flood zone. Now imagine the flooding was caused by the state. That is what is happening to the people o...

Pouring Equality: Celebrating Female Pioneers in Tennessee’s Whiskey Industry

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – In the world of Tennessee whiskey, a new narrative is unfolding. From the hallowed grounds of storied distilleries to the forefront of innovation, a number of remarkable Tennessee women not only shaped the landscape of...

Fani Willis Trouble: Trump Gets His Revenge

The following article, Fani Willis Trouble: Trump Gets His Revenge, was first published on The Black Sphere. Democrats fear Donald Trump getting back into office for his rightful second term. But look at all the damage he’s doing to them out of...

Pastor Dionne Edmonds latest guest on Cornerstone TV’s new podcast, ‘The Glory Hour’

PASTOR DIONNE EDMONDS Have you seen “The Glory Hour with Sydni Goldman: Where Spirit Meets Culture”? Since December 2023, the weekly YouTube-based podcast has been hosting culturally relevant conversations from a spiritual perspective. Goldman, who i...

Inside Conditions: The King is alive. Long live the King, Bill Hillgrove

On April 8, 2023, I wrote an article profiling the great Pittsburgh sportscaster Bill Hillgrove. The following excerpt is from that article. “There may be others, but Bill Hillgrove has been the voice of three sports institutions. The Pittsburgh Stee...

An asthma attack gave me a mission: Provide people in the Mon Valley with the tools to survive

Qiyam Ansari, of West Mifflin, stands for a portrait in front of the billowing stacks of U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works on Feb. 27, 2024.(Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource) High school was phenomenal until an air inversion nearly kill...

Beyond Legacy: Black Celebrities with Famous Roots

[Photo: Instagram] In the luminous constellation of Hollywood, where stars are born and legends are made, a fascinating narrative unfolds around Black celebrities who have charted their own courses to stardom, guided by the constellations of their fa...