News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 9 months ago
According to the state’s new guidelines, juvenile convictions that are 10 years or older should no longer be considered when determining a person’s sentence. Seksan Mongkhonkhamsao via Getty Images by C. Clare Strange, Drexel University Pennsylvania’...
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The following article, Trump Torments Democrats: What Goes Up Must Come Down, was first published on The Black Sphere. Donald Trump makes an excellent nemesis to the Democrats. He truly is the road runner to their Wile E Coyote. Democrats played the...
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By Daniel Arkin The head of the NAACP is calling on Black student-athletes to reconsider their decisions to attend public colleges and universities in Florida, challenging a new state policy that bars those institutions from usin...
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By V.S. Santoni The AFL-CIO, America’s largest federation of labor unions, has voiced its support for the reintroduction of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act in the Senate. Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond emphasized the significance o...
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By Wiley Henry MEMPHIS, TN — Sean Roberts lost his landscaping job more than a week ago. Now he and his friend, Tiffany Smith, are experiencing homelessness.& “My boss moved and gave up the job; he moved on,” said Roberts, 33. On Satur...
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By Vivian Shipe KNOXVILLE, TN& — The Knoxville Chapter of The Links Incorporated held their annual Black K.A.R.E. Community Health Fair at the Change Center on Saturday March 9th. The free event, designed to raise awareness about kidney d...
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By Logan Langlois NASHVILLE, TN — “Beyond the Bars’’ is a first-of-its-kind, app-enabled escape room that puts participants in the shoes of one of the 80 million Americans navigating today’s already tumultuous job market with an arrest or charge...
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By Ivan Sanchez& The recent Supreme Court case of Donald J. Trump v. Norma Anderson et al. tackled the contentious issue of whether states possess the authority to enforce Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment against Presidential candidates...
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By Logan Langlois NASHVILLE, TN — On March 7, 1965, the late Reverend, Civil Rights Leader, and future U.S. House Representative John Lewis marched just a few feet from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama....
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By V.S. Santoni& The Biden-Harris Administration has announced the distribution of $1.2 billion in student loan forgiveness nationwide under President Biden’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan. This initiative, aimed at alleviating...
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By Alexis Clark NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service)& — Tennessee State University aviation program is expected to reach new heights with a recent $500,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The grant will be used to enhance t...
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NASHVILLE, TN — Mayor Freddie O’Connell announced that Bloomberg Philanthropies has selected Nashville to join Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities (BASC). Nashville is one of 25 cities chosen for the three-year initiative. BASC is designed to leve...
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NASHVILLE, TN — Meharry Medical College is hosting its annual School of Medicine Match Day on Friday, March 15 at 10:30 am, Meharry Medical College Campus’ Ballroom of the Cal Turner Family Center, 1011 21st Avenue North, Nashville. Graduating medic...
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It is the peak time for college basketball fans with March Madness about to explode the rest of the month. But there are other athletes who are looking beyond March to July. The biggest names among them are Noah Lyles and Sha’ Carri Richardson...
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By Ron Wynn NASHVILLE, TN — Award-winning actor Denzel Washington will soon be returning to some familiar thematic territory. He’s appeared in acclaimed Broadway plays and he’s also done his fair share of Shakespearean works. Last week it was ann...
