Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

FOR THE RECORD:NOVEMBER 5,2024

By: Alexandra Elizondo Dear Friends, Friday, November 1, 2024, marked one year since the launch of our seven Sunrise Centers in HISD, which have become lifelines for our students, families, and surrounding communities. The Sunrise Centers were...

JACKSON CARES

By: Natiece Ford “After everyone else went home, I went back to check on the families to see if I could help them get some sense of normalcy.” That is the kind of man Freddie Jackson is and what has allowed him to excel within the Houston Fire...

HOUSTON ISD BOND GOES DOWN

By: Bill King Voters decisively rejected Houston ISD’s request to approve $4.4 billion in bonds to rebuild and renovate some of its facilities. The proposal was the larg- est bond proposal in the state’s history. For many years, it was unusual...

Nashville Jack and Jill Chapter Hosts Teen Voting Summit to Empower Future Leaders

The Nashville Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated, are working to foster the next generation of informed and engaged citizens. & On November 3, 2024. The chapter collaborated with Metro Nashville Public Schools to host the “Do Some...

The evolutionary benefits of being forgetful

Don’t despair! Asier Romero by Sven Vanneste, Trinity College Dublin and Elva Arulchelvan, Trinity College Dublin Forgetting is part of our daily lives. You may walk into a room only to forget why you went in there – or perhaps someone says hi on th...

Five lesser-known Godzilla films to watch before the king of monsters turns 70

Godzilla in Godzilla: Final Wars (2004).& Photo 12/Alamy Stock Photo by Steven Rawle, York St John University Japan’s greatest monster, Godzilla, turned 70 on November 3 2024, the anniversary of the first movie to feature the character. Godzilla...

Socioeconomic status explains most of the racial and ethnic achievement gaps in elementary school

Gaps in academic achievement emerge as early as first grade.& Fly View Productions/E+ via Getty Images by Eric Hengyu Hu, University at Albany, State University of New York and Paul L. Morgan, University at Albany, State University of New York F...

HAITI: Resistance under attack, calls for international solidarity

Prensa Latina Haitiby MOLEGHAF, Popular ResistanceViv Ansanm (the paramilitary gang strangely named “Live Together”) has plunged our population into a terrible darkness in Solino, Fò Nasyonal, Nazon, Kriswa and other nearby popular neighborhoods or g...

Clairton All-School Reunion Picnic 2024!

TONY AND BARBARA SMITH (PHOTOS BY GENEA L. WEBB) The Clairton All-School Reunion Picnic and the Clairtonian picnic was held on Aug. 31 at Clairton Park. It’s a Labor Day Weekend tradition in Clairton, which, this year, featured graduating classes fro...

Carville’s Chaotic Flip-Flop From Woke Whisperer to Doom Prophet

The following article, Carville’s Chaotic Flip-Flop From Woke Whisperer to Doom Prophet, was first published on The Black Sphere. James Carville is officially a political hack living on the muscle-memory of the Bill Clinton victory. One would have th...

Black Tulip calls for action and a cultural shift in Oakland for Black women’s safety

Tomisha Wilson and Alie Jones build an altar in honor of Tomisha’s sister, Nia Wilson, an 18-year-old murdered at MacArthur BART Station in 2018. Tomisha is president of the Nia Wilson Foundation. – Photo: Kristal Raheemby Kristal RaheemOn Oct. 15, O...

Safeguarding the future: Why Malcolm X Elementary School deserves our support

By Ingrid Wynn: Nestled in the heart of Hunters Point, San Francisco, Malcolm X Elementary School has been a cornerstone of the community since the 1960s. Originally known as Sir Francis Drake Elementary School, it has a rich legacy steeped in hist...

Birmingham Promise Celebrates 5 Years of Providing Scholarships, Job Opportunities for City Students

dcwins.com For Sarah Granderson, who graduated from Ramsay High School in 2021 and is now a senior at Jacksonville State University, Birmingham Promise is more than a program. “It’s a path to economic opportunity that can truly change lives,” she sai...

UAB to Conduct Research on the Health Impacts of Public Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization

By Micah Hardge | UAB News The University of Alabama at Birmingham will lead a community-based research study funded by the National Institutes of Health to examine how specific modifications of housing and neighborhood conditions affect health o...

Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie begins journey with Bayview community lunch at Gumbo Social

Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie is greeted by chef Dontaye Ball, owner of Gumbo Social in Bayview. – Photo: Kevin Epps I recently received an invitation to attend a Community Lunch with San Francisco’s new Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie in Bayview, held at G...