Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

Your Voice: Eric Adams, Marcellus Williams, Mark Robinson, Sean Combs. What are your impressions on the recent exposures of the tragedies of Black Men in America?

Alex Brooks Stone Mountain “My thoughts about the call out on the prosecution of the black men in the last few weeks is a direct reflection of what’s been going on in our history in that treatment of the black man compared to the same...

Alfred Conteh’s “Acceptance: Identity & Circumstance” at Atlanta Art Week

Atlanta Art Week is in full swing, and with it the showcasing of Alfred Conteh’s latest solo show, “Acceptance: Identity & Circumstance.”& Opened on Friday, October 4, 2024, this showcase highlights Conteh’s exploration of Black identit...

Equal Business Opportunity Program Fiscal Year 2024 Report Released October 4, 2024

The Equal Business Opportunity Program Report details efficacy of the race and gender specific equal business opportunity program. Highlights from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024 include: $85 million in proposed spending with black and brown owned...

Nashville Equal Business Opportunity Program Fiscal Year 2024 Report Released

Federal Judge Orders TVA To Divulge Salaries Of 4 Regional Vice Presidents

A federal judge has ordered the Tennessee Valley Authority to release salary and compensation information for the agency’s four regional vice presidents, who include Mark Yates of Memphis. The judge ruled in favor of Memphis journalist Marc Perru...

Democratic Party launches youth voter registration campaign in Georgia

The Democratic Party is attempting to reach as many young Georgia voters as possible. To go along with an HBCU Tour that kicked off last week, there is also going to be a youth voter registration campaign across the state, according to the campaign.B...

Lee Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church Hosts the 157th Tennessee Annual Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

From Tuesday, October 15 through Saturday, October 19, 2024, African Methodists from across Middle Tennessee will convene in the 157th session of the Tennessee Annual Conference under the leadership of the 13th Episcopal District Bishop Harry L. Sea...

Atlanta Man Sentenced for Million-Dollar Money Order Scheme

ATLANTA – Jeremiah Carbon has been sentenced to federal prison for depositing nearly $1.5 million in fraudulent money orders into accounts at several metro Atlanta banks and for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.“Carbon took advantage o...

JUDGE ZINETTA ARCENEAUX BURNEY 2-24-41/9-22-24

Outstanding, committed, accomplished and devoted, Zinetta Burney embodies these great qualities. But none more dear to her than the love of her people and her community. A bril-liant laawyer and a seasoned community servant, she is the very definitio...

REVEREND DR. F LOYD N. WILLIAMS SR.

By: Rebekah Williams The life and legacy of Reverend Dr. Floyd Nathaniel Williams Sr. stand as a shining beacon of service, leadership, and devotion to both faith and community. Born on December 16, 1928, he was a man whose remarkable journey spanned...

FREE ENTERPRISE CAPITALISM

America’s economy in terms of the means of production of goods and services are controlled by private sector businesses, not by the Federal Government. The government does not own supermarkets, gas stations, poultry farms, dairy farms, bakeries and s...

Mayor Ed Gainey participates In ‘Week Without Driving’

Takes Bus to City Hall, Reflects on Experience & Nearly one third of Pittsburgh households do not have access to personal automobile. This week marks the City of Pittsburgh’s inaugural participation in Week Without Driving (WWD), a national educ...

Chemotherapy can be a challenging treatment – here’s how to deal with some of the side-effects

SeventyFour/Shutterstock by Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University Chemotherapy is powerful cancer medication – but it can also be a very challenging treatment. It works by killing fast-growing cancer cells but kills healthy cells too, so it’s im...

As Yelp turns 20, online reviews continue to confound and confuse shoppers

People have a tough time discerning a fake review from a real one. Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images by Ann Kronrod, UMass Lowell For the past 20 years, Yelp has been providing a platform for people to share their experienc...

Walz Really Screws Up on This Clarifying Statement

The following article, Walz Really Screws Up on This Clarifying Statement, was first published on The Black Sphere. When will the Democrat cabal order Kamala Harris to pull the plug on Tim Walz. The man has yet again got caught screwing the Emhoff na...