Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

Mayor Freddie O’Connell celebrates big week for Nashville’s transportation future

NASHVILLE, TN – Friday caps a big week for how Nashvillians move around the city today and in the future. More than 100 people joined Mayor Freddie O’Connell to cut the ribbon on the Dr. Ernest “Rip” Patton, Jr. North Nashville Transit Center Thursd...

Black students are still kicked out of school at higher rates despite reforms

Before he was suspended, Zaire Byrd was thriving. He acted in school plays, played on the football team and trained with other athletes. He had never been suspended before — he’d never even received detention.But when Byrd got involved in a fight aft...

Dallas Wings defeat back-to-back WNBA champions Las Vegas Aces despite 42-point explosion from A’ja Wilson

(CNN) – A’ja Wilson exploded for 42 points against the Dallas Wings on Tuesday, but it was in a losing cause as the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces went down 93-90.The victory, played in front of a sell-out crowd at College Park Center, st...

Traffic Safety Data finds Memphis and Nashville among the most Dangerous Cities for Drivers

When looking at a 5-year average of motor vehicle fatality data, the following cities have the highest fatality rates per 100,000 residents: Memphis, Tennessee: 25.96 people killed per 100,000 residents Detroit, Michigan: 21.47 people killed...

Empowering Young Minds: Medi-Cal’s Enhanced Mental Health Services for Bay Area Youth

Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, covers one in three Californians, including more than 50 percent of the state’s youth. In California, nearly 300,000 youth are coping with depression, and 66 percent of them do not get the help they nee...

STATE SENATOR COOK RESPONDS TO TOWN RESIDENTS

By Gladys House-El On Wednesday, August 21, 2024, newly elected Texas state senator Molly Cook, District 15, attended Freedman’s Town weekly meeting, shared her platform of support and listened to the concerns of residents of a diverse gathering. Sch...

Photos: BUTTER Art Fair 2024

The Butter Art Fair is back for its fourth year at The Stutz in downtown Indianapolis. The art fair showcases Black visual artists from Indiana and across the country. The fair’s aim is to create more equitable spaces to display artist’s...

SHOWIN’ LOVE TO BELTZHOOVER: The ‘Save Our Youth’ Community Day 2024

BEVERLY CHEATOM STARTED “SOY” (SAVE OUR YOUTH) AND HELD ITS COMMUNITY DAY IN BELTZHOOVER ON JULY 12. (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO) BEVERLY CHEATOM, LEADER OF SAVE OUR YOUTH, WITH ORLANDO JAMES, LEFT.& THE TIMELESS BAND RANDALL ROLFSMEYER, ANTHONY...

What links aging and disease? A growing body of research says it’s a faulty metabolism

Aging is inevitable, but there are some ways to slow down decline. Dimitri Otis/Stone via Getty Images by Melanie R. McReynolds, Penn State Aging is a biological process that no one can avoid. Ideally, growing old should be a time to relax and enjoy...

Energy costs emerge as key 2024 election issue

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Concerns over West Nile and ‘Triple E’ viruses grow

The post Concerns over West Nile and ‘Triple E’ viruses grow first appeared on Politics In Color.

I Think You’re Wrong (but I’m Listening): Edgehill United Methodist Church hosts event to bridging the gap between right and the left

Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)-On Sunday, September 8, at 9:30 AM, Edgehill United Methodist Church is hosting the authors of the book, I Think You’re Wrong (but I’m Listening): A Guide to Grace-Filled Political Conversations. Sarah Stewa...

Black San Francisco Matters

Reader alert: The next OCII Commission meeting is on Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 1 p.m. To provide public comment, attend the meeting in person or remotely via teleconference: https://sfocii.org/remotemeeting-information.Please email or call Thor Kaslofsky,...

How Women Of Color With Christian and Progressive Values Are Keeping The Faith — Outside Churches

Associated Press Brandi Brown has yet to find a Black church near her Southern California home that feels right for her. So when she wants to talk about God, she relies on someone over a thousand miles (1,600 kilometers) away. Like her, Ellen...

Ben Jealous: Chicago convention and Illinois’ unique place in civil rights history

Getty Images Stock Photo (TriceEdneyWire.com)—The modern civil rights movement hit a new peak last week in Illinois. It marked the movement coming full circle, in a way, back to the state of its birth more than a century ago. Illinois is the unsung “...