Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

Biden slams “extreme” U.S. Supreme Court, offers proposal for sweeping changes

(The Texas Tribune) – President Joe Biden on Monday called the U.S. Supreme Court “extreme” as he detailed his proposal for sweeping changes, including limiting justices to 18-year terms, during a speech to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the C...

The African American Policy Forum’s 5th Annual CRT Summer School Series Was A Call To Action For Social Justice

Source: Jacqueline Anders / Getty Change makers from around the world convened for The African American Policy Forum’s fifth annual Critical Race Theory (CRT) Summer School series titled Freedom Summer 2024: No U-Turn on Racial Justice, held in perso...

Flowing With Blessings aids the unhoused with free showers, laundry services

In Atlanta, 2,000 people sleep on the streets at night, according to the Atlanta Mission. Georgia’s capital city is home to over a quarter of the state’s homeless population of nearly 10,000, according to the organization. The unhoused population...

The number of available jobs in the U.S. is shrinking

(CNN) – Job opportunities are slowly disappearing in the U.S., and hiring has screeched to its slowest pace in a decade (aside from the pandemic plunge). That’s making more workers hold tight to the job they’ve already got. The good news: Those j...

Alicia Volcy And The Art Of Architecture

Source: iOne Digital Creative Services “I just don’t understand why we need to keep her on this project,” Alicia Volcy recalled, her heart still sinking over what she overheard a colleague say at her architecture firm job. “It’s like she’s not even t...

Pittsburgh’s Black women rally for Sonya Massey

36-YEAR-OLD SONYA MASSEY WAS KILLED BY POLICE OFFICER SEAN GRAYSON ON JULY 6, 2024. AT A PITTSBURGH RALLY FOR MASSEY, BALLOONS ARE PLACED ON THE CORNER OF CLIMAX STREET AND CURTAIN AVENUE IN BELTZHOOVER & Massey was killed, July 6, by a White po...

Double dutch squad aims to rope Pittsburgh kids into sport, and off of phones

From left, Niara Dean-Wasim, Aicha Conde-Cyrus, Fatou Conde-Cyrus, Aliya Samson, and Danae Darwin jump between the ropes as coaches Arista Hunter and Shawnte Knox swing them during the Double Dutch Swing Squad practice at the Kingsley Association in...

George Washington didn’t have biological children. So, why is the criticism of Kamala Harris touching such a nerve?

In the past week, old comments by Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance about people without children have resurfaced, offending huge swathes of the American public. In a 2021 interview, Vance described Democrats as “a bunch of childl...

Colman Domingo shines ‘Sing Sing,’ enjoying new era of acclaim and joy

Fresh from his Academy Award nomination for “Rustin,” Colman Domingo embraces a new role in the acclaimed prison drama “Sing Sing” (Photo Credit: Tacuma Roeback).& Colman Domingo is having the time of his life.& Fresh off being nominated...

The Joy, Pain, Love And Art Of Marvin Touré

Source: iOne Digital Creative Services Ivorian-American Marvin Touré is an interdisciplinary artist who uses fictional narratives and the objects of innocence as a vehicle to interrogate themes of love, loss, and memory. He focuses his interdisciplin...

Russia releases Gershkovich, Whelan and others in multinational prisoner swap

The post Russia releases Gershkovich, Whelan and others in multinational prisoner swap first appeared on Politics In Color.

Simone Biles wins gold in women’s gymnastics all-around, Suni Lee takes bronze

The post Simone Biles wins gold in women’s gymnastics all-around, Suni Lee takes bronze first appeared on Politics In Color.

Ozempic: Hijacking Of Diabetes Drug From Its Created Use

According to a recent study published in Lucent, the number of people living with diabetes worldwide is on pace to more than double in the next three decades. This increase will bring the total of worldwide diabetic patients to a staggering 1.3 billi...

Donald Trump disrespects Black women at National Association of Black Journalists conference

The highly criticized decision to have former President Donald Trump at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) annual convention in Chicago, turned even more controversial once he spoke.& The moderated conversation was filled with...

Taste the Difference Festival on August 10

Indy’s Global Village has announced their 17th annual Taste the Difference Festival from 12-4 p.m. on August 10 at the Global Village Welcome Center.& The food tasting will be held from 1-3 p.m., with over 30 authentic restaurants offering d...