Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

A sex scandal that’s boring the public − and a judge forced to keep Trump focused

Stormy Daniels, second from left, exits the courthouse in New York on May 7, 2024. AP Photo/Seth Wenig by David E. Clementson, University of Georgia and John E. Jones III, Dickinson College John E. Jones III is the president of Dickinson College and...

J.P. Morgan Chase expert says succession planning ensures business continuity and family legacy

by Angela Swinson Lee, Special to The Washington Informer Five days before Wilhelmina Bell-Taylor passed away in 2008, she signed a letter of intent to sell BETAH Associates, a communications management consulting firm that provides event management,...

With $1 Billion in Investments, Downtown Birmingham’s Uptown District in National Spotlight

The Birmingham Times Birmingham’s Uptown Entertainment District, with its Protective Stadium, renovated Legacy Arena and dining and shopping options, is a Neighborhood to Watch, according to forbes.com, a national business media and publishing...

Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Disability Rights Groups Ask Court to Block Enforcement of Law Criminalizing Absentee Ballot Application Assistance

Montgomery, AL — A coalition of civil rights, voting rights, and disability rights organizations filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in Alabama State Conference of the NAACP et al. v. Marshall et al. With this motion, Plaintiffs ask the cour...

TSU Hires Duanté Abercrombie as First HBCU Men’s Hockey Head Coach

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – Tennessee State University President Glenda Glover and Director of Athletics Dr. Mikki Allen are pleased to welcome Duanté Abercrombie as the inaugural head coach of the men’s hockey team. The historic hire makes...

Here are all the bad things witnesses have said about Michael Cohen, Trump’s former fixer who is set to testify Monday

(CNN) — Nobody has anything nice to say about Michael Cohen.Donald Trump’s former fixer and lawyer is expected to take the stand Monday as the key witness in the Manhattan district attorney’s case against& the& former president, prepared to g...

Georgia Supreme Court declines to rule on whether counties can draw their own electoral maps

ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Supreme Court agrees that someone needs to issue a legally final ruling on whether county commissioners can override state legislators and draw their own electoral districts. But the nine justices on Thursday also agree...

‘This is so great for our franchise’: Hawks win the NBA Draft Lottery

The Atlanta Hawks won the NBA’s top overall draft pick Sunday afternoon. The Hawks had less than a one percent chance to win and have come home with all the momentum heading into the NBA Draft on June 26-27 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New...

‘This is so great for our franchise’: Hawks win the lottery draft

Arts and artist continue to connect Atlanta and Lagos

Taiye Idahor with sculpture, “Ivbieva”. Photo by Radhiya Alston/The Atlanta Voice In honor of the 50th anniversary of Mayor Maynard Jackson creating The Sister City Rising, The Ashview Community Garden located on the westside of the At...

Burrell Communications Group announces restructuring

Burrell Communications Group, one of the world’s most highly regarded Black-owned advertising agencies, has announced the appointment and promotion of several senior-level executives to complete its long anticipated restructuring, and its growing lea...

Temptations Central

This thing with Satan is occupying a good part of my biblical studies lately. I’m encouraged to know that God’s plan is pretty precise and obvious to those who are looking for His Word. I was taken with reading Matthew 4: 1-11 regarding the three te...

Dr. Maura Francis gives commencement speech at Penn State Beaver spring graduation

DR. MAURA FRANCIS WAS THE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER, MAY 4, AT PENN STATE BEAVER. (PHOTO CREDIT: PENN STATE BEAVER) The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that former Penn Hills resident and 2016 Penn State Beaver graduate Dr. Maura Francis was the commen...

How 19th-century Spiritualists ‘canceled’ the idea of hell to address social and political concerns

A majority of Americans believe that hell exists. Hayden Schiff from Cincinnati, USA via Wikimedia Commons., CC BY by Lindsay DiCuirci, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Between Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, drivers pass a billboard on Inter...

Financial phenom Gail Perry-Mason

(Atlanta Daily World)—Leading financial expert Gail Perry-Mason is the senior director of investments at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. But her storied 30-year career is the stuff Lifetime movies are made of. Perry-Mason began life in less than optimal—n...