Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

First Black female protagonist in Shonen Manga creates a stir on Twitter as Saturday AM launches inclusive graphic novels

“Imagine telling Black people to make their own stories and characters and then getting offended when they actually go and do that,“ one Twitter user wrote last week. The tweet was one of over 100,000 reactions to Nigerian-born manga artist and autho...

Film Review: ‘Bullet Train’ takes Brad Pitt on a chaotic ride

By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic (***) “Fate will do what it wills,” says The Elder. But what happens when fate turns out to be a series of unpredictable and ultra-violent events aboard the world’s fastest train? The basis for this cutthroat railroad...

Trump Raided by FBI; Is arrest imminent?

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Senior National Correspondent The FBI on Monday executed a search warrant on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. “My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under si...

Broadway Dallas and Dallas ISD announce district-wide STEAM program

Broadway Dallas, Dallas Independent School District and a consortium of generous underwriters announced today a district-wide STEAM education program themed around the Broadway musical AIN’T TOO PROUD – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS. Over the...

Harris addresses NAACP convention; urges Black voter participation

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Senior National Correspondent Vice President Kamala Harris appeared at the NAACP convention in Atlantic City on Monday, July 18, declaring that freedom, liberty, and democracy are on the ballot in the upcoming midterm elections...

Blood and platelet donors needed now to help prevent a seasonal blood shortage: week of Aug. 8

Just as most cars need to be refueled constantly, so does the nation’s blood supply. Blood donations to the Red Cross have decreased over the summer months as is typical of this time of year. People should not wait until they hear there is a blood sh...

10 questions about the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago

CNN) — We are again in uncharted territory. The FBI has never before searched the home of a former US President, much less one gearing up to run for office again. Federal agents, with a warrant approved by a federal magistrate judge, sea...

Man arrested on hate crime charges in church vandalism

By The Associated Press Police in Maryland have arrested a 66-year-old man on multiple hate crimes charges after racist graffiti was discovered at a church in Anne Arundel County. The […] The post Man arrested on hate crime charges in church v...

Falcons host two Morehouse School of Medicine students in NFL Diversity in Sports Medicine program

The NFL, together with the NFL Physicians Society (NFLPS) and the Professional Football Athletic Trainer Society (PFATS), today announced the roster of medical students who will participate in the inaugural season of the& NFL Diversity in Sports...

Serena’s Legacy: Plenty of wins, plenty of stands on issues

A couple of days before& Serena Williams& claimed the 22nd of her& 23 Grand Slam& singles titles at& Wimbledon in 2016, she was asked what she makes of it when people refer to her as one of history’s greatest female athletes....

Maryland Legal Aid honors 98 year-old Baltimore native for decades of service and activism in her community

When Baltimore native Gwendolyn Johnson was a little girl, the only thing she knew was that she wanted to be able to help people. Her mother had given her up when she was six months old, and another family took her in. “My family that I lived with h...

Analysis: No winners in Deshaun Watson’s case

By Rob Maaddi, The Associated Press Deshaun Watson’s six-game suspension will stand only if the NFL allows it. The punishment given to the Cleveland Browns quarterback by disciplinary officer Sue […] The post Analysis: No winners in Deshaun Wa...

Trump says he took the Fifth in NY civil investigation

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination as he testified under oath Wednesday in the New York attorney general’s long-running civil investigation into his business dealings, the former president...

Liz Cheney THREATENS Republican Party

The following article, Liz Cheney THREATENS Republican Party, was first published on The Black Sphere. Republicans in Wyoming are about to jettison lame duck Congresswoman Liz Cheney. To paraphrase a saying: “Hell hath no fury like a Lesbian s...

Armed guards assault Parker Community School, fired educators speak out

by Parker Community School Join us today, Aug. 10, La Escuelita at 2nd Ave and E. 10th Street in Oakland. 4:30 p.m. – Press conference and rally.5:30 p.m. – Attend the board meeting and make public comment in person or on Zoom. Last Thur...