Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

Campbell’s Statement on Trump’s Second Endorsement in TN-05

NASHVILLE, TN — Sen. Heidi Campbell, the Democratic nominee in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District, issued a statement this& morning upon learning news that one-term president Donald Trump took to Truth Social to endorse MAGA Republican Andy...

Tests Find Detailed Evidence of Racial Discrimination in Home Appraisals

WASHINGTON, DC — Real estate appraisers inflicted discriminatory treatment on Black homeowners in a pioneering new “mystery-shopper” investigation, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) announced recently. “The discrimination we fo...

Biden-Harris Administration Awards Tennessee Companies $500M to Supercharge Battery Manufacturing

WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), today announced the first set of projects funded by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electr...

Justice Clarence Thomas Should Recuse Himself

By Tribune Staff Clarence Thomas was the only member of the U.S. Supreme Court who voted against the court’s order allowing the U.S. House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, to obtain former president Donald Trump reco...

Vice Mayor Martin Closing One Chapter

By Clint Confehr COLUMBIA, TN — Vice Mayor Dr. Christa Martin is a self-described introverted “farm girl” and private person serving a public college at its highest levels. Now, after 30 years, she’s leaving elected office on her own terms. In...

TSU Seeks the Nation’s Highest Research Designation

By Emmanuel Freeman NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — Tennessee State University, Nashville’s only public university, aims to become only the second HBCU to reach the nation’s top research echelon with an “R1” designation under the Carnegie Clas...

Family History Day at TN State Library This Saturday

By Monique Gooch NASHVILLE, TN — Whether you’re a beginner or seasoned genealogist, Family History Day has something for everyone. This year’s featured presentation is Welcome Home: Unlocking History Through the Places We Live, led by Librarian T...

Black news organizations in latest BloomLab cohort awarded $50,000 tech grants

By Nicole D. Batey, AFRO Contributing Writer Eight Black-owned local news organizations, selected by BloomLab and Local Media Foundation (LMF), will each receive a $50,000 technology grant and participate in […] The post Black news organizatio...

School board candidates united on teacher shortage concerns in Maryland

By Micaela Hanson and Sam Barrett, Capital News Service From Maryland’s western panhandle to its Eastern Shore – and from the political right to the left – Maryland’s school board […] The post School board candidates united on teacher shortage...

Court temporarily blocks Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan

By Jim Salter, The Associated Press A federal appeals court on Oct. 21 issued an administrative stay temporarily blocking President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel billions of dollars in federal […] The post Court temporarily blocks Biden’s student...

Beyond The C-Suite launches new program to elevate Black women executives by helping them become published authors and professional speakers

By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Beyond The C-Suite, a full-service communications, public relations and personal brand management agency, is launching a new program […] The post Beyond T...

NDG Book Review: ‘From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge’

By Terri Schlichenmeyer It looks like your ticket was purchased the day you were born. Your destination was unknown and the journey takes a lifetime, but a seat was reserved for you that no one can take away. And yet, you could change courses any tim...

Film Review: ‘Black Adam’

By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… Black Adam? Introducing DC comics latest crime combatant, Black Adam. His superhero traits are similar to Superman’s (flying, ultra-strength, etc.), but there are...

Department of Justice awards more than $44 million to support behavioral health-driven approaches to community crises

WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs recently announced grant awards totaling more than $44 million to help communities address crises involving homelessness, mental health and substance use disorders and other pu...

Locked Out: Millions of voters are disenfranchised ahead of midterm elections

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Senior National Correspondent With the midterm election just days away, the District of Columbia-based think tank, The Sentencing Project, has released a new report which found that 4.6 million people can’t vote because of felo...