Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

Brightwood Community Center receives grant for employment services

Brightwood Community Center was awarded $393,946 to increase employment training initiatives and specialized services among Black residents. The employment initiative programming will include career services through Brightwood Community Center (B...

Recorder Rewind: Atlanta Hawks at Indiana Pacers

In the last game of the regular season, The Indiana Pacers stormed the Atlanta Hawks 157-115. Check out some photos below! Indiana Pacers forward Jalen Smith (25) and guard Ben Sheppard (26) in the paint while Atlanta Hawks guard Bogdan Bogdanovi...

Jury Selection Begins: Six Jurors Seated in Trump’s Criminal Hush Money Trial

In a significant development, jury selection has commenced in the criminal trial involving former President Donald Trump and allegations of hush money payments. As the legal proceedings unfold, the composition of the jury takes center stage, with six...

Mayor Gainey Unfiltered…Addressing the affordable housing crisis

Affordable housing is a major problem in the City of Pittsburgh. Many African Americans who once lived in East Liberty, Uptown, the South Side Flats area and parts of the Central North Side have been uprooted, with sparkling, flashy new apartment de...

‘I’m not black, I’m O.J.’: What O.J. Simpson’s life showed about transcending race and being trapped by it

O.J. Simpson listens to testimony during his 1995 trial, in which he was acquitted of murder charges. David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images& by Rodney Coates, Miami University It’s still unclear when – or if – O.J. Simpson actually said the words tha...

Democratic primary for Pittsburgh’s Congress seat flooded by money from afar, including conservative Yass

Challenger Bhavini Patel, left, and U.S. Rep. Summer Lee are Democrats running to represent Pennsylvania’s 12th congressional district. (Courtesy Patel campaign and U.S. House of Representatives) The 12th District Democratic primary between incumbent...

A monumental case, unfolding in a court of law and a court of public opinion – Trump goes on trial

Former President Donald Trump stands trial on April 15, 2024. Yuki Iwamura//AFP via Getty Images by Karrin Vasby Anderson, Colorado State University and Tim Bakken, United States Military Academy West Point Former President Donald Trump’s New York tr...

The backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion in business is in full force − but myths obscure the real value of DEI

Inclusive workplaces are good for morale as well as the bottom line. Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images by Adia Harvey Wingfield, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis Few ideas in business are as misunderstood as DEI. Wh...

Atlanta: The best city to start a business in 2024

(Atlanta Daily World)—Atlanta stands as the No. 1 city in America to start a business. According to new report by Home Bay, Atlanta stands out for multiple reasons. In five years, Atlanta has the second-highest number of new business applications wit...

Taxes are due even if you object to government policies or doubt the validity of the 16th Amendment’s ratification

Taxes can be tough – to file and to pay. Kameleon007/iStock / Getty Images Plus by Michele Frank, Miami University Most Americans don’t like doing, or paying, their income taxes. But every year, about 85% of them will voluntarily pay the full amount...

Influential Birmingham Pastor T.L. Lewis Retires After 52 Years in the Ministry

By Barnett Wright | The Birmingham Times Beginning with a banquet in Bessemer on Friday and ending with a church farewell in Birmingham on Sunday, several thousand attended retirement celebrations for the Reverend Dr. Tommie L. Lewis, Senior Pastor o...

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Additional $7.4 Billion in Approved Student Debt Relief for 277,000 Borrowers

National-The Biden-Harris Administration announced today the approval of $7.4 billion in additional student loan debt relief for 277,000 borrowers. These discharges primarily are for borrowers who signed up for President Biden’s Saving on a Valuable...

To Be Equal: Hostile takeover of TSU is blaming the victim of Tennessee’s 30-year crime spree

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—“By underfunding public HBCUs and denying the value of Black students on non-HBCU campuses, these extremists are making very clear the kinds of students they do and don’t want to succeed. & They also are the same ones waging...

How an angel became a villain

By CAMIKE JONES Angel Reese’s characterization has far less to do with who she is and much more to do with the spectator’s insatiable need to place people in distinct categories. Hero and villain. Good guy versus bad guy. Or in this case, good gi...

New Student Debt Plan Will Aid Over 30M Borrowers

President Biden unveiled new plans to provide substantial relief to over 30 million borrowers, focusing on easing financial burdens, particularly for marginalized communities disproportionately burdened by debt. This initiative aims to address racia...