Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

STUDY TO SHOW THYSELF APPROVED, 2 TIMOTHY 2:15

In the United States, there are not only restrictions on studying Black Studies, classic literature, accurate history, and science. More than 40,000 people were killed with gun violence in 2023, an average of 118 deaths each day, many in Texas. Black...

PROVOST: 50 YEARS OF SERVICE

By: Shelley McKinley As the President of Provost Studios LLC, a 76-year old Black-owned business that survived racial integration and advancements in photography when others did not, Mrs. Provost credits the strong foundation that her late husband la...

A young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s − but an older colleague took the credit

Alice Augusta Ball, who came up with The Ball Method, a treatment for leprosy that didn’t come with unmanageable side effects. by Mark M. Lambert, Des Moines University Hansen’s disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today – and that’s partly tha...

Serena Williams’ VC Fund invested into 14 companies with a valuation of $1 billion or more

Serena Williams, known for her unparalleled success on the tennis court, has also established herself as a force in the investment world. Demonstrating her keen eye for promising startups leading to significant success. After retiring from tennis i...

Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ collaborators get matching ‘Blackbiird’ tattoos

Photo: Getty Images Several artists who collaborated with Beyoncé on her new Cowboy Carter album got matching tattoos to commemorate the achievement. On Sunday (April 7), Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Reyna Roberts, and Tiera Kennedy, who appeare...

Dawn Staley landed incoming player Joyce Edwards by helping to get environmental engineering major at university

South Carolina Gamecocks Head Coach Dawn Staley has once again proven her unparalleled dedication to her players, both on and off the court.& Fresh off the heels of the team’s NCAA national women’s basketball championship win against the Unive...

Vice President Harris brings together a powerful gathering of women in sports

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Billie Jean King overlooking the many women of impact Credit: Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson) by LOIS ELFMAN, Amsterdam News & U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris recently...

Inside Conditions: Burying Russell Wilson, Justin Fields already? Not on my watch

ALLEY CAT REPORTING Top of the morning, evening, or night to all of you ladies and gentlemen. Just for your reading pleasure, I am now going to present a special Aubrey Bruce 2024 anti-yinzer version of the 1955 folk song written by Pete Seeger,...

Putin’s Russia: first arrests under new anti-LGBT laws mark new era of repression

Before the rainbow lost its color: young people in Moscow gather for an arts festival, June 2022. Nikolay Vinokurov/Alamy Live News & by Sergey Katsuba, University College Dublin Just over three decades after Russia decriminalised homosexualit...

How the NFL Draft spotlights the city’s legacy of Black excellence and fashion

When the NFL Draft rolls into Detroit, it’ll do more than just herald the arrival of football’s next generation of millionaires. It is set to cast a beaming spotlight on a city that’s been a crucible of Black fashion, where the legacy of gators, bu...

Brain scans of Philly jazz musicians reveal secrets to reaching creative flow

Creative flow involves relaxing one’s focus or conscious control, new study finds. Sean Gladwell/Moment Collection via Getty Images by John Kounios, Drexel University and Yvette Kounios, Widener University Flow, or being “in the zone,” is a state of...

Instant Inspiration with Rev. A. Marie Walker for April 13

“REST in the LORD and WAIT patiently for Him: FRET not thyself because of him who prospered in his way, because of the man who bringeth WICKED devices to pass.” – Psalm 37:7 REV. WALKER SAYS: REST, and WAIT on the LORD. Our GOD IS IN CONTROL. T...

Social Worker Reflects on Her Profession, the New UAB Social Work Partnership

By Tehreem Khan | UAB New Where there is a need, there is a social worker, says Hannah Rose Harkins, a social worker in UAB Medicine’s Center for Psychiatric Medicine. Her statement is echoed by the job market for social work which is growing fas...

Rep/ Ron Reynolds: Embracing Black men’s voices

As a Black man deeply committed to the values of equality, justice, and progress, I find myself reflecting on a concerning trend within our political landscape: the departure of Black men from the Democratic Party. This phenomenon is not merely a...

Tennessee Supreme Court Abolishes Court Rule Requiring Corroboration of Accomplice Testimony

Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)-The Tennessee Supreme Court has abolished a common law rule that required testimony of a criminal defendant’s accomplice to be supported by other evidence. The Court’s opinion abolished the accomplice-corroboration rul...