Category : News

Cats first finagled their way into human hearts and homes thousands of years ago – here’s how

Who run the world? Cats! Grace Cary/Moment via Getty Images by Jonathan Losos, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis A few years ago, I had the opportunity to go on safari in southern Africa. One of the greatest thrills was going...

Baltimore leaders and residents celebrate National Night Out

By Khira Moore, AFRO Intern August 1 marked the return of National Night Out (NNO), with officials and residents taking part in events across Baltimore and surrounding counties. Mayor Brandon Scott toured eight organizations from east to west to...

Building strong and empathetic relationships: The power of emotional intelligence in community

In the course of our life experiences, we encounter a diverse spectrum of individuals, each with their own unique backgrounds and cultures to share. Creating positive connections with these individuals lies at the heart of what we refer to as “...

Early progress in Indiana tech workforce growth but ‘there’s more work to do’

A newly issued progress report from TechPoint on the first 10 months of its Mission41K initiative shows good overall progress, including a slight advance in the organization’s mission to inclusively grow the state’s tech workforce by 41,000 by 2030...

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe’ by Aomawa Shields

Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight… And the second, and third, and you’ll just keep wishing until you run out of desires. You’ll never run out of stars, though, so you can spend all night wishing and do it again t...

Sixty years later, we ‘March on Washington’ again

Rev. Al Sharpton is leading a call to action this year as his organization, the National Action Network, prepares for the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. (Photo courtesy of Word In Black) By Rev. Al Sharpton, Word In Black Sixty y...

Effective today

What have you walked away from? Author Zora Neale Hurston once said, “I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions,” and it is with that audac...

Pierre Declares Health Care A ‘Moral Imperative’ As Financing Agreement To Complete SJH Signed

Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre has declared that providing health care is a moral imperative after signing a financing agreement to complete the St. Jude Hospital reconstruction. “Providing access to healthcare is not merely an economic or pol...

Forget being strong

I’m laying here in bed, on a gorgeous Friday afternoon, sipping water with lime and twiddling my toes. Blaring on the tv is a video essay discussing the costume designs of last year’s Oscar nominees. As I take a sip of my water, two things occ...

What are we doing wrong?

A few weeks ago I wrote about some of the concerns that I have regarding my teenaged son. Despite those concerns, I have every reason to believe that he is going to do, and to be, quite well in the years ahead. My belief is rooted not only in my fai...

The liberation of community healing

“When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come out!’& The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, “’Take off the grave clothes and let him go.’”...

Could marijuana help lessen your menstrual cramps?

Instead of praying for dear life and popping Midol at an unprecedented rate when it’s that time of the month, there’s a new method on the market. And it’s starting in New York. According to CBS News, “The New York State Assembly is considering a...

Lawsuit Alleges Lizzo Sexually Harassed And Body-Shamed Obese Workers

Singer Lizzo is known for advocating body positivity and as a champion of plus-size and Black women. So many were shocked when on Aug. 1, Lizzo, whose real name is Melissa Viviane Jefferson, became the center of a controversial lawsuit filed by thre...

UN chief welcomes Kenya’s offer to ‘positively consider’ leading police force to combat Haiti gangs

By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press The United Nations chief has welcomed Kenya’s offer to “positively consider” leading a multinational police force to help combat Haiti’s gangs and improve security in the violence-wracked Caribbean natio...

U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan to oversee former President Donald J. Trump’s election interference case

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire, @StacyBrownMedia Judge Tanya S. Chutkan will preside over the case of former President Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. This decision comes after Chutkan’s previous involvement in...