Category : News

Paula Cole: Women’s voices, women’s wisdom

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., participates in the vice presidential debate with Vice President Mike Pence Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at Kingsbury Hall on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City...

Tune In: Debate Night in Black America — A Virtual Conversation Event

Word In Black is excited to announce& Debate Night in Black America: A Virtual Conversation,& an event designed to engage the African American community during the Sept. 10, 2024, presidential debate. This groundbreaking livestream show off...

Dining in the Dark supports blind and visually impaired Hoosiers

Bosma Visionary Opportunities Foundation’s annual gala fundraiser, Dining in the Dark, is set to take place at 6 p.m. on Sept. 21 at the JW Marriott downtown.& This year’s theme, Carnaval: Revelry for a Cause, will have guests donning their...

Kamala Harris’ campaign has taken off, but Donald Trump still has one advantage – if he can rein himself in

Mark Schiefelbein/AP by Lester Munson, University of Sydney Six weeks ago, it was inconceivable that Vice President Kamala Harris would be in the driver’s seat of this year’s US presidential election. Harris was the afterthought running mate of Pres...

‘I End This Chapter With Optimism!’

Crusita Descartes-Pelius, whose tenure as Saint Lucia’s first female Commissioner of Police ended on August 31 this year, has reflected optimistically on her stint. “I end this chapter with optimism. We have all faced challenges and remai...

Sammie and Shawa Apologize After Skit Mocking Bobi Wine Sparks Outrage

Comic duo Sammie and Shawa recently found themselves at the center of a heated controversy after releasing a skit that seemed to make light of Bobi Wine’s injury during a police confrontation in Bulindo. What the comedians initially defended...

Dr. Hilderman Discloses Financial Reality of Being a Legislator: “There Is No Money in Parliament”

Mawokota North MP Dr. Hilderman, known for his successful music career before joining politics, has made surprising revelations about the financial realities of being a member of parliament. Contrary to popular belief, he says there is no si...

Jacob Omutuuze Calls for Regulation to Improve Uganda’s Music Industry

Renowned media personality and analyst Jacob Omutuuze has spoken out on what leaders need to do to boost Uganda’s music industry. According to him, the industry, which employs many young people, is underperforming in terms of revenue,...

Flavia Tumusiime Transitions from Media to Tech After 21 Years

Flavia Tumusiime, a celebrated media personality, has announced her departure from the media industry to pursue a new career in technology and innovation. The news, shared on Saturday evening, marks the end of her 21-year-long media career a...

President Trump Goes Scorched Earth

The following article, President Trump Goes Scorched Earth, was first published on The Black Sphere. It’s crunch time, politically. So Democrats accelerate spreading lies and propaganda, unchecked by the fake new media. For this reason, Preside...

Alabama’s Oldest Private Black College Dealing with Financial Crisis, Facing ‘Hard Decisions’

By Savannah Tryens-Fernandes | stryens-fernandes@al.com Talladega College is trying to avoid the fate of Birmingham-Southern College as it navigates its own financial “crisis.” The school, which is the oldest private historically Black college in Ala...

Miles College’s Nile Bennett Made HBCU History as Intern With Yale Environmental Program

By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times Being part of the first group of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) students to intern for the Yale University Office of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) this summer meant a lot to Nile Bennett,...

UAB: African Americans Have an Increased Risk for Severe Insulin-Deficient Diabetes

By Hannah Echols | UAB News While diabetes patients are categorized into two groups, either Type 1 or Type 2, no two patients are the same. The simple categorization often does not portray the disease and its many presentations, especially within dif...

Robotic Surgery Program at Nashville General Hospital Aims to Reduce Health Inequities

Nashville, TN– Nashville General Hospital (NGH), Middle Tennessee’s essential hospital serving Nashville and Davidson County announced the recent acquisitions of the da Vinci Xi® surgical system by Intuitive, designed with the goal of further...

Opera Based on the Fisk Jubilee Singers to Debut in Seattle This October

SEATTLE— In October,& Seattle Opera& audiences will experience a unique new work by visionary& writer and director Tazewell Thompson, whose opera& Blue& was hailed by& The New York Times& as “the most elegant libretto hea...