Category : News

Keith Boykin: Kamala Harris, for the Black people

“Black Vote, Black Power,” a collaboration between Keith Boykin and Word In Black, examines the issues, the candidates, and what’s at stake for Black America in the 2024 presidential election. LONDON—Certain Black people on the internet keep rai...

Missing Babonneau Man Succumbs After Search Party Finds Him

A missing Babonneau man who appeared disoriented after a search party found him on Saturday succumbed shortly afterward. Family members had reported 38-year-old Garvin Avril missing from the previous day. The search party found him in a forested area...

Embracing doula care: A new benefit for Bay Area Medi-Cal members

As part of the Department of Health Care Services’ (DHCS) ongoing commitment to engaging in innovative work to improve the maternal health care landscape, inclusive of offering a comprehensive suite of services and benefits aimed at promoting health...

Embracing Doula Care: An Important, New Benefit for Bay Area Medi-Cal Members

Amanie Mathurin: Writer, Documentarian & Chevening Scholar

By Nelcia Charlemagne For three years, the name Amanie Mathurin was synonymous with nightly news at Choice Television, as she provided Saint Lucians and the diaspora with comprehensive updates on current events. Now, the Belle Vue-raised media profe...

Woman Sustains Entire Body Burns In Vieux Fort Kitchen Fire

A woman sustained burns to her entire body in an early morning fire at a Vieux Fort hotel kitchen. A Saint Lucia Fire Service (SLFS) release said emergency personnel from the Vieux Fort and Crash Fire Stations responded after receiving a call for ass...

Coffee Got this Principal Fired

The following article, Coffee Got this Principal Fired, was first published on The Black Sphere. Does the punishment fit the crime? After reading this, imagine how many American educators would be fired if this were the litmus test? According to News...

Kampala dances to ABBA classics at electrifying two-day Re-Björn performance

By Our Reporter UK’s leading ABBA tribute act, ABBA Re-Björn rocked Kampala in their debut two-day performance in Uganda. The two concerts that happened on Friday and Saturday, (September 6 & 7th) were held at Somewhere Else Bar and Restaurant i...

Bois Patat Resident Shot Dead

Saint Lucia’s homicide count has reached fifty-eight so far in 2024 after the fatal shooting of a Bois Patat resident on Saturday. According to the police, an unknown individual fatally shot 29-year-old Bradley Travis Cole at Bois Patat, Castri...

Rev. Sharpton, Al B. Sure!: Medicare to reinstate coverage for “lifesaving” post-transplant blood tests, particularly for Black and Brown patients

Photo of singer Al B. Sure!, Rachel Noerdlinger, and Founder of National Action Network (NAN) Rev. Al Sharpton (from left to right). Photo contributed by Actum LLC. & by& Ariama C. Long, NY Amsterdam News & The Rev...

Pittsburgh’s Alex Highsmith named Week 1 NFLPA Community MVP

Alex Highsmith has been named the Week 1 NFLPA Community MVP after he hosted his third annual Back to School Bash at the La Rosa Youth Club in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.& “It is a true honor to be named the Week 1 NFLPA Community MVP. I know that...

The Left’s Investment in the Election Lies

The following article, The Left’s Investment in the Election Lies, was first published on The Black Sphere. By now the evidence is crystal clear that Democrats cheated massively in elections across the country. Fulton County Georgia officials h...

Drinking alcohol before conceiving a child could accelerate their aging

Getty Images Stock Photo by Michael Golding, Texas A&M University The conditions within a person’s home, family and community affect their ability to stay healthy. Scientists studying these social determinants of health are trying to understand...

African immigrant students draw on family and community strengths in quest for college

Sub-Saharan African immigrants are among the most educated immigrants in the U.S. Camille Tokerud/Stone via Getty Images by Mavis Gyesi, University of Iowa Black African immigration to the U.S. has exploded over the past few decades. Today, there ar...

Why Rich Homie Quan’s death adds to the sad reality of rappers we lost too soon

Most rappers enter the music industry with dreams of sharing art to the masses and changing their life circumstances. However, the dreams that hip-hop inspired are becoming nightmares for the artists who are passing at a young age.& & On S...