Category : News

The best financial tools for remote work professionals

(Sponsored by JPMorgan Chase) – Freelancers, digital nomads, and telecommuters are reshaping traditional notions of employment. With this shift comes a demand for innovative tools and services tailored to remote work’s unique needs and challen...

Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Kamala Harris for President: Why this moment feels similar to 2008

Barack and Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris for president. VP Harris released a video where she took a call from the Obamas who shared their endorsement. “We called to say Michelle and I couldn’t be prouder to endorse you and do everything...

Saint Augustine’s University Maintains Its Accreditation

In December 2023, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) placed Saint Augustine’s University the historically Black institution in Raleigh, North Carolina, on probation. Saint Augustine’s Univers...

Transform your anxiety into something useful. Here’s how

Editor’s note: Season 10 of the podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the science of happiness. (CNN) – Tossing and turning in the wee hours. A low but constant buzzing in the brain that thwarts concentration. A feeling of tense res...

‘Treated like a convict’: NFL legend Terrell Davis describes getting handcuffed on a plane near his kids after asking for ice

(CNN) – Terrell Davis and his family were looking forward to vacationing in California when pro football Hall of Famer was handcuffed and removed from a United Airlines plane – for no apparent reason. “I was stripped of my dignity. I was powerles...

Behind the Bamboo Curtain: Student protest movement ignites Bangladesh

Bangladeshi quota reform protesters – Photo: Prothom Alo newspaper by Cynthia McKinney, PhD Cynthia McKinney represented Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives for six terms and is currently a university professor in Bangladesh. – ed....

Five Black Scholars Selected for New Faculty Appointments

Ishion Hutchinson has been named the W.E.B. DuBois Professor in the Humanities at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He serves as a professor in the university’s department of English language and literature, centering his academic pursuit...

Fayetteville State University Launches Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management and Technology

Fayetteville State University, a historically Black university in North Carolina, has launched a new bachelor’s degree program in supply chain management and technology. Housed within the Broadwell College of Business and Economics, the bachelo...

The worst may be over for homebuyers

(CNN) – After the last few years of skyrocketing home prices and elevated mortgage rates, Americans have been feeling overwhelmingly dejected about their prospects of buying a home. But there are now signs that maybe, just maybe, the worst could be...

‘A Serious Matter’ – Pelius Confirms Probe Into Leaked RSLPF Alert

Police Commissioner Crusita Descartes Pelius has confirmed that an investigation is underway into the leakage on social media of an internal Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF), document highlighting death threats against officers. “It’...

“We belong:” Black Pride is back in Indy

For the first time since 2019, Black Pride will return to Indianapolis.& & From 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., Aug. 3 at Monument Circle (south end), the LGBTQ+ community and supporters are invited to join the BLQ+ Pride Fest. The event is free, but...

Ruby Perry Honored for Lifetime Achievement by the American Veterinary Medical Association

Ruby Perry, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at historically Black Tuskegee University in Alabama, has received the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. A full professor of veterinary radiology, Dr. Pe...

The passing of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee

(The White House) – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee was a tenacious advocate for justice and a tireless fighter for the people of Houston and the people of America. Her career in public service spanned well over three decades. As a judge in Hous...

What if Thomas Crooks had been a Black man?

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Can you imagine what would have happened to a Black man who showed up at a Donald Trump rally acting “suspiciously” around the metal detectors? It is no secret to any conscious American why the 20-year-old shooter of former...

To close the gap in math achievement, let’s give teachers better tools

(Texas 2036) – Classroom instructional materials have a deep impact on the quality of a child’s education. During my first year as a public-school teacher, I had to create my own materials from scratch. I found myself among the ranks of teachers tha...