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Five steps for improving your credit score

Indianapolis Recorder’s Money Smart Week continues with Everwise Credit Union sharing strategies for improving your credit score. Your credit score is a crucial part of your financial health. The three little numbers measure how likely you are to...

Internet Sales Negatively Impacting Saint Lucia Small Businesses

Internet sales negatively impact small businesses in Saint Lucia, fueling concerns that their existence is under threat. Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre raised the alarm this week when he appeared on the Radio 100 programme , ‘What Makes You Ma...

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Samuel Frimpong Honored for Outstanding Contributions to Mineral Industry Education

Samuel Frimpong, professor and vice provost for graduate education at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, has received the 2024 Mineral Industry Education Award from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. He was recognize...

North Carolina A&T State University Establishes Doctorate in Pharmacy Pathway Program

Historically Black North Carolina A&T State University has partnered with the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy to create a pathway program for NCAT students to pursue a doctoral degree in pharmacy. The Early Assurance Prog...

Five African Americans Appointed to Administrative Positions in Higher Education

Courtney Phillips has been appointed vice president of health affairs and chief health officer at Louisiana State University. She has held numerous leadership positions in the healthcare field, including secretary of the Louisiana Department of Healt...

Vehicle Hits Pedestrian In Vieux Fort

A female pedestrian sustained injuries when a vehicle hit her Friday on Clarke Street, Vieux Fort. After the incident, the 21-year-old victim complained of pain in her lower extremities. However, the injuries were deemed to be non-life-threatening. T...

Ashley Comans gets important endorsement from Gainey, Lee, Innamorato

ASHLEY COMANS, second from right, is vying for the Pa. House District 34 seat. She is seeking the Democratic nomination in the April 23 Primary Election. She’s pictured with Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, Allegheny County Chief Executive Sara Innamorato...

A proposed bill could ban DEI in medical schools

(CNN) – Dr. Versha Pleasant has dedicated her career to finding ways to erase the racial health inequities facing Black mothers. A clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan Medical School, Pleasant sa...

Young voters helped decide the 2020 election in Pa. Will they turn out for a Biden-Trump rematch?

“It’s your job to fix the mess that we have created,” Pittsburgh Public Schools Superintendent Wayne Walters told students at a youth voting event in Oakland on March 15. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource) High school and college-age voters...

Study challenges scale of maternal health crisis in the U.S.

(CNN) – Hundreds of women in the United States die from complications related to pregnancy, childbirth and the time after giving birth each year, and the country’s high maternal death rate makes it an outlier among developed nations. Federal data...

Tutu Puoane: the South African singer on creating her new album out of Lebo Mashile’s poetry

Tutu Puoane’s Wrapped in Rhythm features words by poet Lebo Mashile.& © Tom Vandewalle by Nomfundo Xaluva, University of Cape Town From her base in Belgium, proudly South African singer, artist and actor Tutu Puoane has carved an international ca...

Health experts push to combat respiratory illnesses disproportionately impacting Black communities

(The Dallas Examiner) – “COVID-19 affected the Black community at an alarming rate,” said Debra Fraser-Howze, founder and board chair of Choose Healthy Life, during a recent webinar, “Somebody asked me when we were going to go back to normal, and my...

Tennessee Titans ONE Community Launches Applications for 1st & Goal Small Business Assistance Program

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 18, 2024) – The Tennessee Titans’ ONE Community platform is officially launching applications for its 1st Goal Small Business Assistance Program for small and minority-owned businesses seeking access to capital. The $3 million...

In Memoriam: Faith Ringgold, 1930-2024

Faith Ringgold, visual artist, activist, and long-time professor with the University of California, San Diego, passed away on April 12. She was 93 years old. Ringgold’s career as an artist spanned nearly six decades. She was a mixed media artis...