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Month: December 2016

Health

Black Women Should Beware of These Five Symptoms — They Could Be Signs of HIV

December 20, 2016 Staff 0

An estimated 1.2 million people in the U.S. were living with HIV at the end of 2013, according to the U.S. Centers For Disease Control and Prevention. Although African Americans make up only 13 percent […]

Community

Fitness Workout Resolution For A Gun Free New Year

December 20, 2016 admin 0

By – S. Jackson – With over 100 homicides counted for in Duval County, Brandon Warren – Owner/CEO of Brandon Fitness presented the 2nd annual Gunz Up, Guns Down Fitness Workout for students in Duval […]

Editorials

It’s Winter In America – Democrats Fail to Defend Democracy

December 20, 2016 Staff 0

by Wilmer Leon Legislators represent people not trees or acres.. As long as ours is a representative form of government, and our legislatures are those instruments of government elected directly by and directly representative of […]

Editorials

No Americans Are Not Exceptional, Just Average

December 20, 2016 Staff 0

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) In the United States of America, we love to bask in the glory of our “exceptionalism.” We are great; we are wonderful; we dominate the world. Scholars who study […]

Editorials

Could Race Relations Get Worse in America?

December 20, 2016 Staff 0

While delivering the eulogy for Reverend/State Senator Clementa Pinckney in Charleston, South Carolina in 2015, President Obama said, “None of us can or should expect a transformation in race relations overnight. Every time something like […]

Editorials

Why Are So Many of Us Hiding Behind Our Smartphones

December 20, 2016 Staff 0

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. It hit me the other day that there is a new protocol involved in walking down the street. I never really thought of it before, but I suddenly realized that people […]

Editorials

Wise Up and Please Stop Drinking the Fool-Aid

December 20, 2016 Staff 0

By James Clingman Negroes…sometimes choose their own leaders but unfortunately they are too often the wrong kind. Negroes do not readily follow persons with constructive programs. Almost any sort of exciting appeal or trivial matter […]

Photos

International Longshoremen Association Celebrates 80th Anniversary

December 16, 2016 admin 0
Entertainment

Essence Festival Announces Initial Lineup

December 15, 2016 Staff 0

Essence Magazine has announced the initial lineup for the 2017 Essence Festival Concert Series in New Orleans featuring headliners Diana Ross and Mary J. Blige, among many others. The 23rd annual event will take place June […]

Local

ILA Local 1408 Celebrates 80th Anniversary

December 15, 2016 Staff 0

by Lynn Jones Thousands of union workers, family members, associates, supporters and friends converged at the Hyatt Downtown to celebrate the 80th anniversary of International Longshoremen Association Local #1408. Founded in 1936, Local #1408 has […]

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