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Congress Tries to Ban the CFPB from Regulating Payday and Car-title Loans

May 9, 2017 Staff 0

by Charlene Cromwell Since its inception, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has faced an unrelenting onslaught of attacks. From lawmakers, to lobbyists and business organizations, many still maintain that the marketplace should regulate itself, […]

Editorials

Is Social Media Free Speech or a Means to be Freely Ignorant?

May 9, 2017 Staff 0

by Reggie Fullwood So how many of us have been casually strolling through a social media site and saw something so ridiculously troublesome that you just couldn’t believe that it was real? For example, who […]

Business

Switch Up the Tradition – Buy Mom Some Stock this Mother’s Day

May 5, 2017 Staff 0

By Delta Jones-Walker, Gary Crusader She is one of the most celebrated figures in the world. She gives life, and in most cases, puts the needs of others before her own. We affectionately call her […]

Lifestyle

The Long History and Legacy of Passing in America

May 5, 2017 Staff 0

(Illustration by Chris Kindred for The Washington Post) By Alex Laughlin, washingtonpost.com Anita Hemmings was Vassar College’s first African American graduate. But no one was supposed to know that she was black. A light-skinned mixed-race […]

National

Trayvon Martin, Who Dreamt of Being a Pilot, to Receive Honorary Aviation Degree

May 5, 2017 Staff 0

Trayvon Martin was killed in 2012 by a neighborhood watchman. (Photo credit SYBRINA FULTON) By Taryn Finley, huffingtonpost.com An aviation school in Florida is honoring Trayvon Martin with a posthumous degree at its commencement this month. Florida […]

National

Trumpcare Pre-existing Conditions: Pregnancy, Sleep Apnea Could Make You Pay More

May 5, 2017 Staff 0

By Nicole Chavez, CNN Millions of Americans are uncertain about their future as a new health care bill heads to the Senate. The American Health Care Act would shake things up. It could open the […]

Community

Ballers Bash Promotes Positivity and Musical Fun Day for Jax Kids

May 4, 2017 admin 0

No Compromise Records held their ‘Baller’s Bash,’ last weekend at the Murray Hill Theatre Rapper, singer and songwriter T’juan and former Jacksonville Giants Coach Kevin Waters hosted the inaugural event. Hundreds of energized local tweens […]

Community

Accelerated Academy STEAMS Ahead on STEM Occupation for Futuristic Careers

May 4, 2017 admin 0

The recent community STEAM workshop held at Tristian’s Accelerated Academy shows that children need to have exposure to outside resources that teach them about Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) and Science Technology, Engineering Arts and […]

Greek Life

Alpha Phi Alpha’s Beta Nu Chapter Celebrates It’s 85th Reunion

May 4, 2017 admin 0

 The historic Beta Nu Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, founded by one of the fraternity’s original founders, known as “Jewels,” Charles Henry Chapman,  and the oldest college Alpha chapter in the state of […]

Greek Life

AKA Puts Mental Illness on the Front Line to Stop the Silence

May 4, 2017 admin 0

Last weekend members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Pi Eta Omega Chapter and their guests met at the SOS Academy to listen to presentations on Mental Health Awareness. The theme of “Stop the Silence” […]

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