Sports
How Advertising Fuels Racist Myths in Sport
A view from Matt Readman – The best and worst of how we deal with race as a society is exaggerated in sport, so the myths surrounding it must be re-examined. If the Black Lives […]
Month: August 2020
Community
Blacks More Likely Targeted Than Whites Despite Traditional Police Training
By Arthur Dobrin D.S.W. – There’s a difference between training and the real-world. Anti-bias training is touted as a way of combating racial biases among police officers. But research shows that the effect of such training isn’t […]
Political
Rush Limbaugh Under Fire for Calling Kamala Harris Obscenity On Air
By Terry Shropshire | August 18, 2020 – Longtime radio host Rush Limbaugh reportedly used a brazenly sexist obscenity to describe presumptive vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris and also referred to her as a “mattress.” According to Newsweek and the New York Daily […]
Education
VIDEO: Making the Grade at HBCUs
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way virtually all high-school upperclassmen are approaching the quest of applying for college. Indeed, the days of college fairs and in-school recruiter visits are at least temporarily a thing […]
Health
Brandy Credits Daughter Sy’rai for Saving Her Life During Depression Battle
By Rollin Out – Brandy says her daughter Sy’rai saved her life when she battled depression. The R&B legend revealed how she considered suicide after being involved in a 2006 car accident that claimed the life of a woman […]
Entertainment
Beyoncé’s Message to America: “Vote Like Your Life Depends on It”
NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor – “You’re proving to our ancestors that their struggles were not in vain,” Beyoncé said as she accepted the award, adding, “I’m encouraging you to […]
Editorials
Trump’s Housing Announcement Seen as So Racist, “It’s ‘Not Even A Dog Whistle Anymore’
NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent – “I am happy to inform all of the people living their Suburban Lifestyle Dream that you will no longer be bothered or financially […]
National
Black Teen Told to Cut His Locs by Texas School Wins Court Ruling
By Janelle Griffith – Kaden Bradford and his cousin, DeAndre Arnold, 18, made national headlines in January after they said they were not allowed to return to class unless they cut their hair. A federal […]
National
What To Watch In Today’s Elections In Alaska, Florida And Wyoming
By Geoffrey Skelley and Nathaniel Rakich – Primary season is winding down. – From sea to shining sea (via purple mountains majesty), today’s primary elections have it all. To have a prayer in November, Alaska Democrats may have to nominate … candidates who are […]
Editorials
EDITORIAL: Most Black Americans Don’t Want to Abolish the Police
Las Vegas Review-Journal – To gauge from the media coverage of police reform, it might seem as if the vast majority of Black Americans believe cops are the enemy. A recent Gallup survey finds the […]