Month: March 2021
Houston-Based Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Partners with Beats By Dre to Help Kids
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) – Jarren Small, the Houston-based visionary, philanthropist, and entrepreneur, is proving that legends do live. The Prairie View A & M University graduate […]
A Mind Is A Terrible Thing to Waste
March 21, 2021 – (Source: www.saadandshaw.com) – Part one of a two-part series -Visible leadership paves the way for powerful changes that carry forward for generations. So is the case of the United Negro College […]
As A Black Woman, Having A Baby In Spain Is Safer Than In The U.S.
By Parker Diakite • Mar 19, 2021 – (Source: www.travelnoire.com) – It’s been 40 years since Michele McCain moved to Spain. “The sunsets in Palma de Mallorca are what won my heart over,” she told Travel […]
I Got The Covid-19 Vaccine. What Can I Safely Do?
By TERRY TANG – (Source: www.theculture.xyz) – I got the COVID-19 vaccine. What can I safely do? You can enjoy small gatherings again, but should continue wearing a mask and social distancing in public. In […]
HBCU Basketball Squads Dominate NCAA Teams During March Madness Play-In Games
By Victor Trammell for Your Black World – (Source: www.yourblackworld.net) – After taking a year off because of the pandemic, the NCAA Tournament made a triumphant and historic return Thursday by getting off to a […]
Biden Administration Expected to Cancel $1 Billion in Debt for Students Defrauded by For-Profit Colleges
By Victor Omondi (Source: www.yourblackworld.net) – On Thursday, the Department of Education reported that debtors who were defrauded by their schools but who only got an incomplete consolation from their student-loan debt under the Betsy […]
NFL, Black College Football Hall of Fame to Stage HBCU All-Star Game Prior to 2022 Scouting Combine
(Source: www.usatoday.com) by Mike Jones – Standout football players from historically Black colleges and universities will receive an additional opportunity to showcase their skills to NFL teams beginning next February. The Black College Football Hall […]
When an Apology for Racist and Offensive Rants Is Never Enough
(Source: www.thehutchinsonreport.net) – By Earl Ofari Hutchinson – Here we go again. In the space of a recent few days we had a verbally disjointed announcer during a championship game rant and rail at members […]
Black Blood Bank Inventor’s Daughter Says the Health Care Inequities Her Father Fought Still Exist Today
Science Mar 18, 2021 – (Source – www.pbs.org) – By Bria Lloyd – A Black doctor’s key medical innovation from the 20th century is being used in the 21st century to try to treat patients with COVID-19. […]