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Is Jacksonville a Place that Young Black Professionals Can Thrive?

August 29, 2017 Staff 0

As I sat in one of Jacksonville’s newest downtown jazz spots, Breezy, for brunch with a young man that I have mentored since middle school, we talked about a number of topics centering on politics […]

Editorials

Confederate Statues Fall But Economic Racism Lingers

August 29, 2017 Staff 0

By Julianne Malveaux Cheers to New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, one of the first mayors to take Confederate statues down and to make the strong point that these statues represent nothing but oppression. You should […]

Political

Alabama Restores Voting Rights of Ex-Felons, Former Inmates May Never Know Because Officials Don’t Have to Tell

August 28, 2017 Staff 0

Alabama does not have to notify tens of thousands of former felons that they recently regained the right to vote, a federal judge ruled. The judge also found that the state does not have to […]

Business

Black Girls Code Says No Thank You to $125,000 From Uber

August 28, 2017 Staff 0

Black Girls Code (BGC) founder Kimberly Bryant knows all money ain’t good money. Last week, Uber offered the nonprofit geared towards increasing the number of black women in the tech field a $125,000 grant as […]

Local

J100, Florida Blue and the Jaguars Team Up to Tackle Prostate Cancer

August 28, 2017 Staff 0

The 100 Black Men of Jacksonville, Inc. (J100), Florida Blue and the Jaguars Foundation kicked off National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month by partnering for the launch of “Men Tackling the Big C” Prostate Cancer Awareness […]

National

America’s Clergy Unite for 1,000 Ministers March in Washington Against White Supremacy

August 28, 2017 Staff 0

  by Adelle Banks WASHINGTON (RNS) — From Protestant preachers to Jewish cantors to Catholic nuns, religious leaders of a range of faiths demonstrated in the nation’s capital for racial justice, criticizing the silence of […]

Lifestyle

FaceApp Deletes New Black, White and Asian Filters After Racism Storm

August 28, 2017 Staff 0

by Cara McGroogan (Telegraph) A viral app that adds filters to users’ selfies to change their appearance has backtracked on its latest update after was accused of racism over its new range of ethnic filters. FaceApp, […]

National

Black Christian University Professor Suspended After Saying Some BLM Members ‘Should Be Hung’

August 28, 2017 Staff 0

A Black professor at a Christian university in Phoenix has been suspended after a video clip revealed him making troubling remarks about activists in the Black Lives Matter movement. Professor Toby Jennings, of Grand Canyon […]

Political

Paul Ryan Denounces Presidential Pardon Of Racial Profiling Ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio

August 28, 2017 Staff 0

 Arpaio—a former sheriff in Maricopa County, Arizona—was convicted last month on charges that stemmed from contravening a court order related to a racial profiling case, the outlet said. He was slated to be sentenced for […]

Local

Florida Executes First White Man Convicted Of Killing Black Man

August 28, 2017 Staff 0

by Tray Connor (NBC) For the first time in 19 months, Florida has executed a prisoner — a white man accused of racially motivated murder — using a lethal injection formula. Authorities say 53-year-old Mark […]

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