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90-day program may help eliminate fibroids

May 17, 2016 Staff 0

By Gemma Greene, blackdoctor.org Fibroids are abnormal growths that develop in or on a woman’s uterus. Sometimes, these tumors become quite large and cause severe abdominal pain and heavy periods. In other cases, they cause […]

National

Emanuel AME Church Distributes $1.5M to Shooting Victims’ Families

May 17, 2016 Staff 0

By Patrick Phillips and Kyle Foster, live5news.com The downtown Charleston church where nine parishioners were gunned down last summer has donated $1.5 million to the families of the victims. Mother Emanuel AME Church donated the money, […]

Editorials

Where Do We Go After All the Hateful Rhetoric

May 17, 2016 Staff 0

By Julianne Malveaux Malia Obama deserves congratulations. Admitted to Harvard University, she has decided to take a gap year, a mature choice that many students make when they want a break between intense and competitive […]

Editorials

History Has Proven That Mothers Have Been the True Backbone of the Black Family

May 17, 2016 Staff 0

Much like many of you that are reading this column, I cannot begin to express the gratitude, love, admiration and thankfulness I have for my mother, and all of the other mothers in my life. […]

Editorials

Troubled Homeowners Can Avoid Foreclosure

May 17, 2016 Staff 0

By Charlene Crowell Since 2004 approximately 8 million homes have been lost to foreclosure, according to CoreLogic, a national mortgage data firm. Although the number of homeowners entering foreclosure has fallen dramatically since the height […]

Editorials

The Prince Estate – A Big Mess!

May 17, 2016 Staff 0

By Harry C. Alford Perhaps one of the greatest entertainers of all time suddenly left us on April 21, 2016. Kay and I were on a plane heading to Los Angeles when it came across […]

National

US Attorney Tells North Carolina Governor Bathroom Law Violates Civil Rights

May 10, 2016 Staff 0

by Evelyn Diaz (BET) The U.S. Government has laid down the law — literally — when it comes to North Carolina’s controversial anti-transgender bathroom bill. Last week, the Justice Department warned governor Pat McCrory that the state’s […]

International

The First Airline Founded By A Black Woman Is Going International This Month

May 10, 2016 Staff 0

Last year, Air Zimbabwe and Ethiopian Airlines made major strides towards the inclusion of women in the aviation world with the launch of their all-women flight crews. Women continue to be at the forefront of […]

Entertainment

Rihanna Launches a Scholarship Program

May 10, 2016 Staff 0

(Time) Get ready to work, work, work, work, work. Bad Gal Ri Ri is doing some serious good with her latest project — a scholarship program that will award international and U.S. students attending college […]

Obituaries

Community Mourns Loss of Dr. Alvin White

May 10, 2016 Staff 0

Well known educator, Dr. Alvin White, passed away peacefully on April 28, 2016. A native of Jacksonville, he graduated from Stanton Sr. High School and Florida A&M University on an athletic and music scholarship. He […]

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