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92-year-old Woman Forced Out of Church Because She Couldn’t Afford to Pay Tithes

August 13, 2015 Staff 0

By A.R. Shaw, Rolling Out Josephine King, 92, has been a member of the First African Baptist Church in Bainbridge, Georgia, for 50 years, but leaders at the church have revoked her membership due to […]

Lifestyle

Newlywed Game Host Bob Eubanks “Wows” Seniors

August 13, 2015 Staff 0

Stratton and Company, specializing in securing retirement income, knows how to throw a party and who to engage to make their imagination come to life. The ‘wow’ the Retirement Generation event. The party concept lured […]

Community

EWC Honors Centurion Bertha Adams with Party

August 13, 2015 Staff 0

The Edward Waters College (EWC) Schell Sweet Community Resource Center recently hosted a celebration in honor of Ms. Bertha Adams 100th birthday. Adams was among the first group of seniors to join the first fitness […]

Local

Local Airline Providing Aviation Opportunities for the Urban Core

August 13, 2015 Staff 0

In 1976, approximately 80 black pilots were employed by the nation’s major and commuter passenger airlines and freight carriers. By 1986 that number had risen to nearly 400, and today the total is estimated to […]

Local

Corrine Brown Files Lawsuit to Protect Her District

August 13, 2015 Staff 0

By Brandon Larrabee, The News Service of Florida Changes to a proposed map of Florida’s 27 congressional districts emerged this week, a day before key hearings in the House and Senate about how to comply […]

National

A Vision for Ferguson, Baltimore, L.A. and Everywhere

August 13, 2015 Staff 0

By Gloria Walton (AMERICAN FORUM) – This month, the nation will acknowledge two political milestones. On Aug. 9, we mark the one-year anniversary of the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. Two days later, we mark the […]

Religion

Bishop T.D. Jakes: LGBT Community Should Receive Respect and Equal Protection

August 13, 2015 Staff 0

Bishop T.D. Jakes thinks it is “absolutely” possible for the LGBT and black communities to coexist. Jakes, who joined HuffPost Live on Monday, opened up to host Marc Lamont-Hill about his thoughts on the relationship […]

National

Where Cotton was King, Racism is still King

August 13, 2015 Staff 0

By Susan Hagen University of Rochester White Southerners who live today in former slavery strongholds, a region known as the Cotton Belt, are more likely to express negative attitudes toward blacks than their fellow Southerners. […]

Editorials

We Must Do More to Close Achievement Gap

August 13, 2015 Staff 0

By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist Thousands of pages have been written about the achievement gap – the fact that White kids score higher than either Black or Latino kids who sometimes sit right next to […]

Health

More Evidence That Southern Cooking Boosts Heart Risk

August 13, 2015 Staff 0

If your dinner plate often includes fried chicken, gravy-smothered liver, buttered rolls and sweet tea — your heart may not find it so tasty. Eating a Southern-style diet is associated with an increased risk of […]

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