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Black Civil Rights Groups Need to Spend More Time Focused on Black People in America

February 13, 2018 Staff 0

By Raynard Jackson In another episode of “What the hell are they thinking,” the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over […]

Editorials

How You Can Celebrate Black History Month?

February 13, 2018 Staff 0

by Dr. Julianne Malveaux Every year, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History selects a theme for Black History Month. This year, the theme, African Americans in Times of War, is […]

Advice

Estate Planning for Your Digital Assets

February 12, 2018 Staff 0

Digital documents are not nearly as easy to retrieve. Africa Studio/Shutterstock.com\What will happen to your Facebook account when you die? What about all your photos shared on social media, your texts with loved ones, or […]

Health

Flu Season Still Getting Worse; Now As Bad As 2009 Swine Flu

February 12, 2018 Staff 0

NEW YORK (AP) — The flu has further tightened its grip on the U.S. This season is now as bad as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago. A government report out Friday shows 1 […]

Business

Amazon Launches A Black Hair Shop For Textured Hair

February 12, 2018 Staff 0

None can refute the undeniable influence of Amazon. From original programming to same-day grocery delivery services, Amazon has literally worked to infiltrate every market, much to the destruction of smaller, mom-and-pop shops. Well, it seems […]

Book Reviews

Cry It Out: Nikki Giovanni’s New Book Says Embrace Every Emotion

February 12, 2018 Staff 0

“I love a good cry” – Poet Nikki Giovanni Twelve years ago, I sat in a classroom at Virginia Tech and watched poet and educator Nikki Giovanni inspire a group of black male students, all […]

Entertainment

Petition Asks Marvel to Give 25 Percent Of ‘Black Panther’ Profits to Black Communities

February 12, 2018 Staff 0

By Jenna Amatulli, HUFFPOST, Black Voices A Change.org petition is calling on Marvel Studios and The Walt Disney Company to invest 25 percent of the profits for the hot new film “Black Panther” into the black community. Created […]

Entertainment

Emmy Winning Actor Reg E. Cathey Dead At 59

February 12, 2018 Staff 0

By Jessica Bennett, ebony.com Reg E. Cathey, known for his roles in the hit Netflix drama House of Cards and the HBO series The Wire has died. He was 59. His death was announced last […]

Local

Teen Phenom Taylor Richardson at it Again to Empower STEM Careers

February 11, 2018 Staff 0

by J’na Jefferson via vibe.com Taylor Richardson, a 14-year-old aspiring astronaut from Jacksonville, Fla., exceeded her goal of raising money to send 1,000 girls to see the upcoming film A Wrinkle In Time. Her GoFundMe page for the […]

Education

Jackson Elementary School in Utah, Named for Andrew Jackson, Votes to Rename Itself After Mary Jackson, NASA’s 1st Black Female Engineer

February 11, 2018 Staff 0

Mary Jackson, NASA’s first black female engineer(Photo: NASA Langley Research Center) by Marina Koren via theatlantic.com An elementary school in Utah has traded one Jackson for another in a change that many say was a […]

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