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Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Resigns, Ending Four Decades of Rule

November 21, 2017 Staff 0

HARARE, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Robert Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe’s president on Tuesday a week after the army and his former political allies moved against him, ending four decades of rule by a man who […]

Sports

Kaepernick is Named GQ Magazine’s ‘Citizen of the Year’

November 20, 2017 Staff 0

GQ Magazine has named Colin Kaepernick as its “Citizen of the Year.” In a special December issue of the magazine, Kaepernick paired with GQ as well as ten of his closest allies and friends to […]

Feature

African American Museum Digitizes Vintage Photos For Black Families

November 20, 2017 Staff 0

The National Museum of African American History in Washington harbors pieces of history that illustrate the story of the Black experience in America, and now the institution is giving African American families the opportunity to […]

Business

The Road to $1.5 Trillion in Black Buying Power and Dispelling a Common Myth

November 20, 2017 Staff 0

By John Tucker, blackenterprise.com Black buying power currently stands at over $1.1 trillion and is on the road to hit about $1.5 trillion by 2021. This collective buying power means that nearly $2 trillion will […]

Feature

Tearing Down the House That Ebony Built

November 20, 2017 Staff 0

By Erick Johnson, Chicago Crusader The bright test kitchen on the fourth floor where actress Diahann Carroll helped herself to a tasty batch of fried chicken was a big hit back in the day. So […]

Entertainment

Actress Della Reese Dead at 86

November 20, 2017 Staff 0

Della Reese, who segued from pop and jazz singing stardom in the ‘50s and ‘60s to a long career as a popular TV actress on “Touched by an Angel” and other shows, died Sunday night […]

Sports

Debilitated Players Accuse N.F.L. of Stalling on Settlement Payments

November 16, 2017 Staff 0

By Ken Belson, nytimes.com The families of debilitated former N.F.L. players say the league is obstructing their access to an estimated $1 billion settlement over concussions by reflexively rejecting valid claims and bogging down the process […]

Health

New Health Guidelines Say You Might Have High Blood Pressure

November 16, 2017 Staff 0

By Kim Painter, Special for USA TODAY Thirty million Americans are getting some bad health news: they have high blood pressure and need to do something about it, according to new, more aggressive hypertension treatment […]

National

Mary McLeod Bethune Statue May Replace Confederate General in Capitol

November 16, 2017 Staff 0

MITCH PERRY (Florida Politics) A likeness of educator and civil-rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune is one step closer to replacing a statue of a Confederate general as one of Florida’s two representatives in the U.S. Capitol. The Senate Appropriations […]

Editorials

Our Vets Have Made the Ultimate Sacrifice – Even in the Face Inequality

November 7, 2017 Staff 0

by Reggie Fullwood Last weekend at a restaurant in Jacksonville’s overly teeming St. John’s Town Center, I heard two gentlemen talk about why they will no longer be watching NFL games anymore. The older white […]

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