Report: Black doctors are still paid less than their white peers
The Grio The 2017 Medscape Physician Compensation Report shows that black doctors are still paid less than their white counterparts, by about 15 percent. With black doctors making on average $262,000...
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Ivy League Quads: Boys Get Accepted Into Elite Colleges
By CHANDELIS R. DUSTER and REHEMA ELLIS It’s a quadruple blessing. Four Liberty Township, Ohio brothers, Nigel, Zach, Aaron, and Nick Wade, known as the “Wade Quads” are now being called, the “Ivy...
View ArticleBipartisan Vote Moves Weber School Safety Bill from Committee
SACRAMENTO – With unanimous bipartisan support, the Assembly Committee on Education passed legislation Wednesday to better ensure the safety of students by addressing the underlying causes of school...
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Relatives of the Men Who Endured the Syphilis Study Speak Out
by B. Denise Hawkins It has been 45 years since the nation learned that more than 600 African-American men from rural Alabama were experimented on without their consent, and left untreated in a...
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Bases Loaded: Meet White Sox Star Shortstop Tim Anderson
by Gabe Salgado While only eight percent of Major League Baseball players are African-American, there is one player amongst that group who is quickly rising through the ranks and making an impact on...
View ArticleParental Engagement Key to Success for Every Student Succeeds Act
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) According to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), President Barack Obama’s education law, states and local school districts are required to intervene in...
View ArticleINDUSTRY INSIDERS SAY MINORITIES SHOULD PURSUE OIL JOBS
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) There are great opportunities for African Americans and Latinos in the oil, natural gas, and petrochemical industries, according to industry insiders, who...
View ArticleAsk Alma: My Husband Told Me not to Buy a New Car, and I Bought One Anyway
By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, One of your recent columns, reminded me of my situation, so, I decided to contact you. I am a military wife and I love my husband. We’ve been happily...
View ArticleJay Z pulls all his music from Apple and Spotify, appears on new Frank Ocean...
The Grio Jay-Z has pulled his solo music from Apple and Spotify. According to Spotify, the removal was “at the request of the artist,” though that’s hardly surprising. This is not the first time that...
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Solange Inspired These Chicago Women to Launch ‘Black Girls Break Bread’
by SALEAH BLANCAFLOR Three women have created an initiative to bring more young black women to the table. Literally. Jessica Davenport-Williams, 35, Jazzy Davenport, 28, and Khadija Warfield, 35,...
View ArticleAnother One: Wells Fargo Bank Just Got Downgraded
By Dr. John E. Warren (San Diego Voice and Viewpoint/NNPA Member) Following a series of high profile lawsuits and allegations of misconduct, the embattled Wells Fargo Bank just suffered another loss in...
View ArticleAnti-trust Lawsuit Could Shake Up Newspaper Industry Forever
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Retailers, restaurants, healthcare companies and technology firms often turn to newspaper inserts, as a tried-and-true method to reach consumers,...
View ArticleLady in the Universe: Managing Anxiety
“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.” ~Deepak Chopra The mental freedom we are all searching for is within...
View ArticleBlack writers Colson Whitehead, Lynn Nottage win coveted Pulitzer Prize
by Hillel Italie, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Colson Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad,” his celebrated novel about an escaped slave that combined liberating imagination and brutal reality,...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s Opposition In United Front Against President
By Greg Nicolson In an unprecedented show of unity, all but two opposition parties will march on the Union Buildings on Wednesday calling for President Jacob Zuma to be recalled. The demonstration is a...
View ArticleCongresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton Leads Charge to Investigate Federal...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has heard the call for a new report on federal advertising and they’re listening. One year ago, Congresswoman...
View ArticleFilm Review: Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
By Dwight Brown (NNPA Newswire Film Critic) “My music is the spiritual expression of what I am…I want to be the force that is truly for good.” It was a while before the legendary jazz musician and...
View ArticleComedian Charlie Murphy dead at 57
The Grio On Wednesday morning, Charlie Murphy, comedian and older brother to Eddie Murphy, died at the age of 57 after a long battle with leukemia. According to TMZ, his death caught his family by...
View ArticleLeBron James to open public school for at-risk kids
The Grio LeBron James is setting up a new school for at-risk kids, called the “I Promise School.” James will be setting up the school in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, and it will open in fall of 2018...
View ArticleSan Diego Monitor Newspaper Celebrates 30 Years of Publishing
By Edward Henderson Friday, April 14th 2017, marks 30 years of publishing for the San Diego Monitor Newspaper. After the death of former Voice and Viewpoint publisher Bill Thompson in 1987, there was a...
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