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Dante Vulgar Watches Promote Style, Quality and Inspiration
By Edward Henderson Nine times out of 10, if you ask someone for the time these days, they will reach for their phone. While smart phone technology has taken away from the functionality of watches, the...
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Baseball Ledged Ken Griffey Sr. Speaks at Prostate Cancer Seminar
By Keith D. King Major League Baseball legend Ken Griffey Sr. had a career that most aspiring baseball players dream of. He played 18 seasons in the Majors, had three All-Star appearances, won two...
View Article#ThisFlag Leader Mawarire Arrested for ‘Praying With Students’
The University of Zimbabwe’s (UZ) evicted all medical students from campus residence Monday afternoon following a protest over an unwelcome decision to hike fees by at least 30 percent. “The security...
View ArticleAlton Sterling’s family sues city and police of Baton Rouge
On Tuesday, Alton Sterling‘s family filed a wrongful death suit against the city and police of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Sterling’s five children are seeking unspecified damages from the city, Police...
View ArticleIntersectional Allies Can Move the Social Justice Needle
By Whitney Parnell ~ NBC BLK Last week, Nabra Hassanen—a brown Muslim teenager—was brutally killed after leaving her Mosque with her peers. Days before, yet another police officer was acquitted in the...
View ArticleTap Master Savion Glover is Telling Our Story Through Dance
NBC BLK Savion Glover has enamored audiences for over three decades now. Glover who was born in Newark, NJ was introduced to the world of tap dancing at the age of seven when his mother signed him up...
View ArticleKane Brown is Country Music’s Coolest Crooner
By Alex Titus ~NBC BLK The past two years have been a complete whirlwind for country music’s newest heart throb Kane Brown. In that time frame the Georgia native went from acquiring massive buzz after...
View ArticleAfrica’s Relationship With China Is Ancient History
By Yunus Momoniat ~All Africa In 2002 South Africa’s Parliament unveiled a digital reproduction of a map – of China, the Middle East and Africa – that some speculated could be the first map of the...
View ArticleWhite House Proposes $9.2 Billion Cut in Education Funding
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) No one ever said that higher education wouldn’t cost money. Across the country, tuition is steadily rising and students are taking longer to pay off their...
View ArticleMore Than Half of Hate Crimes Aren’t Reported to Police
WASHINGTON — The majority of hate crimes experienced by U.S. residents over a 12-year period were not reported to police, according to a new federal report released Thursday that stoked advocates’...
View Article11-Year-Old Texas Boy Invents Device to Prevent Hot Car Deaths
by KRISTEN DAHLGREN and DANIEL ARKIN ~NBC BLK Bishop Curry looks for ways to fix the world. For an 11-year-old boy, he’s unusually curious about big-picture problems, his dad says — from natural...
View ArticleHalle Berry says historic ‘Best Actress’ Oscar win means ‘nothing’
~The Grio During the 74th Academy Awards in 2001, Halle Berry made history when she became the first Black actress to take home an Oscar for best actress in a leading role. But in a recent interview...
View ArticleWhite House Proposes $9.2 Billion Cut in Education Funding
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) No one ever said that higher education wouldn’t cost money. Across the country, tuition is steadily rising and students are taking longer to pay off their...
View ArticleCountry’s wealthiest Black communities being investigated by GOP
Prince George’s County in Maryland houses 7 out of the 10 richest African-American communities in the United States and has more Black wealth in one place than anywhere else in the country. What’s...
View Article‘Policing while Black’ is a problem that needs not be ignored
David A. Love ~ The Grio When a Black police officer is shot by a white officer who mistakes him for a regular Black criminal rather than a cop, we are told this is “friendly fire.” Does that mean the...
View ArticleBlack College Student Competing in Polo Tournament Will Make History
Associated Press ~ NBC BLK Shariah Harris says the stares, the inappropriate comments and the whispering that comes with being a black woman playing polo can be discouraging at times, but it won’t stop...
View ArticleThanks, But No Thanks: CBC Rejects Second Meeting with Trump
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Cedric Richmond (D-La.) rejected an offer from the White House to meet with all 49 members of the caucus, citing...
View ArticleAsk Dr. Kevin: Understanding Sickle Cell Disease
Ask Dr. Kevin is a new feature brought to you by Pfizer Rare Disease in collaboration with the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) to increase understanding of sickle cell disease. Dr....
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: RETRIAL DATE SET IN BILL COSBY SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Bill Cosby will face another criminal prosecution. A trial date of November 6 has been set by Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill, the District Attorney...
View ArticleFirst New Sickle Cell Drug to Launch in 20 Years
by DR. TYEESE L. GAINES The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug on Friday that reduces the complications associated with sickle cell disease — the first drug approved for the blood...
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