THE AFRO — It looks like Ward 7 will get a another grocery option as Mayor Muriel Bowser announced plans to bring Lidl Grocery to the Skyland...
CHICAGO CRUSADER — Gary city officials are planning to spend approximately $1 million to remodel portions of historic City Hall. Some city employees have been assigned...
ATLANTA TRIBUNE — Atlanta-based nonprofit Star-C Communities, which bills itself as an education model with an affordable housing solution, has named former Atlanta Board of Education Chair Courtney...
ROLLINGOUT — Alicia Keys says her blended family is “beautiful.” The 38-year-old singer is married to Swizz Beatz — with whom she has sons Egypt, 8,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Highlighting the program is the US Premiere presentation of Panama Dreams, which transports the viewer on filmmaker Alison Saunders’ modern-day search for descendants...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Teams competed in championship pork categories of ribs, shoulder and whole hog, as well as the ancillary competitions of hot wings, sauce and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We’re focusing on what we define as ‘full repair,’” he told The Final Call. “A lot of people don’t have a clear idea...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — DuVernay, who took on the project after Santana suggested it to her via tweet, wants to dramatize what the criminal justice system and...
THE AFRO — ikki Osei-Barrett and Simona Noce Wright, cofounders of District Motherhued that supports millennial moms of color in the DMV, created the Momference to...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Frustrated with the failures of the ruling African National Congress, South Africans gave the ANC its lowest turnout since 2004 when it took...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Television personality and philanthropist, Judge Mablean, and the Mablean Ephriam Foundation created as her namesake, presents its 17th Annual HUF Award, Honoring...
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — This country, despite its rhetoric for honoring teachers, does not respect traditional public education — including teachers and their students — enough to...
ROLLINGOUT — The saga continues between Wendy Williams and her estranged husband, Kevin Hunter Sr. Following a recent fight between Kevin Sr. and their son, Kevin Hunter,...
MILWAUKEE COURIER — Over a month ago, around 1,800 middle and high school students were preparing for the 46th annual SkillsUSA Wisconsin State Leadership and Skills Conference....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “It’s impossible to understand the modern world without a grasp of the transatlantic slave trade. The business of buying and selling human beings...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to community activist Quanell X, 26-year-old Derion Vence, the gentleman who has become the prime suspect in little Maleah’s disappearance, confessed to...
SEATTLE MEDIUM — To help residents who need a U.S. passport for upcoming travels, King County will open its Black River Community Service Center located inside...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Poor people are just trying to survive. A church leader cannot openly abuse power and money while people are getting around on buses...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Staff Sgt. Logan J. Melgar was found dead on June 4, 2017 in housing he shared with other special operations forces in Mali....
WASHINGTON INFORMER — D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has officially kicked off the city’s 2020 Census efforts. The engagement process starts almost one year in advance of Census...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce the 2019 members of its Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, the Festival’s internationally-renowned high school all-star...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — A former executive director for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities during the Obama administration has been appointed to...
OKLAHOMA EAGLE — It is a hot summer in 1921. Alex and Mattie Griffin are successful entrepreneurs on Black Wall Street, a bustling African American business district in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “In the beginning it was just about the fundraising, but people still were inquiring about the cookies,” Mottley said. “And eventually, after getting...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Jackson’s family has absolutely no idea what exactly happened to him. Interestingly, apparently neither does the Burleson County Sheriff’s Department. Well…at least that...
