The nation’s most prominent civil rights organization announced over the weekend during its annual national board meeting in New York, a strategic restructuring which better positions the organization to lead the critical policy advocacy and social justice work needed to ensure the rights of all people. The group also signed series of memoranda of understanding […]
When new construction projects break ground across the United States, they regularly encounter archaeological materials. Those materials can represent the last surviving trace of the lives lived by the people who made them; and all too often, those materials turn out to be from cemeteries and burial grounds used by segregated and enslaved African-American communities. […]
In the wake of reports that millions of taxpayers have been surprised to learn they owe money to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) this filing season, Ways & Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA) and Oversight Subcommittee member Judy Chu (D-CA) sent a letter to Department of Treasury (Treasury) Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles […]
Valentine’s Day is upon us and if you either completely forgot or haven’t gotten your sweetheart a gift yet, there’s still time to get something great that won’t break the bank. Plan for a weekend dinner Not only will a weeknight dinner inconvenience most more than that of a weekend dinner but also, you’ll be […]
Despite the blackface and racial yearbook photo scandal embroiling Gov. Ralph Northam, D-Va., most African-Americans in Virginia do not want to see the governor step down, according to the latest Washington Post-Schar School Poll. The numbers are split dead even among Virginians at 47 percent apiece for stepping down vs. not stepping down, but there is a wide disagreement […]
Editor’s note: In his second State of the Union address, President Donald Trump ranged from generous to combative, eloquent to blunt. He unexpectedly complimented the wave of recently elected Democratic women in the House, and they responded by applauding for themselves. And he spent a lot of time on a his favorite topic: immigration and […]
Fastweb, the leading website for scholarship and financial aid information and a member of the Monster network, focuses on resources for African-American students in celebration of Black History Month. The online portal encourages undergraduate, graduate and college-bound African American and all minority students to help fund their college education by applying for scholarship opportunities, available […]
NAACP Image ® Award-winning Actress Wendy Raquel Robinson and GRAMMY® Award-nominated R&B singer Tank hosted the 2019 Bounce Trumpet Awards, an exciting night of inspiration, history and crowd-rousing performances celebrating African-American achievements and contributions. The show will air Feb. 17 on Bounce. During the 2019 Bounce Trumpet Awards viewers will see: The inaugural Xernona Clayton Award being presented to GRAMMY® Award-winning rapper, actor, entrepreneur […]
Bennett College surpassed its fundraising campaign, with an announcement Monday that it had raised $8.2 million on a quest to restore its accreditation. The eight-week social media blitz surpassed its $5 million goal, eliciting cheers at a lengthy ceremony at the college’s chapel that was broadcast on YouTube. Bennett will appeal its accreditation revocation to […]
Several years ago, MapQuest directed me on a 10-hour drive to visit my father in a Florida hospital. Complications from diabetes, including blindness, kidney failure, congestive heart failure, and a below-the-knee amputation, had taken their toll. This time my father, 69, was hospitalized for an infection of unknown origin that physicians could not name, despite […]
