Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar will perform for the first time on stage together at the 2022 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. The NFL, […]
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NAACP, Boston Celtics, VistaPrint award grants to Black-owned businesses
The NAACP, VistaPrint and the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation announced the second set of recipients from the Power Forward Small Business Grant. This shared commitment of $1 million was designed […]
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Black corrections officer sues Walmart for racial profiling
A Black law enforcement officer is alleging that he was racially profiled in a Georgia Walmart store after he was handcuffed and wrongfully accused of shoplifting – and now he’s suing, […]
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Vaccines lag among children in grade school
Two months after Pfizer’s covid vaccine was authorized for children ages 5 to 11 years, just 27 percent have received at least one shot, according to Jan. 12 data from […]
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Poet Maya Angelou featured on United States quarter
For the first time in American history, people will be able to hold a piece of U.S. currency with the image of a Black woman—poet Maya Angelou—later this month. According […]
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Masking for the omicron variant
By Victoria Knight Kaiser Health News The highly transmissible omicron variant is sweeping through the U.S., causing a huge spike in COVID-19 cases and overwhelming many hospital systems. Besides urging […]
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Biden proclaims January National Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Human trafficking – whether in the form of forced labor, sex trafficking, or other offenses – counts as an abhorrent abuse of power and a profoundly immoral crime that strikes […]
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Dr. Cheryl Grills appointed to National Reparations Commission
Dr. Ron Daniels, convener of the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC), recently announced that Dr. Cheryl Grills, Professor of Psychology at Loyola Marymount University, former national president of The […]
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the Black press of America
Vice President Kamala Harris provided a message of hope while striking an encouraging tone during an exclusive interview with the Black Press of America. The Vice President, who cut her […]
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Super Bowl a definite ‘go’ next month in Inglewood
Los Angeles County’s public health director and Board of Supervisors chair both insist the Super Bowl will go forward as planned at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood next month, despite concerns […]
