AT&T celebrates Black History Month with ‘Future Makers’ fireside chat series
By Emeka Dibia Contributing Writer On February 27, at the corner of St. Charles Ave. and Martin Luther King Boulevard, just days after parades rolled by, a crowd of spectators gathered inside ... You might be buying a hand sanitizer that won’t work for coronavirus
By Marshall Allen and Lisa Song ProPublica It’s tempting, especially now, to buy one of the many hand sanitizers whose label says it “kills 99.99 percent of illness causing germs.” But that ...
New doc exposes unfair treatment of Black girls in US schools
(Forbes via Defender News Service) — A new documentary, “PUSHOUT: the Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools,” debuting on PBS March 16, exposes the alarming numbers of African-American girls facing ...
Wharton School names Black woman dean
(BlackmansStreet.Today) — Erika H. James, dean of the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, has been named dean of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Her term begins ...
Port of La. receives $13.4M grant for infrastructure improvements
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer On February 21, U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration administrator, Admiral Mark H. Buzby, joined Senator Bill Cassidy, Senator John Kennedy and Representative Garret Graves in presenting ... Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell pleads guilty in investment scheme
(The Shreveport Times via Defender News Service) — For two years, Houston megachurch pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell has been dealing with allegations that he defrauded people of millions of dollars using ... Pence leaves out key details about health coverage of coronavirus testing
By Julie Appleby Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — Amid ongoing concern about the new coronavirus, Vice President Mike Pence sought to assure Americans that their health insurance will cover the tests ...
Walter ‘Wolfman’ Washington celebrates Gideon Day
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Most Wednesday nights you can find the great guitarist and vocalist Walter “Wolfman” Washington performing with his Roadmasters at one of Frenchmen Street’s finest music clubs, ... Fate of historic Ebony, Jet archive to be determined by advisory group
(NBC via Defender News Service) — Images from Muhammad Ali in action to Eartha Kitt reading by the pool could soon be available to the public as the fate of ... Everything old is new again
The “Stop and Frisk” policy employed by New York police torpedoed Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign. Bloomberg apologized for supporting the discriminatory tactic but couldn’t overcome the criticism of other contenders ...
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By Emeka Dibia Contributing Writer On February 27, at the corner of St. Charles Ave. and Martin Luther King Boulevard, just days after parades rolled by, a crowd of spectators gathered inside ... You might be buying a hand sanitizer that won’t work for coronavirus
By Marshall Allen and Lisa Song ProPublica It’s tempting, especially now, to buy one of the many hand sanitizers whose label says it “kills 99.99 percent of illness causing germs.” But that ...
(Forbes via Defender News Service) — A new documentary, “PUSHOUT: the Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools,” debuting on PBS March 16, exposes the alarming numbers of African-American girls facing ...
(BlackmansStreet.Today) — Erika H. James, dean of the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, has been named dean of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Her term begins ...
By Meghan Holmes Contributing Writer On February 21, U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration administrator, Admiral Mark H. Buzby, joined Senator Bill Cassidy, Senator John Kennedy and Representative Garret Graves in presenting ... Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell pleads guilty in investment scheme
(The Shreveport Times via Defender News Service) — For two years, Houston megachurch pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell has been dealing with allegations that he defrauded people of millions of dollars using ... Pence leaves out key details about health coverage of coronavirus testing
By Julie Appleby Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — Amid ongoing concern about the new coronavirus, Vice President Mike Pence sought to assure Americans that their health insurance will cover the tests ...
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Most Wednesday nights you can find the great guitarist and vocalist Walter “Wolfman” Washington performing with his Roadmasters at one of Frenchmen Street’s finest music clubs, ... Fate of historic Ebony, Jet archive to be determined by advisory group
(NBC via Defender News Service) — Images from Muhammad Ali in action to Eartha Kitt reading by the pool could soon be available to the public as the fate of ... Everything old is new again
The “Stop and Frisk” policy employed by New York police torpedoed Mike Bloomberg’s presidential campaign. Bloomberg apologized for supporting the discriminatory tactic but couldn’t overcome the criticism of other contenders ...
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