August 2023 Archive

Black borrowers may be biggest beneficiaries of student loan forgiveness
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer When the Biden Administration announced its latest initiative to reduce the nation’s unsustainable trillion-dollar student debt, both borrowers and advocates rejoiced. In the coming weeks an estimated ...
Black women weigh emerging risks of ‘creamy crack’ hair straighteners
By Ronnie Cohen Contributing Writer (kffhealthnews.org) — Deanna Denham Hughes was stunned when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer last year. She was only 32. She had no family history of cancer, ...
Enraged Trump wants SCOTUS to intervene on indictments
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Former President Donald Trump wasted no time after his most recent arraignment on charges of attempting to manipulate the 2020 presidential race, as ...
Concerns mount among Democrats as Black voter turnout drops
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Democrats are increasingly worried about a potential drop in Black voter turnout next year, particularly among Black men, their most loyal constituency, who ...
Henrietta Lacks’ family settles lawsuit with biotech company
By Stacy M. Brown Continuing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Living relatives of Henrietta Lacks have reached a confidential settlement with Thermo Fisher Scientific, the multi-billion-dollar biotechnology company that has used regenerative ...
‘Game changer’: New law covers doula services for private insurance
By Josie Abugov Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — Two years after Frankie Robertson gave birth to her son, an experience she described as fairly uneventful, she got pregnant again. At the time, she ...
Historically Black collegiate fraternity relocates convention due to Florida’s ‘harmful, racist, and insensitive’ policies
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — The oldest historically Black collegiate fraternity in the United States, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, has announced that it will move its planned 2025 ...
Politicians are not Historians
By David W. Marshall TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The College Board is a nonprofit organization that runs an association of institutions, including over 6,000 schools, colleges, universities, and other educational entities as part of ...
Practical economic, cultural and political guidance
By A. Peter Bailey TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist When asked about Brother Malcolm X, I always praise him as a Master Teacher who taught me and many others the importance of reading, learning ...
Handling extremism
By Dr. E. Faye Williams TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist At one time we could confidently turn to the U.S. Supreme Court for relief from extremist behavior that attempted to take away rights we ...

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