By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald via The Associated Press They arrived over 50 years ago, fleeing dictatorship and death. Along the treacherous, three-week ocean journey, the seafaring Haitian asylum seekers traded their shoes for food and water in Cuba, and were briefly jailed in the Bahamas before being asked their final destination. “Miami,” they all
By The Associated Press Twitter says it will ease up on its 3-year-old ban on political advertising, the latest change by Elon Musk as he tries to pump up revenue after purchasing the social media platform last year. The company recently tweeted: “We’re relaxing our ads policy for cause-based ads in the U.S.” “We also
By James Pollard and Jeffrey Collins, The Associated Press/Report for America Federal judges ordered South Carolina lawmakers to draw new congressional maps, ruling Jan. 6 that the U.S. House district lines of a seat flipped by Democrats four years ago were intentionally redrawn to split Black neighborhoods to dilute their voting power. The state used
By AFRO Staff The women of the Prince William County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (PWCAC-DST) and the Delta Research and Educational Foundation, have come together once again for the 33rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Youth Oratorical Competition and Program. The event will begin at 11 a.m. on January 16, the
By Business Wire (BUSINESS WIRE) – University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies has released a new whitepaper, “Narrowing the Path to C-Suite Positions,” in a collaboration between authors Alfreda Goods, DM, a fellow in the Center for Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Research (CWDIR), Adrian Allen, DBA, and Lisa K. Langford, DM, also a fellow
(BUSINESS WIRE) – NASA invites both early-career and senior scientists to explore fellowship opportunities in its postdoctoral program and share in NASA’s mission to develop advancements in science, technology, aeronautics and space exploration. The deadline to apply for this cycle of fellowships is March 1, 2023. Learn more or apply for fellowships in the NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP). ORAU
Photo: lightwise via 123RF Reported incidents of identity theft and fraud have seen a steady uptick, with 5.7 million cases in 2021, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The most commonly reported form of identity theft is credit card fraud, followed by government documents or benefits fraud, loan or lease fund fraud, employment or tax-related fraud, bank
By John Wawrow, AP Sports Writer It was uplifting enough for the Buffalo Bills staff and players to see Damar Hamlin appear on the video screen in the team’s meeting room Jan. 6 — “larger than life,” as coach Sean McDermott put it — for the first time since the safety collapsed and had to
By Shirley L. Smith, New York Amsterdam News The COVID-19 pandemic and America’s continuing struggle with gun violence have shined a long overdue spotlight on the impact of grief on children. Child advocates are hoping this heightened awareness will spark a culture shift in American schools so that grief training and counseling will become as
By Ben Jealous As we greet 2023, I’m feeling more than the typical seasonal optimism. America is primed once again for a historic achievement, call it our “Earth shot.” In the 1960s and early 1970s, the United States spent the current dollar equivalent of just under $300 billion on “landing a man on the moon