By Dr. Alveda King and Jonathan Williams While discussing his motivation for lowering state income taxes, Mississippi Speaker of the House Philip Gunn explained, “There is just no downside to putting money back into the pockets of people.” It’s hard to argue with that. Despite the gridlock in our nation’s capital, there is hope across
By Alanna Durkin Richer and Colleen Long, The Associated Press Thirty shot—two fatally— at a block party in Baltimore. At least three killed and 10 wounded at an annual July Fourth bash in Shreveport, La. A 7-year-old shot dead in Tampa after two groups gathered along a causeway for Independence Day started to fight. Nine
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Bobby Henry, the publisher of the Westside Gazette in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., won the election as chair of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) during the organization’s 2023 convention in Nashville, Tenn. The NNPA is the trade association of more than 200 African American-owned newspapers and media companies in
Nigerian gospel singer, Odunayo Akintomide is out with a new single titled “Olowo Nla,” accompanied by a music video. The indigenous midtempo is a song of praise and prayer that talks about the outstretched hand of the Almighty God. Odunayo Akintomide is a worshipper, songwriter, producer, and performing/recording artist. She has an album and released
As anticipation heightened for the maiden edition of the Gospel Groove Talent Quest, organizers of the gospel music talent discovery show, Eezee Conceptz Global have penciled in July 8th and 9th 2023 as dates for the MINDUSTRY Academy and live auditions which will take place in Lagos. With 140 selected participants poised to benefit from
By Frank Bajak, Heather Hollingsworth and Larry, Contributors to the Associated Press The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive parents, truancy — even suicide attempts. “Please do something,” begged a student in one leaked file, recalling the
By John Flesher, The Associated Press Chemical manufacturer 3M Co. will pay at least $10.3 billion to settle lawsuits over contamination of many U.S. public drinking water systems with potentially harmful compounds used in firefighting foam and a host of consumer products, the company said Thursday. The deal would compensate water providers for pollution with
By Isabella O’Malley, The Associated Press As a warming Earth simmered into worrisome new territory this week, scientists said the unofficial records being set for average planetary temperature were a clear sign of how pollutants released by humans are warming their environment. But the heat is also just one way the planet is telling us
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire After the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to end Affirmative Action in higher education, a civil rights group has launched a challenge to legacy admissions at Harvard University. Lawyers for Civil Rights, a Boston-based nonprofit, filed a complaint, arguing that the practice unfairly favors predominantly White children of alumni and
Tasha Cobbs Leonard was recently honored at the 2023 Essence Fest. See Tasha’s post about the event HERE.