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GDN Print Edition 6-23-16
Greater Diversity News (GDN) is a statewide publication with national reach and relevance. We are a chosen news source for underrepresented and underserved communities in North Carolina. GDN and our companion website focuses on issues and opportunities important to Historically Underutilized Businesses
Read MoreCan Apple Cider Vinegar Help You Lose Weight?
Apple cider vinegar has been used as a health tonic for thousands of years. Research shows it has many health benefits, such as lowering blood sugar levels. But can adding apple cider vinegar to your diet also help you lose
Read MoreDealing With Sexism and Gender Issues in the Classroom
“What do you do if your child comes home with schoolbooks with racist or sexist stories?” Teachers and parents often face such questions or issues. But a new book may help with the answers. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Kim Cosier
Read MoreWhat Small Business Owner Needs to Know About Hiring
(StatePoint) Looking to staff up your small business? Don’t underestimate the importance of getting your hiring decisions right. The smaller your business is, the more important your choices become. “While searching for employees does take you away from your primary
Read MoreBlack Banks Struggle to Survive
Leah Chase recalls a time when she couldn’t get a loan from a white-owned bank to expand her now-legendary New Orleans restaurant. “I remember my husband going to a bank we used for years,” said Chase, 93. “When we went
Read MoreBeware of Donald Trump!
The United States of America is the greatest country in the world. It has been since 1492, in spite of its growing pains over the centuries, and has continued to grow and progress to this day. Our political system of
Read MoreSurvivor of Orlando Massacre Says Shooter Asked, “Are There Any Black People in Here?”
Patience Carter, one of the victims who survived the massacre at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, says that while trapped in the bathroom with the shooter, Omar Mateen, he asked if there were any Black people in the club. After
Read MoreLeBron James Passes Michael Jordan as the Most Valuable Player in NBA History
According to the Washington Post, “Lebron James has moved past Michael Jordan in post-season value over replacement, a box score estimate of the points per 100 possessions that a player contributed above a replacement-level player. In other words, James, despite
Read MoreGDN Print Edition 6-16-16
Greater Diversity News (GDN) is a statewide publication with national reach and relevance. We are a chosen news source for underrepresented and underserved communities in North Carolina. GDN and our companion website focuses on issues and opportunities important to Historically Underutilized Businesses
Read MoreCutting Refined Sugar’s Umbilical Cord
Once upon a time, sugar was mostly relegated to desserts. But now, excessive amounts can be found in our everyday foods and beverages, and it’s taking a toll, according to recently published studies. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer
Read MoreWhy Humans Have an Innate Desire to Get High?
It’s easy to explain the appeal of drugs like heroin and cocaine, which directly stimulate the brain’s reward centers. What’s less easy to explain is the appeal of psychedelic drugs such as LSD and psilocybin that produce altered states of
Read MoreWhy Snoop Lion Should Write, Direct and Produce Black Movies
Recently, rapper Snoop Dogg put up an epic video rant on his Instagram. In the verbiage that only Snoop can conjugate, he said in no uncertain terms that people should not watch the 21st century remake of the epic TV
Read MoreCommunity Activist Beats Depression Giving Back to Low Income Families
Orange County, Calif. – Depression is the clinical term for a person who is going through an emotional and physical disorder characterized by a general loss of interest and chronic feelings of sadness. Although Robert Flournoy was going through this
Read MoreDiscovering the Unexpected on the Journey to Empowerment: Young NNPA Black Scholars
The legendary scholar, writer and visionary James Baldwin once personally confided with me that he had come to know that the “power of the pen” for Black people in America and throughout world was “truly transformative and irreversibly impactful on
Read MoreBlack Wealth: Five Financial Terms You Hear Often, but Probably Don’t Fully Understand
We see it every day… in movies, commercials, and the internet. People on billboards or other advertisements, smiling uncontrollably, running through open fields, watching sunsets on white sand beaches (while drinking their lattes). Every day we are bombarded with “If
Read MoreEntrepreneur Celebrates Black Fathers Nationwide With Unique Gift Box Just for Men
Atlanta – Koils By Nature, an affordable natural hair & skincare line of cleansers, conditioners, shampoos, butters, gels, oils and treatments for all hair types, including curly, wavy, straight, relaxed, natural hair announces a Father’s Day Box special. Pamela Jenkins
Read MorePayday Rule Called a Good Beginning
WASHINGTON – Consumer, faith and civil rights leaders urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to take advantage of the historic opportunity presented by their new rule, proposed earlier today, and strengthen the rule, in order to rein in the worst
Read MoreGDN Print Edition 6-9-16
Greater Diversity News (GDN) is a statewide publication with national reach and relevance. We are a chosen news source for underrepresented and underserved communities in North Carolina. GDN and our companion website focuses on issues and opportunities important to Historically Underutilized Businesses
Read MoreMuhammad Ali ‘The Greatest’ Made His Final Journey Home
Hearts were heavy in many of the citizens of Louisville, KY when it was announced that their hometown hero, Boxing Great Muhammad Ali had died at the age of 74 in a Phoenix, AZ hospital Friday, June 3, 2016 from
Read MoreWhy It’s Important to Carve Your Own Identity
(StatePoint) As a society, we sometimes tend to put people in boxes and narrow an individual’s character to a single label — especially if he or she is different from us. While accepting the labels people apply to us seems
Read MoreInterracial Friendships Decrease in Elementary and Middle School, Teachers Play Hidden Role
As elementary and middle school students progress in school, they are less likely to have friends of a different race, even from the beginning to the end of a single school year, finds a study led by NYU’s Steinhardt School
Read MoreMeaningful Work Not Created by Bosses, but Study Says They Can Destroy It
Bosses play no role in fostering a sense of meaningfulness at work – but they do have the capacity to destroy it and should stay out of the way, new research shows. The study by researchers at the University of
Read MoreBlack Americans Speak 0ut Against ‘Black-On-Black’ Gun Violence
Spencer Overton, president of the Joint Center on Political and Economic Studies Over Memorial Day weekend, at least 69 people were shot in Chicago. If past trends continue, most of them are people of color. Mass shootings in places like
Read MoreBlack Farmer Fights to Kill Death Tax
John Wesley Boyd, Jr., lives off the land raising cows and growing soybeans and corn on 400 acres he owns in rural Baskerville, Virginia. He works alongside his father, John Wesley Boyd, Sr., 75, who farms 117 acres nearby that
Read MoreSerial Rapists Far More Common Than Previous Research Suggested
The testing of nearly 5,000 forgotten and backlogged rape kits in Cuyahoga County has led to investigations, indictments, prosecutions – and, already more than 250 convictions. But besides bringing justice to long-ignored victims and taking scores of violent offenders off
Read MoreGDN Print Edition 6-2-16
Greater Diversity News (GDN) is a statewide publication with national reach and relevance. We are a chosen news source for underrepresented and underserved communities in North Carolina. GDN and our companion website focuses on issues and opportunities important to Historically Underutilized Businesses
Read MoreAmerica’s Lack of a Female President ‘Exceptional’ From Global Perspective
BINGHAMTON, NY – It’s high time the United States elected the first woman president, and Hillary Clinton’s ability to handle global and domestic issues makes her most qualified to do the job, according to a new book edited by Dinesh
Read MoreFathers Incorporated Hosting Daddy Diaper Drive in Partnership With Huggies Drive to Benefit Low-Income Fathers in Atlanta
Atlanta – Fathers Incorporated has launched its Daddy Diaper Drive in partnership with Huggies for Atlanta fathers. The drive’s focus is to serve low-income fathers 25 years of age and younger. The drive kicked off at Fathers Incorporated’s National Fatherhood
Read MoreAuthor Aims at Curbing the 30 Million Word Gap With New Book for Infants
Chicago – At a time when parents are more concerned than ever about giving their children a competitive leg up, many children born into low income families are falling further behind. Dr. Mariana Glusman, pediatrician at Ann & Robert H.
Read MoreWhy Everyone Wants to Help the Sick, but Not the Unemployed
New research from Aarhus BSS at Aarhus University explains why healthcare costs are running out of control, while costs to unemployment protection are kept in line. The answer is found deep in our psychology, where powerful intuitions lead us to
Read MoreStudy Finds Evidence of Racial and Class Discrimination Among Psychotherapists
WASHINGTON – A new study suggests that psychotherapists discriminate against prospective patients who are black or working class. “Although I expected to find racial and class-based disparities, the magnitude of the discrimination working-class therapy seekers faced exceeded my grimmest expectations,”
Read MoreGeorgia Teens Redesign Mobile App to Grade Quality of Police Services
The teenage trio from Georgia, Ima, Asha and Caleb Christian relaunched their FiveO police rating app using the $22,000 first place award from the 2015 Hiil Innovating Justice Challenge at The Hague, Netherlands. The FiveO [NxtGen] app helps to build
Read MoreSegregation Increasing at Some U.S. Schools
(NNPA) A recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the segregation of African American and Hispanic students nationwide is getting worse. In particular, a notable increase in segregation among K-12 public schools was pointed out in the study. The
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African American and Latino Digital Innovators
(NNPA) That seems glib. But truth comes best in a simple package. The digital divide is real. Millions of brilliant, creative thinkers are still left behind, because they don’t have affordable access to the Internet. So what can we do to
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