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Biden: States Should Open Vaccinations to All Adults by May 1
Just hours after signing into law his massive $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, President Joe Biden addressed the nation and announced the implementation of his next phase of a national strategy to put the pandemic in the country’s rear-view mirror.
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Black Students Have Far Less Trust in Their Colleges Than Other Students Do
The big idea Black undergraduates consistently said they trusted the people who run the colleges they attend – and society overall – substantially less than their white peers did. We have termed this difference the racial trust gap, and it
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Americans Are Finally Making Vacation Plans — Here’s Why Yours Should Include Amsterdam
For most Americans, being safe and responsible means that venturing too far away from our homes has limited — or even eliminated — our travel and vacation plans. However, with the release of three approved vaccines and with statistics starting
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Encouraging the Celebration of Everyday Icons Through Letters, Unity and Service
Alpha Kappa Alpha Founder’s Great-Grand Daughter, Chantel Harris, Celebrates Iconic Daughters this Women’s History Month (New York, NY) To celebrate Women’s History Month, Whataboutourdaughters? founded by a former presidential staffer Tiffiany Vaughn Jones, has launched a women’s empowerment campaign. A
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Rice University Athletics – Owls Bounce Back Against Trinity
Match Recap: Men’s Tennis | 3/13/2021 Houston: The Rice men’s tennis team returned to winning form on Saturday, downing Trinity 4-0 at the George R. Brown Tennis Center with the clinching point against Trinity coming from a player named Trinity
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Zooming For Economic Equity and Against Voter Suppression Hosted by “A Call to Colors” and “A Call to Corporate America” – GDN Exclusive
Corporate Attendance is Welcomed! Saturday March 27, 2021 (1:00 pm-3:00 pm) Click here to register A growing number of Black leaders and leadership organizations are supporting GDN’s upcoming Zoom project. The Zoom project is designed to create an open forum
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Millions of American Parents Will Soon Get a Monthly Allowance: 4 Questions Answered
The federal government’s US$1.9 trillion relief package Congress passed on March 10 will temporarily expand the child tax credit. This credit, currently pegged at up to $2,000 a year per child until they turn 17, will instead total $3,600 for children under 6 and
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President Biden Poised to Sign $1.9 Trillion American Rescue Plan
President Joe Biden eagerly awaits the final version of the American Rescue Plan, and is expected to sign the legislation into law by the end of the week. After passing in the Senate last weekend, the revised legislation was sent back to
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More Time, More Energy? A Concept From Physics Called Negentropy Could Help
Life is full of small decisions: Should I pick up that sock on the floor? Should I do the dishes before bed? What about fixing the leaky faucet in the bathroom? Leaving a sock on the ground is a manifestation
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New Jersey State Police’s First 100 Years Characterized by Racial Prejudice
The New Jersey State Police, founded 100 years ago, was created to counter the influence of the state’s rising populations of African Americans and immigrants, whom white residents feared. My research into the agency’s culture found that the agency emerged as the result of a seven-year campaign by the
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NNPA Fund 2021 Newsmaker of the Year Awards
The National Newspaper Publishers Association Fund (NNPAF) BLACK PRESS WEEK will honor the George Floyd Family and House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (D-SC) with the Newsmaker of the Year Award for Leadership during its two-day virtual conference on Thursday,
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The Diaspora: Atrocities in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
The United States is gravely concerned by reported atrocities and the overall deteriorating situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. We strongly condemn the killings, forced removals and displacements, sexual assaults, and other extremely serious human rights violations and abuses
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Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan: Oprah Winfrey was the Star of that Interview
According to the Wall Street Journal, 17.1 million people got an opportunity to see why Oprah Winfrey is still the Queen of talk, interviewing Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan Markle on CBS. The Royal Family has been the center of tabloid fodder
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Biden’s $1,400 COVID-19 Checks May Be Great Politics, but It’s Questionable Economics
The US$1,400 direct checks to people are the most expensive and perhaps most popular part of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package racing its way through Congress right now. The House is set to vote on a final version of the package narrowly passed by the
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Immune Interference – Why Even ‘Updated’ Vaccines Could Struggle To Keep Up
Despite the success and optimism of the new COVID-19 vaccination campaigns being rolled out worldwide, the emergence of new viral strains threatens to undermine their effectiveness. Indeed, South Africa has been forced to rethink its strategy as its initial vaccine of choice failed
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How 18 Million Americans Could Move Into Rural Areas – Without Leaving Home
About 46 million Americans – 14% of the nation’s inhabitants – are currently classified as living in rural areas. That number could jump to 64 million – an increase of nearly 40% – without anyone moving into a new home.
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HBCU Grad Becomes the NFL’s First Black Woman Referee
Maia Chaka, a graduate from Norfolk State University, has made history by becoming the first Black woman to referee an NFL game since 1920 when the league was founded. “I am honored to be selected as an NFL official,” Chaka
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Telecommuting Expert Predicts Permanent Changes in the Way We Work Following Pandemic
With the sudden shift to remote work brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, many corporations have had to quickly assemble a patchwork of policies, procedures, and technologies. Timothy Golden, a professor in the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic
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Big U.S. Companies Slash Donations to Politicians After Trump Election Challenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ten U.S. corporations slashed donations to candidates seeking federal office by more than 90% in January, after pledging to cut off giving to the Republicans who supported former President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn his election defeat.
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Black Americans Must Now Fight on All Fronts
While some of us are spending our time watching the news or wondering how we are going to survive the pandemic, now is the time to understand the battles we are in and determine what we must do individually and collectively.
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House of Representatives Passes George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
The House on Wednesday passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, an ambitious police reform bill that would ban chokeholds and overhaul qualified immunity protections for officers. The legislation, H.R. 1280, passed 220-212 — although a Republican Congressman Lance
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U.S. House of Representatives Passes Milestone Voting and Ethics Legislation
State lawmakers in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona and other jurisdictions who continue to enact local voter suppression laws were put on notice by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives who passed a sweeping elections and ethics bill on Wednesday.
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AARP Creates New Business Group to Expand Its Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
WASHINGTON — AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins announced the creation of a new group, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and a new executive-level position, Chief Diversity Officer. The group and role were created to heighten the organization’s focus on its social
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After a Century of Land Theft and Exclusion, Black Farmers Getting Needed Government Aid
With the objective of ending systemic racism, the House of Representatives passed two bills this week: The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act and the For the People Act of 2021 that attacks voter suppression. Lawmakers have also signaled their
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Trying To Rewrite the January 6th Coup Attempt
There is something amazing going on in Republican Party circles. If I did not know better, I would assume that I was watching a television comedy. Segments of the Republican Party are attempting to tell us that the January 6th coup attempt
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Senate Passes $1.9 Trillion American Rescue Plan
President Joe Biden promised help was on the way to an America still battered by COVID-19, and after a marathon session of debate known as vote-a-rama and some dissension in the Democratic ranks – particularly Sen. Joe Manchin of West
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What Should You Do If Your Loved One Goes Missing?
According to the most recent statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, approximately 40 percent of the 425,000 missing children in America are Black. Specifically, 156,000 African American children under 18 are missing and unaccounted for. The National Newspaper Publishers Association
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What the Policing Response To the KKK in the 1960s Can Teach About Dismantling White Supremacist
During his confirmation hearing in February, Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland pledged that his first order of business would be to “supervise the prosecution of white supremacists and others who stormed the Capitol on January 6.” On that day, thousands of Trump
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Hettie Simmons Love, 1st Black Student to Graduate From World’s Leading Business School, Honored at 98
In honor of Women’s History Month, the National Youth Foundation (NYF) presents the almost uncaptured history of Hettie Simmons Love – the first African American to graduate from the preeminent University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. Students from the Philadelphia, PA area
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Local Black Business Owner Helped Thousands During the Texas Winter Freeze
Early Walker, owner of Chicago-based W&W Towing, was joined by Custom Companies Trucking Firm, 34th Ward Alderman Carrie M. Austin, Bishop Larry Trotter, Bloom Township Democratic Committeewoman Lori Wilcox, Olympia Fields Trustee Desiree Watkins and other public officials when they
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President Biden Applauds New Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
After a rigorous, open, and objective scientific review process, President Joe Biden proclaimed from the White House that the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for a third safe and effective vaccine to help defeat the COVID-19
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Leading CEOs Champion Equity for the Black Community in Accessing COVID-19 Vaccines
Black executives of AARP, ADA, APA, ICMA, NLC, and the YMCA join forces to equip Black Americans with accurate information about COVID-19 vaccination efforts WASHINGTON—Six of the nation’s largest non-governmental, non-profit membership organizations announced the launch of a vaccine equity
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Remembering a Forgotten World War II Hero
It remains by far one of the most heroic acts performed in war, and it also counts as one of the most underappreciated sacrifices in American history. Charles Jackson French, an African American orphan, and championship-caliber swimmer navigated shark infested
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Journey to Power: The History of Black Voters, 1976 to 2020
Not that long ago, they were just a slender fraction of the party, one kept at arm’s length by presidential candidates. But today, black voters have emerged as a muscular political force and one of the most intensely courted constituencies
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Police Officer Killed in New Orleans By Man Who Refused to Wear a Face Mask
Martinus Mitchum, a police officer working security at a high school basketball game in New Orleans, was shot and killed over a dispute that began when a man named John Shallerhorn attempted to enter the school without wearing a mask.
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How Black People in the 19th Century Used Photography as a Tool for Social Change
Frederick Douglass is perhaps best known as an abolitionist and intellectual. But he was also the most photographed American of the 19th century. And he encouraged the use of photography to promote social change for Black equality. In that spirit, this article
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IN MEMORIAM: Civil Rights Icon Vernon Jordan Dies at 85
Vernon Jordan, the former National Urban League president and civil rights leader, has died at 85. Vickee Jordan Adams, the icon’s daughter, confirmed his death on Tuesday. “My father passed away last night at around 10 p.m. surrounded by
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Inspired by Langston Hughes, Jazz Artist Candice Hoyes Talks New Music
NuSoul and Jazz artist Candice Hoyes has brought what her record label calls an otherworldly vocalism to her new single “Waiting for the World (Tired).” Inspired by the Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes, the single can be streamed here. In
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Louisiana Trooper Suspended Over Violent Death of Shackled Man
Two years ago, Louisiana State Police Master Trooper Kory York shackled and dragged a handcuffed Ronald Greene, a Black man, on his stomach and violently arrested him following a chase in the city of Monroe. Greene later died while in
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New Study: Innocent Blacks Seven Times More Likely to be Wrongfully Convicted of Murder Than Innocent Whites
According to the latest report from The Innocence Project, innocent Black people are seven times more likely to be wrongfully convicted of murder than innocent White people. The nonprofit legal organization committed to exonerating wrongly convicted individuals also noted
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Morgan State Alum Dropped Out, Drove for UPS, Presents University with $20 Million Endowment
He attended Morgan State College nearly 40 years ago and had to drop out because he could not afford it. (In 1975, Morgan State was designated a university by the Maryland State Legislature). Calvin E. Tyler Jr. and his wife,
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From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration
“The genius of the current caste system, and what most distinguishes it from its predecessors, is that it appears voluntary. People choose to commit crimes, and that’s why they are locked up or locked out, we are told. This feature
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Voter Suppression a Lasting Legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
“Presidential elections and the voter experience have long been fraught for black people. From racist poll taxes to made-up literacy tests to the egregious rollback of voting rights over the past 50 years, American democracy has, at times, felt like
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A Slave’s African Medical Science Saves the Lives of Bostonians During the 1721 Smallpox Epidemic
“I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.” — Frederick Douglass “I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having
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UN Observes International Remembrance of Slave Trade
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots — Marcus Garvey Washington, DC, August 23, 2018 — The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) announces the launch of a global news
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The Future of America is People of Color – There Is a Diversity Explosion Taking Place
As America struggles with the challenges of Covid-19, and a depression/recession, there is sunshine and a belief of tremendous success with people of color (POC). Truth, integrity and factual information are the foundation that President Biden and Vice-President Harris are
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This Life is About That First Step
Do any of you remember that certain Sunday when moved to accept the truth of your own salvation? I did recently. I was asked a very simple question by the new member deacon: “Do I believe in Jesus Christ?” For
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Block the Vote: Voter Suppression in 2020
Voting should be as easy and convenient as possible, and in many cases it is. But across the U.S., too many politicians are passing measures making it harder to cast a ballot. The goal is to manipulate political outcomes, and
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