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Dr. Esther Obeng: At home in her lab at St. Jude
Ask Esther Obeng, M.D., Ph.D., about her job title, and she’s liable to offer up a variety of terms: physician-scientist, researcher, attending physician and assistant faculty member. But there’s another title, one that preceded her position at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,
Read MoreWhite House COVID-19 Response Team and the Black Press
Stacy M. Brow, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Misinformation and disinformation are the primary drivers for vaccine hesitancy in African American and Latino neighborhoods. Still, individuals should cautiously seek trusted voices in their respective communities who only present life-saving
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Urban One Honors 2021: “Women Leading the Change”
For media mogul and entrepreneur Cathy Hughes, this year’s Mother’s Day was going to be difficult. Last July, Hughes’s mother, Helen Jones Woods, 96, died from complications of Covid-19. For the 74-year-old Hughes, multi-millionaire and founder and chairperson of Urban
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PGA Tour Announces Partnership with NNPA on National Golf Day
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion was a prime focus during the 2021 National Golf Day event held virtually on Monday, May 10. We Are Golf, a coalition of the game’s leading associations and industry partners, usually hosts the event in Washington,
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Valence Launches BONDS to Establish a New Ecosystem for Black Professional Development
Inaugural partners Accel, Electrolux, GGV Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Providence Strategic Growth, Roblox, Silicon Valley Bank and Upfront Ventures sponsor their emerging Black executives to engage with exclusive resources and mentorship to position them for the C-suite (Los Angeles, CA)
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Why Corporate America Appears To Be Drifting Away From the Republican Party
There’s a growing rift between corporate America and the GOP – two groups that have long been bedfellows. The latest incident involves a restrictive voting law passed in Georgia – with dozens of other states working on their own measures meant to limit voting. Over
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What the Us Can Learn From Africa About Slavery Reparations
The House Judiciary Committee voted on April 14, 2021, to recommend the creation of a commission to study the possibility of paying reparations to the descendants of enslaved people in the United States. The measure, H.R. 40, would establish a 15-person commission
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16-Year Old Headed to College, Chooses HBCU Over Yale and Harvard
Curtis Lawrence, a 16-year old boy from Washington, DC that has already graduated high school, has been accepted to 14 colleges including Yale and Harvard. However, he wants to attend an HBCU and has already decided to attend FAMU (Florida
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How Much Sleep Do You Really Need? Sleep Is an Essential Part of Life
Just like eating, drinking or breathing, sleep is an essential part of life. In fact, all animals do it – with some interesting variations. A dolphin, for example, sleeps with one eye open and only half of its brain snoozing at a time. This
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Why Business School Efforts to Recruit More Diverse Faculties Are Failing
Despite the increasing diversity among America’s college students, business school professors remain overwhelmingly white. In U.S. business schools, Black and Hispanic individuals make up 23.2% of students, yet only 6.7% of the faculty. As a researcher with a long-standing interest in the reasons business schools lack diverse faculty,
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From Rodney King to George Floyd, How Video Evidence Can Be Differently Interpreted in Courts
News media coverage of Derek Chauvin’s trial for the murder of George Floyd highlighted the role of video as a “star witness.” Jurors in this trial saw footage from cellphones, police body cameras, dashboard cameras and surveillance cameras. In his
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The Value of The HBCU Experience and The New Black Student Movement (NBSM) – GDN Exclusive
Maya Martin grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina with family who values education…a lot. She’s a second-generation college student at Fayetteville State University (FSU) and enrolled there through a program, Campus Connection, that her parents chose for her and her
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Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Targets Lead Pipes That Threaten Public Health
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan includes a proposal to upgrade the U.S. drinking water distribution system by removing and replacing dangerous lead pipes. As a geochemist and environmental health researcher who has studied the heartbreaking impacts of lead poisoning in children for
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Georgia Voter Suppression Efforts May Not Change Election Results Much
There has been understandable outrage and widespread criticism of the new voting laws in Georgia – and of similar efforts in other states. These laws would likely make voting more difficult, including by reducing options for voting and making it harder to use an absentee ballot. My research indicates, however,
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Police Academies Dedicate 3.21% Of Training Hours to Ethics and Other Public Service Topics
Police academies provide little training in the kinds of skills necessary to meet officers’ growing public service role, according to my research. Highly publicized cases of police violence – such as the 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and 2014 shooting of Michael
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A Transformational President: Keeping Promises and Getting the Country Back on Track
President Biden has completed the first 100-days milestone that has been used since Franklin Roosevelt to assess new presidents’ progress towards keeping their campaign promises and their prospects for having a successful presidency. So far, in my estimation, Joe Biden is keeping his
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The Big Lie as Journalism: Murdock Paper Publishes “Book” Lie on Vice President Harris
On April 23, The New York Post published and then edited a story that claimed that a children’s book by Vice President Kamala Harris was given out to migrant children at the Mexican border as part of a “welcome kit”
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Black Voters Matter, War4life Adds Holla! Annual 5k as a Stop on Their COVID-19 Bus Tour
“GOTVaccine” mini bus tour to provide HOLLA! participants with free COVID-19 testing, vaccines, face masks, school supplies and more North Carolina — On Saturday, May 8th Black Voters Matter and War4Life will continue their “GOTVaccine” mini bus tour with a
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The NAACP and The New Black Student Movement (NBSM) – GDN Exclusive
Is a new black student movement needed? At a recent Zoom meeting, Fayetteville State University (FSU) students answered in the affirmative and gave examples of their civic engagement activities within their National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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Civil Rights Groups Sue Georgia Over New Sweeping Voter Suppression Law
ATLANTA — Civil rights groups have filed a new federal lawsuit against Georgia’s sweeping law that makes it much harder for all Georgians to vote, particularly voters of color, new citizens, and religious communities. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Georgia,
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DOJ Seeks to Clean up Police Departments Around the Country
When U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the Department of Justice had opened a civil investigation to determine whether police in Minneapolis engage in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing, the proclamation was met both with
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President Biden Expected to Ramp Up Efforts to Pass Voter Access, Election Integrity Bill
President Joe Biden plans to continue speaking with senators this week about passing H.R. 1, a bill that addresses voter access, election integrity and security, campaign finance, and ethics for the three government branches. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki
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White House Throws Full Support Behind DC Statehood
The Biden Administration strongly supports H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, and the President on Tuesday urged swift passage of the measure in Congress. “For far too long, the more than 700,000 people of Washington, D.C. have been deprived
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Children’s Defense Fund Preparing to Open Summer Freedom Schools
The Children’s Defense Fund has always lived by the motto that children are the future. As young people of color are the majority of youth in America, the nonprofit organization is ramping up its Freedom Schools program. Dr. Starsky Wilson,
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Biden-Harris Administration Delivers Funds to Support Older Americans’ Health
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Community Living has released $1.4 billion in funding from the American Rescue Plan for Older Americans Act programs, including initiatives to support vaccine outreach and coordination, address social isolation, provide
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Darryl Strawberry Tells Black Press How Everyone Can Make a Turnaround in Life
Just as it did when he first arrived in the major leagues 38 years ago, Darryl Strawberry’s name evokes awe. His picture-perfect left-handed swing that launched 335 home runs and drove 1,000 RBIs, remains one of baseball’s all-time pleasing memories.
Read More14-Year Old Creates Hilarious 2-Minute Video About a Dysfunctional Black Family Meeting
DJ Lee, a 14-year old YouTuber from Southern California, cleverly pokes fun in his latest video about a dysfunctional Black family as they discuss getting “the shot”. [Watch the video here] In the skit, he holds a family meeting to encourage his
Read MoreA Coral Reef Dies as Climate Change Devastates One of the Most Pristine Tropical Island Areas on Earth
The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut-covered sandy beaches with incredible bird life rim tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, hundreds of miles from any continent. Just below the waves, coral reefs stretch for
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Cities Have Long Struggled to Reform Their Police – Community and Officer Buy-in Might Be Key
The guilty verdicts delivered against Derek Chauvin on April 20, 2021, represented a landmark moment – but courtroom justice cannot deliver the sweeping changes most Americans feel are needed to improve policing in the U.S. As America continues to grapple with racism and police
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Calls for Justice at N.C. Funeral of Andrew Brown Jr. Shot and Killed by Deputies
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — Mourners gathered Monday for the funeral of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man shot and killed by deputies in North Carolina, with the Rev. Al Sharpton issuing a powerful call for transparency and the release
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Renee Montgomery Makes History in Purchasing WNBA’s Atlanta Dream
Renee Montgomery, a two-time WNBA champion and vice president of the Atlanta Dream, has purchased a stake in the franchise and is now co-owner. Montgomery is the first retired player to own and serve as an executive of a WNBA
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The Supreme Court Can Protect Black Lives By Ending Qualified Immunity
Last year, we witnessed another crushing blow in the fight to end police violence against Black people. Only one of the three officers involved in the murder of Breonna Taylor was charged in the case. However, they were not charged
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Oakland Program Distributes $500 to Families of Color
In the middle of a worldwide awakening to the centuries-old racism and oppression suffered by Black people, some African Americans finally see tangible assistance – even if the help isn’t characterized as reparations. Oakland, Calif., Mayor Libby Schaaf announced that
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Virtual Events: Join this Discussion – The New Black Student Movement
Join this discussion sponsored by the FSUNAA Civic Engagement & Advocacy Committee Coverage and promotion by Greater Diversity News (GDN) When: May 28, 2021, 4:30 pm Where: Virtual Purpose: To discuss strategies to defeat voter suppression, new Jim Crow legislation
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