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Georgia State Legislators Break Up Communities to Deny a Voice to Voters in Communities of Color
The SPLC released the following statement in response to Georgia’s new congressional and state legislative district maps from Poy Winichakul, Staff Attorney for Voting Rights: “The maps crafted by Georgia’s state legislature with little to no opportunity for transparency or
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Ghislaine Maxwell Guilty in Epstein Sex Trafficking Trial: What the Case Revealed About Female Sex Offenders
British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been convicted for her role in luring and grooming girls to be sexually abused by the American financier Jeffrey Epstein. In a court in lower Manhattan, Maxwell – a close friend of Epstein’s – was
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Preparing for the Voting Rights Battle Ahead in Early 2022
In 2021, 440 bills to restrict voting access were introduced in 49 states. Nineteen states passed 34 new laws making it more difficult to vote. There have been no cases cited demonstrating evidence of any widespread voter fraud. But the
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Black Business: Your Ancestors Didn’t Have a Problem With it!
Now some people are not going to like what they are about to read! Dallas, Texas’ historic Friendship-West Baptist Church, under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III, called for 100 Days of Buying Black as members
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Aunt Kelly’s Cookies Providing the Fresh, Old-School Flavor to Delighted Customers
Many people fondly remember, adore, and revere the old-school packaged cookies that were cravings before and after the lunch bell rang. The taste of chocolate chip or even butter crunch cookies was something most couldn’t resist. And while some still
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African American Entrepreneurs Head SPAC in $126.5 Million IPO to Acquire Black-owned Firmsn
Shawn Rochester, who authored the spellbinding book “The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America,” and Robin Watkins, a highly regarded financial and operations accountant, have made Wall Street history. And the two are poised to break through
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IN MEMORIAM: The Black Press of America Remembers Those We Lost in 2021
As the calendar turns to a new year and COVID remains as deadly today as the pandemic’s start nearly two years ago, the National Newspaper Publishers Association pauses to remember the icons who said goodbye in 2021. From the stunning
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Risk Factors That Determine Whether You’re More or Less Likely To Develop Cognitive Decline
About two in ten people over the age of 65 have mild cognitive impairment – a noticeable change in their memory, problem-solving abilities or attention. This is caused, in part, by the same brain changes that occur in dementia. While
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What Will 2022 Bring In the Way of Misinformation on Social Media? 3 Experts Weigh In
At the end of 2020, it seemed hard to imagine a worse year for misinformation on social media, given the intensity of the presidential election and the trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic. But 2021 proved up to the task, starting
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Home for the holidays and worried about an older relative? Make observations, not assumptions
With the second holiday season of the pandemic upon us, many people will have the opportunity to rejoin family and friends for celebrations. The pandemic has kept many of us apart longer than expected, and it may have been months
Read MoreThe Third Reconstruction: Finishing the Job
Educate, organize and mobilize: (Reprint of Dec. 2014 article) GreaterDiversity.com provides ongoing commentaries and news to get the masses of people to take a critical look at where we are politically and economically in North Carolina, why we are where
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4 New Year’s resolutions for a healthier environment in 2022
When many people think of New Year’s resolutions, they brainstorm ways to improve themselves for the year ahead. What if we expanded those aspirations to include resolutions that benefit our communities, society and the planet, too? It might not be
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$100 Million Class Action Suit Spells Out Racism, Sexism, Fraud and a Tarnished Blue Wall at D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department
Systemic racism, sexism, and sexual harassment are staples in Washington D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department while the mayor, city council, and police chief sit silently behind a blue wall colored in shame. All of that and so much more are alleged
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Officer Found Guilty in Killing of Daunte Wright in Minnesota
A jury in Minnesota has convicted former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter on multiple manslaughter counts for the killing of Daunte Wright. Potter, who said she mistakenly grabbed her service weapon instead of a stun gun, could face
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World Dignitaries React to Death of Bishop Desmond Tutu
Long before Nelson Mandela won his freedom from 27 years of imprisonment fighting apartheid in South Africa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu earned the moniker “the nation’s conscience.” White and Black residents of the popular African nation lauded the bishop for his
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Reflecting on 2021 – Defending the Most Sacred Moral Principles Of Our Faith and Constitutional Values
As 2021 comes to a close, we find ourselves full of gratitude for every one of you who has joined us on our mission to build a Moral Fusion Movement. This year, thousands of you chose to spend your time
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What and Why a Third Reconstruction: Fully addressing Poverty and Low Wages from the Bottom Up?
On May 25, 2021, Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced the “Third Reconstruction Resolution” in the U.S. Congress. Within a month, nearly forty of the 438 members of U.S. House of Representatives signed on to the resolution as co-sponsors. Sadly, these
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2021: A Year Physicists Asked, ‘What Lies Beyond the Standard Model?’
If you ask a physicist like me to explain how the world works, my lazy answer might be: “It follows the Standard Model.” The Standard Model explains the fundamental physics of how the universe works. It has endured over 50
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Black Entrepreneur Takes on Canada’s Largest City, Launches TorontoJobs.com
Dante Lee, a veteran entrepreneur who has been a leader in the diversity recruiting industry for more than 20 years, is now taking on the city of Toronto, Canada’s largest metropolitan city with more than 3 million residents. He has
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Department of Labor Awards $5m Grant to Combat Forced Labor and Child Labor Abuses Internationally
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $5 million cooperative agreement to Social Accountability International to prevent and reduce forced labor and child labor abuses in the Malaysian palm oil and garment industries. Administered
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Here’s What You Can Do To Support Your Partner and Boost Your Own Health During the Holidays and Beyond
With the flurry of shopping, spending money and traveling to see family, stress can feel inevitable during the holidays. You might already know stress can affect your own health, but what you may not realize is that your stress –
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Serena and Venus Williams’ Estranged Sister to Release Tell-All About Their Dad’s Abandonment
Sabrina Williams, who is a half-sister of tennis icon Serena Williams, said she is aiming to release a tell-all book about how their father Richard Williams, whose life was recently dramatized in the biopic King Richard, actually abandoned her as
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Haitian Immigrants Sue Biden Administration Over Border Actions
The photos and images from the September 2021 actions of Border Patrol agents against Haitian migrants have forever stained the Biden-Harris administration. Still, those asylum seekers’ physical, mental, and emotional scarring may never disappear. “It was the most humiliating experience
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More than 800 Faith Leaders Demand Biden, Senate Pass Voting Rights Bill
Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III, and more than 800 faith leaders from various religions are demanding that President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats immediately push through voting rights legislation. “We cannot be clearer: you must act now to
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The Best Way to Follow Through on Your New Year’s Resolution? Make an ‘Old Year’s Resolution’
If you’ve made a New Year’s resolution, your plot for self-improvement probably kicks into gear sometime on Jan. 1, when the hangover wears off and the quest for the “new you” begins in earnest. But if research on habit change
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Medical Technologies Have Been Central to Us Pandemic Response – But Social Behaviors Matter Just as Much
Before COVID-19, there was tuberculosis. Twentieth century British physician Thomas McKeown controversially proposed that the sharp declines in infectious disease death rates in the late 1900s were due to improved economic and social conditions – not medical and public health
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The Kaepernick Effect – Taking a Knee, Changing the World
Dave Zirin: One of UTNE Reader’s “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Our World,” Dave Zirin is the sports editor of The Nation, a columnist for The Progressive, and the host of the Edge of Sports podcast. His many books
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Phoenix Suns Charities Donates Millions to Children and Families in Arizona’s Underserved Communities
When the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced in 2020 that it would donate $300 million over the next decade to boost economic growth in the Black community, some of its teams had long ago solidified their reputations in the philanthropic
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First Six of One Hundred and Seventy-Five Students on the Ladder to Leadership
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This Fall, six students from four colleges lived at the HBCU National Center on Capitol Hill whilst completing internships for distinguished members of Congress. The Center was established in 2021 to foster experiential learning, mentorship, and networking for
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First Anti-Critical Race Theory Complaint in Tennessee Targets Martin Luther King, Jr. Book
A group called Moms for Liberty has filed an 11-page complaint alleging that the book “Martin Luther King Jr and the March on Washington” is “anti-American.” The complaint is the first to be filed under Tennessee’s new anti-critical race theory
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Virginia Police Officer Who Shot Donovon Lynch Will Not Be Charged
A grand jury has ruled that a Virginia Beach Police Officer who shot Donovan Lynch in on March 26 will not face charges. Lynch was shot to death by Virginia Beach Officer Solomon Simmons. Lynch is a cousin of musician
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Facebook Became Meta – And the Company’s Dangerous Behavior Came Into Sharp Focus in 2021: 4 Essential Reads
Meta, née Facebook, had a rough year in 2021, in public opinion if not financially. Revelations from whistleblower Frances Haugen, first detailed in a Wall Street Journal investigative series and then presented in congressional testimony, show that the company was
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To Get People the Help They Need From the Government, Postcards May Be the Answer
President Joe Biden’s comprehensive social safety net bill faces a tough road to passage. But if Democrats succeed in getting it through the Senate and Biden signs it, there’s another challenge ahead for the legislation: How to get its many
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In 2021, Organized Labor is Again Flexing its Muscles
Jobs. Racial justice. Workplace safety. Equity. These issues, front and center in the minds of millions of Americans for years, were deeply intensified by the pandemic of 2020 and 2021. As the pandemic took full effect, devastating job losses hit
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White House, Dems Furious Over Sen. Manchin’s Build Back Better Betrayal
Black Press photojournalist and social media maven Anthony Tilman assessed the death of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better legislation this way: “[Fifty] Republicans in the Senate don’t care about children in their own communities and want them to remain
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Reparations Rising with Robin Rue Simmons
The Honorable John Conyers, who represented Detroit in Congress from 1965 until 2017, introduced HR 40 every congressional session from 1989. He worked to get cosponsors for the legislation for nearly thirty years, but not even the entire Congressional Black
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WHO Issues Warning over Rapid Spread of Omicron Variant
The World Health Organization warned this week that Omicron is spreading rapidly in countries with high levels of population immunity. “Given currently available data, it is likely that Omicron will outpace Delta where community transmission occurs,” the agency said in
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Manchin Reneges on Support for Build Back Better Legislation
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin has finally said out loud, what we all knew to be the case for months. He does not, and will not support Joe Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) legislation. He announced today that, despite his
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About The New Black Student Movement (TheNBSM)
Click here to visit The NBSM The New Black Student Movement works in tandem with other Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) campus student initiatives/organizations, alumni initiatives/associations, Divine 9, faith-based, and nonpartisan groups and individuals in an existing and unique
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Filmmaker to Release Animated Film That Addresses Childhood Obesity Among Black Youth
The Double V campaign, created by the Pittsburgh Courier and supported by the Black press, captured and gave voice to the frustration of African-American soldiers who fought valiantly overseas during World War II, only to return to the same racial
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Kristen Hayden Becomes 1st Black Woman to Ever Win a National Diving Title
Kristen Hayden, who hails from Hillsborough, New Jersey, makes history as the first Black woman to win a national diving title after recently securing her victory at the USA Diving Winter National Championships. What’s more, she is the first Black
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Black College Students Have Opportunity to Win $60K in HBCU Hackathon
The founders of HBCU Connect have partnered with ServiceNow, a multi-billion-dollar software company known for its cloud computing platform, to launch a 6-week, part-time Virtual Learning Experience + Hackathon. The opportunity is for current Black and Latinx students and recent
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Women and Young Academics Suffered Most During Pandemic and May Face Long-term Career Consequences
On March 6, 2020, universities across the U.S. announced systematic laboratory closures, social distancing policies and travel bans to cope with the growing coronavirus epidemic. These actions, while prudent and necessary, had immediate negative impacts on the academic enterprise of
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President Biden Sounds Alarm on Pending Holiday Omicron Disaster, Urges All to Get Fully Vaccinated
With hospitalizations rising around the country, the Biden-Harris administration are working with medical experts to stop the spread of COVID-19 and to blunt the impact of the new Omicron variant. Broadway shows are shuttering, some professional sports teams again are
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Study Reveals Racial Pay Gap in Influencer Marketing
The racial pay gap has long presented issues for African Americans in Corporate America and other industries. It’s now filtered to social media. MSL U.S., in partnership with The Influencer League, unveiled a first-of-its-kind research study, “Time to Face the
Read MoreArizona Students Join Joe Madison in Voting Rights Hunger Strike
The Story: Two voting rights bills are still stalled in the U.S. Congress. Out beyond the DC beltway, though, they are not stalled at all. They are picking up new and passionate support. On Monday, Dec. 6, more than twenty
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I’m a Black Woman and the Metaverse Scares Me – Here’s How To Make the Next Iteration of the Internet Inclusive
Marginalized people often suffer the most harm from unintended consequences of new technologies. For example, the algorithms that automatically make decisions about who gets to see what content or how images are interpreted suffer from racial and gender biases. People
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Mourning After Mass Shootings Isn’t Enough – A Sociologist Argues That Society’s Messages About Masculinity Need To Change
After Sandy Hook, too many explanations described these horrible events as peculiar to a deranged individual or due to the sole factor of mental illness. An overly simplistic explanation of shooters as mentally ill is used as a diversionary political
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Comic Book Introduces Kids to Key Concepts and Careers in Cybersecurity
Three 9-year-old girls are huddled around a Caesar wheel, an ancient tool for sharing secret messages. Cracking a code is one of many challenges the girls complete to help characters in CryptoComics escape a mysterious cyberworld into which they’ve been
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Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump Named to TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People
TIME named nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump to the 2021 TIME100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, making him the only personal injury trial lawyer to make the list.
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