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Black 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

Beware 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

Survivor 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

LeBron 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

Cutting 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

Why 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

Why 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

Community 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

Discovering 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

Black 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

Payday 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

GDN 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

Muhammad 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

Why 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

Interracial 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

Black 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

Black 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

Serial 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

America’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

Fathers 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

Author 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.

Study 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,”

Georgia 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

Segregation 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

Trial Brings Hope to All Cancer Patients

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted breakthrough therapy designation this month to a polio virus for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma brain cancer. The designation came after nearly unprecedented results during a Phase I clinical trial from Duke University

Unlocking the Power of Belief

From National Cancer Institute Previous studies have suggested that placebo treatment can have positive effects on a variety of disorders and disease-related symptoms. However, the methodology used to collect and interpret the data may not have been ideal, because the

Harnessing Nature’s Vast Array of Venoms for Drug Discovery

LA JOLLA, Calif. – Scorpions, snakes, snails, frogs and other creatures are thought to produce tens or even hundreds of millions of distinct venoms. These venoms have been honed to strike specific targets in the body. For victims of a

Expeditions Study Native Herbal Medicines

ITHACA, N.Y. – Returning to campus from expeditions in the forests of South and Central America, a team of Cornell University undergraduate science students is applying modern analytical techniques to learn the chemistry behind the nature-based medicinals that work for

Cancer Diagnosis? What You Need to Know

What Now? When you have a cancer diagnosis, it is normal to feel frightened, sad and worried. People who have had cancer often talk about experiencing three feelings: loss of control, unwanted aloneness and loss of hope. Here you’ll find

Mother Symone Marshall Dies in Texas Police Custody After Weeks of Neglect

Huntsville, Texas–Symone Marshall, a beautiful 22-year-old mother of a 3-year-old-daughter, died in police custody on Tuesday, May 10 with no real explanation. According to her family, she was in a brutal car accident on April 26 in which her car

Groundbreaking Conference Advances Native Health and Nutrition Policy Efforts

Last week the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) convened nearly 200 Native leaders, Native youth advocates, and national philanthropic organizations to advance policy work relating to nutrition, food access, and health outcomes within Native

Rihanna Launches Global Scholarship Program

Multi-platinum international superstar Rihanna started the the Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF) in 2012 in honor of her grandparents, Clara and Lionel Braithwaite. Grants funded by the foundation are used to promote global programs in areas that Rihanna is most passionate

The Power of Expectations

Expectations have a lot of power over people as is evidenced by the placebo effect: Patients get pills that have no active ingredient. But the patients are not aware of that. Firmly believing that they are taking an effective drug,

Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice

Bullying has long been tolerated as a rite of passage among children and adolescents. There is an implication that individuals who are bullied must have “asked for” this type of treatment or deserved it. Sometimes, even the child who is

Emotional Eating Is a Habit That Can Start in Childhood

Food can be an extremely effective tool for calming young children. If they are bored on a long car journey, or fed up with being in the pushchair, many parents use snack foods to distract them for a little longer.

How We Must Face the Rise of the Radical Right

One thing is clear: millennials – those born after 1980 – are the world’s future, and they’ve already made significant contributions. Social media alone wouldn’t be what it is today without millennial entrepreneurs, for example. “It’s not just technology defining

An Online Portal to Curb Hate Speech and Prevent Radicalization

With Donald Trump now the presumptive Republican nominee for the president of the United States, angry online rhetoric is front of mind for many Americans. What is hate speech? Does a statement like Trump’s campaign-trail comments about Mexican immigrants —

Schools Need to Provide Better Access to Community Services So All Students Can Learn

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – All across the country, there are low-performing school districts, under-achieving students and frustrated teachers, but current literature doesn’t fully address the root of the problems. “The public schools can function as community centers with the belief that

Congregations Striving for Racial and Ethnic Diversity May Shrink, Baylor University Study Finds

WACO, Texas – Congregations attempting to boost their racial and ethnic diversity may end up with fewer people in the seats, according to a Baylor University study. The findings, published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, are

From Power Talking to Power Doing

Veteran radio talk show host Carl Nelson, will present his third Power Talk event on June 17-19, 2016 at Union Temple Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. The event has featured the likes of Tony Browder, Ashra Kwesi, the late Dr.

Atlanta Teen Wins “2016 Best Film” at Delta Sigma Theta Sorority International Film Festival

Atlanta – Fathers Incorporated and Black Rose Mediaworks is pleased to announce that its recent documentary; “A Queen’s Discovery: A Young Girl’s African Journey To Find Her Greatness Within” co-produced by 16-year old Nzinga Braswell, has been awarded “2016 Best

Black Student Athlete Raises Over $20,000 for Sports Drink Success

Lamar Letts, a student at Northeastern University, say his new product Hylux, which is a vitamin enhanced water, is the best alternative to traditional sports drinks. Northeastern University’s 4th year student, Lamar Letts, has formulated a sports drink called Hylux

This Is Why Republicans Continue to Lose the Black Vote

(NNPA) Those who have followed my writings know that I have been and will continue to be very critical of my Republican Party over the lack of real engagement with the Black community. I am now beginning to question whether

Students Use Summer Vacation to Prepare for a Healthy Future

(StatePoint) Is your family thinking about the skills and experience your child needs for college and future success? The majority of college admission officers recommend that students start preparing before or by ninth grade. Yet, more than half of middle

“Black” Expresses Deep Emotion for the Violence Suffered by Black Children and Teens Around the World

Miami, Florida-based GodBeGod Publishers has published its first book entitled “Black” – a book of poetry and daily affirmations by Denise Paulette Isaac. She says she was driven by the spirit of God, which gave her the unction to respond

The Lives of Homeless Youths Across the Country

A new study conducted on behalf of the federal government by University of Nebraska-Lincoln sociologists offers a sobering portrait of the lives of homeless youth across the United States. More than half of the youth who participated in the study

Afeni Shakur, Mother of Tupac Shakur, Dies at Age 69

On May 2, 2016, police and paramedics responded to a report of possible cardiac arrest at Shakur’s home in Sausalito, California. She was transported to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead. A former Black Panther activist and reformed

Heritage Box Collaborates with Afrikan Gems on Afro-Centric Gift Boxes for Mother’s Day

Heritage Box is partnering with newly launched company, Afrikan Gems, to offer authentic afro-centric Queen Edition gift box sets in honor of Mother’s Day. Heritage Box is a subscription box service created to provide children of African heritage with engaging

New Websites Launched Listing All African American Events and Non-Profit Organizations

Durham, N.C. – The revised EveryBlackEvent.com website as well as the premier of the newest component to the “EveryBlack” family, the EveryBlackNonprofit.com site, have been launched by CEO Jimmy Davies of Durham, North Carolina. Both websites are available to the

Affordable Service Helps African American Authors Create Their Very Own Online Book Store

There are thousands of African American authors who struggle to sell their books independently. Most are selling on Amazon or Barnes & Noble, but few know how to effectively sell their books via their own web site. Sadly, many have

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