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Five Things to Know About the Teacher Strike in Oklahoma

Following the success of the West Virginia teachers strike earlier this year that led to a 5 percent pay raise, teachers throughout the nation are rising to demand better conditions and better pay.

API Launches New Jobs Website Focused on the Oil and Natural Gas Industry

“Whether you’re coming out of high school or college and looking for a job or you’re looking for a mid-career change…whatever skills you have [the oil and natural gas industry] is a good place to apply them and we hope that people see that,” Winkel said.

Database Helps Minority Students Find Scholarships They Can Actually Win!

Now, more than ever, a college degree is an essential prerequisite for achieving upward mobility. Unfortunately, for today’s traditionally underserved (and often ignored) minority communities, achieving that goal is becoming even more elusive.

MLK50: Fifty Years after Kerner and King, Racism Still Matters

“Segregation and poverty have created in the racial ghetto a destructive environment totally unknown to most white Americans. What white Americans have never fully understood but what the Negro can never forget…” Report by the Kerner Commission, 1968

For Many Black Washingtonians, Gentrification Threatens Housing and Health

Lost in the city’s waves of new amenities and newer, more affluent inhabitants, are the long-time Washingtonians who have been pushed out or who are fighting to stay in the city. Shirley Williams is one of those residents, who decided to fight.

Direct Engagement With President Trump and the GOP Is Paying Off for the HBCU Community

The commitment of dozens of our HBCU presidents and chancellors who attended our inaugural convening, we’re beginning to see major developments from several federal agencies looking to increase support for HBCUs…

What a Difference a Director Makes: Trump-Appointee Helps Companies, Not Consumers

For six years, America’s consumers had a bureau that won significant victories in the name of financial justice. CFPB was so effective that 29 million consumers received nearly $12 billion.

MLK50: A Look Back Rev. James L. Netters Sr, ‘We can’t just do it by marching…’

“We had come to resolution to give the sanitation workers exactly what they’d asked for. That’s why Dr. King had come, and we’d gotten a resolution…” his voice trailed off as he remembered the details of that day.

Spiritually Speaking: Taking It One Day at a Time

Often, and do I mean often, I get reminded of the power and seductive nature of ego, pride and the need to control. Or, should I say the need to be in control? Letting go and letting God is a simple concept…

Top 10 Things to Do for MLK Jr. 50th, Announced by Fathom

April 4th marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death. The culture and travel experts at Fathom have announced the top ten things to do.

Fake Women’s Health Centers Reportedly Target Black Women

Emerging in different states trying to mislead women and give false information about reproductive health care options. Apparently, these fake health centers are out to get Black women specifically.

From Rally to Power: The Civic Obligation of Young Black Leaders

Who would have thought that in less than 15 days, I would have to coordinate and manage 1,000 young, black student leaders from over 24 cities on 17 buses in the name of gun reform and safety?

Historic Madam C.J. Walker Building to Get $15.3M Restoration

It was once the headquarters of one of America’s first Black woman millionaires. Today, the Madam Walker Theatre Center, a cherished relic from a bygone era of Indianapolis black culture, is getting a major makeover.

The New F-Word And Its Type One Diabetes Connection

In examining the factors that influence the immune system, many environmental causes have been suggested over the past 20 years: diet, stress, sleep, and chemicals, to name a few.

Henry Louis Gates Jr., Guest Speaker for Fayetteville State University’s 151st Founders’ Day

Gates will serve as guest speaker for Fayetteville State University’s (FSU) 151^st Founders’ Day on April 5, 2018. The event will be held at 2 p.m. in J.W. Seabrook Auditorium on the FSU campus.

Baton Rouge Police Not Charged for Alton Sterling’s Killing

Alton Sterling was shot to death by two Baton Rouge police officers who were on top of him as he lay on the ground. He became the 122nd Black person to be killed by U.S. law enforcement in 2016.

John Boyega Leads Pacific Rim Uprising Solid Sci-Fi Flick

Boyega’s empowering performance gets key support from his young, almost equally feisty sidekick, as played by Cailee Spaeny. You never doubt her grit, nor that this kid could be so brave.

Students Demand End to NRA’s Stranglehold, Stronger Democracy Key to Gun Control

The National Rifle Association’s (NRA) influence over Washington goes well beyond campaign contributions to specific legislators, according to the study, titled “Power Shift: How People Can Take On the NRA.”

Make Your Public Comment: Stop the Trump Administration From Putting Religion Above Health

Religious liberty is not a license to discriminate and harm. Yet Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services wants to let health care providers use their religious beliefs to justify turning away patients in need.

10 Billion Reasons to Attend the 4th Quarter Readiness Small Business Conference

The 4th Quarter Readiness Small Business Conference will provide two action-filled days of learning, networking, engaging leaders in Federal contracting, and exhibitions.

Top 10 Scholarship Programs That Every Black Woman Should Know About

Scholarship programs around the world help students obtain much-needed financial aid. Many of these programs, however, are specifically for women. And some of them are just for Black and other minority women.

Teens Take Their Youth Empowerment Tour on the Road to Empower, Inspire and Educate

“Youth Empowerment Tour” creating a forum where the youth can openly address the many issues that affect their communities, schools, and households every day.

Blacks in the Military: We Must Defend Those Who Defend Us

By Attorney Ben Crump – I have spent my career working to bring justice to African Americans and all people of color, just as Colonel Young spent his life dispelling common myths about what blacks were capable of …

Student Walkouts Are Happening. Now What?

By providing a framework for young people in the discussion of their societal concerns, educators model the path to active participation in our democracy. Students are following these events in real-time …

Black Press Honors Senator Kamala Harris with 2018 Newsmaker of the Year Award

As San Francisco’s district attorney, Harris worked to reduce recidivism by offering nonviolent, low-level drug trafficking defendants job training and other life skills education …

Grant Writing Workshop Will Teach How to Raise Money For Nonprofit Organizations

Cherry Hill, NJ — Community and Economic Development expert, Ms. Mujiba Salaam Parker, is hosting the Get Your Grants Funded Workshop on Saturday, April 7, 2018 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The 3-hour dynamic and interactive workshop will be held from 10am to

Scholarships for Students Who Are Improving Health Outcomes in Their Communities

From a high school senior who provides nutrition education to local youth to a future family nurse practitioner who conducts community-organized wellness checks …

Power Networking Event For Women Business Owners and Professionals

I never thought I would have personal experience with Health Crisis Management but now I do and I encourage Entrepreneurs to create a Health Crisis Management Plan.

President Trump’s FY 2019 Budget Hurts Low-Income, Black and Brown Communities

President Trump’s budget would also insufficiently invest in our nation’s infrastructure, while also cutting grants that fund infrastructure development at the state and local level.

3rd Annual Event to Honor Good Deeds with Acts of Kindness Awards

“Tragic events around the country are growing more disturbing. Regardless … there is so much good in the world. We work to remind people of that, as often as we can.

Meet the Public School Teacher Who Was Fired For Hosting a White Supremacist Podcast

Later on, she talked about racial biology and said, “So many other researchers have looked into this and that’s just the way it is. There are races that have higher IQs than others.”

Federal Lawsuit Over Illegal Private Probation Scheme in Gardendale, Alabama

The settlement of a federal, class-action lawsuit brought by the SPLC that also required new policies and procedures to protect court defendants from abusive court-debt collection

NAACP Deeply Concerned About Ben Carson’s Attempt to Change HUD’s Mission

Dr. Carson’s attempt to diminish HUD’s mission comes on the heels of the 50^th anniversary of the Kerner Commission’s report which affirmed that discrimination and segregation …

Black-Owned Construction Company Launches Business and Community Empowerment Conferences

Black-Owned Construction Company CGC is committed to helping raise awareness to bring an end to economic disenfranchisement – which is often the precursor to gun violence within the city of Philadelphia and within the African American community.

Racial Identity – “The Grass is The First to Go,” Takes on Violence, Politics, Morality and Race

‘Am I Black Enough?’ a play about the struggle in communities when people within the same group have their cultural and racial identity challenged by their own. ‘The Grass Is the First to Go’, speaks to the lack of stewardship and the failure to value life, opportunity and resources.

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