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Retailers may see more red after Black Friday as consumers say they plan to pull back on spending | New Pittsburgh Courier
Black Friday is one of the busiest shopping days of the year. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthewsby Ayalla A. Ruvio, Michigan State University and Forrest Morgeson, Michigan State University Retailers are gearing up for another blockbuster holiday shopping season, but consumers burned by the highest inflation
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Basketball Player Brittney Griner Released From Prison | The Michigan Chronicle
Basketball player Brittney Griner’s future and freedom is now certain after Russian courts agreed the release of the basketball star’s appeal of her nine year-sentence for drug possession and smuggling charges. Griner was initially sentenced to nine years in prison after a Russian judge found her
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Republicans Used Herschel Walker For His Celebrity Name, It Backfired Tremendously | Atlanta Daily World
In 2021, Donald Trump came up with a diabolical idea to defeat Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock in the midterm election. Trump believed that Warnock could be defeated by a Republican who had no political experience, but was once viewed as a sports hero in Georgia. He called on Herschel Walker to run
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NAACP Urges Advertisers To Cut Ties With Twitter Amid Trump Reinstatement | The Michigan Chronicle
Photo: Getty Images The NAACP called on advertisers to hit pause on their relationship with Twitter after the platform moved to reinstate former President Donald Trump's account, HuffPost reports. The return of Trump's Twitter account on Saturday (November 19) sparked backlash among a number of
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‘Y'all,’ that most Southern of Southernisms, is going mainstream – and it’s about time | New Pittsburgh Courier
A sign encourages people to vote in Charlotte, N.C., ahead of the 2022 U.S. midterm elections. Sean Rayford/Getty Images by David B. Parker, Kennesaw State University Southern Living magazine once described “y’all” as “the quintessential Southern pronoun.” It’s as iconically Southern as sweet tea
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Our Commitment to Historically Black Colleges & Universities
Ford is proud to support HBCUs as they progress forward towards more success. The first Historically Black College and University opened in 1837, today there are more than 100. HBCUs […] The post Our Commitment to Historically Black Colleges & Universities appeared first on AFRO
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Al Roker rushed back to hospital amid ongoing health issues | New Pittsburgh Courier
Photo: Getty Images Beloved anchor Al Roker was rushed back to the hospital amid his ongoing health issues. According to Page Six, Roker, 68, was taken to the hospital via ambulance after becoming ill on Friday (November 25). The health scare came one day after Roker missed the Macy's Thanksgiving
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This Week In Black History December 7 - 13, 2022 | New Pittsburgh Courier
Comer J. Cottrell (Los Angeles Sentinel Photo) DECEMBER 7 1931—Comer Cottrell is born. Cottrell founds the Pro-Line hair care products company. He also becomes the first Black to own part of a professional baseball team when he buys into the Texas Rangers in 1989. 1941—Dorie Miller shoots down
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Principal Assigned Black Students To Classes Based On Race, Parents Allege | The Michigan Chronicle
Photo: Getty Images A federal investigation has been launched into an Atlanta elementary school where parents of Black students say their children were assigned to certain classes based on race. According to CNN, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating allegations of
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Why it’s time to let go of the regret | New Pittsburgh Courier
What do you regret most in 2022? That heartbreak? Remaining stuck in the past? Or fear of failure? While these feelings and ruminations are all valid, it may be time to let bygones be bygones and break forth into a new calling or destiny — especially come 2023. A new year brings not only optimism
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HOLIDAY TRAVEL UPDATE: COVID, Flu Risk ‘Minimal’ in USVI, But ‘High’ in Puerto Rico – Virgin Islands Free Press
WASHINGTON — COVID no longer plays the dominant role that it once did in most of our lives. But the risk of COVID — and other viruses — persists. This winter, experts...
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This Week In Black History November 23 - November 29, 2022 | The Michigan Chronicle
Berry Gordy November 23 1897—Self-educated engineer Andrew J. Beard is awarded a patent (#594,059) for an automatic railroad car coupling device—the Jenny Coupler. Prior to this device rail cars were joined manually and hundreds of workers lost fingers, hands and arms. Beard eventually sold rights
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Spike Lee's Grandmother, Mother has Spelman College Building Dedicated | New Pittsburgh Courier
Spelman College honored Spike Lee’s family by renaming the College’s Admissions Office in honor of the well-known film director’s grandmother Zimmie Reatha Shelton (Class of 1929) and mother Jacquelyn Shelton Lee (Class of 1954). Lee and his wife Tonya Lewis Lee participated in the ceremony, along
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WNBA Star Brittney Griner released from Russian prison
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, and Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Members, tmcqueen@afro.com, msayles@afro.com WNBA star Brittney Griner is on her way back to the […] The post WNBA Star Brittney Griner released from Russian prison appeared
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Alicia Wilson joins JPMorgan Chase as head of North America philanthropy
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Alicia Wilson, the vice president for economic development and community partnerships for Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins […] The post Alicia Wilson joins JPMorgan Chase as head o
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Dynamics of Black families on Thanksgiving | New Pittsburgh Courier
Photo: Getty Images Thanksgiving takes on a whole new meaning for many Black families. While Turkey Day was once a holiday the Black community was shut out of, it has collectively become the event of the year where we come together, cook our best dishes, and dress up to the nines just to feast in
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This Week In Black History December 7 - 13, 2022 | Atlanta Daily World
Comer J. Cottrell (Los Angeles Sentinel Photo) DECEMBER 7 1931—Comer Cottrell is born. Cottrell founds the Pro-Line hair care products company. He also becomes the first Black to own part of a professional baseball team when he buys into the Texas Rangers in 1989. 1941—Dorie Miller shoots down
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Sinema out, Warnock in – Democrats narrowly control the Senate and Republicans the House, but gridlock won’t be the biggest problem for the new Congress | New Pittsburgh Courier
Will gridlock mean the new Congress won’t get anything done? mathisworks/Getty Images by Matt Harris, Park University In the wake of the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, a general sense of the political landscape in the upcoming 118th Congress has taken shape. With Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s announcement
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Black Californians May Be Owed Over $200,000 In Reparations: Task Force | The Michigan Chronicle
Photo: Getty Images The Reparations Task Force in California has estimated that its Black residents may be owed over $200,000 each for enduring the lasting impacts of racism and slavery. According to Newsweek, the nine-member task force, formed in 2020 through legislation signed by Governor Gavin
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December 15 Deadline for Health Insurance Coverage to Start January 1, 2023 - The Madison Times
People encouraged to sign up for health insurance coverage on Healthcare.gov before December 15 for benefits to start January 1, 2023 MILWAUKEE– There is one week left for consumers to sign up for Healthcare.gov Marketplace insurance coverage to get a full year of benefits starting January
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Midterm election results, Walker/Warnock runoff & the Return of '45' | Atlanta Daily World
Ashley Munson is THAT girl. She’s anointed, educated and well-informed concerning the political agenda of our nation. By day, Ashley works as the Senior Manager of advocacy at the Greater Chicago Food Depository, and as Executive Director of the Illinois Black Collective INC. Ashley finds her
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Chance the Rapper Speaks on New Single, Collab with Mia Lee and Upcoming Festival in Ghana | Atlanta Daily World
This past October Chance the Rapper and artist, Mia Lee, announced their collaboration surrounding Chance’s new single, “YAH Know.” Chance describes the single as being, “a representation of our year of  travels and all the stories of traveling that our ancestors gave to us, and elders gave to us
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Spike Lee's Grandmother, Mother has Spelman College Building Dedicated | Atlanta Daily World
Spelman College honored Spike Lee’s family by renaming the College’s Admissions Office in honor of the well-known film director’s grandmother Zimmie Reatha Shelton (Class of 1929) and mother Jacquelyn Shelton Lee (Class of 1954). Lee and his wife Tonya Lewis Lee participated in the ceremony, along
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Warnock vs Walker, Trump vs DeSantis & What's At Risk Moving Forward | New Pittsburgh Courier
Real Times Media's Adell Henderson caught up with Chicago based lobbyist and community activist Ashley M. Munson to discuss the current state of politics. The two jumped on camera to have a video conversation following up on some of the key talking points Munson shared with Chicago Defender
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Herschel Walker's son unleashes on dad following Georgia Senate loss | New Pittsburgh Courier
Photo: Getty Images Herschel Walker's son isn't holding back his true feelings on why he believes his father and the Republican party lost the final Senate seat in the Georgia runoff election. On Tuesday (December 6), incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock defeated Walker, a former football star and
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Principal Assigned Black Students To Classes Based On Race, Parents Allege | Atlanta Daily World
A federal investigation has been launched into an Atlanta elementary school where parents of Black students say their children were assigned to certain classes based on race. According to CNN, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating allegations of racial
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Black People Are Nearly 4x More Likely To Be Hospitalized With Flu: CDC | The Michigan Chronicle
Photo: Getty Images New data suggests that Black people are disproportionately suffering this flu season. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black people with the flu are being hospitalized nearly four times more than their white counterparts — the hospitalization rate
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This Week In Black History December 7 - 13, 2022 | The Michigan Chronicle
Comer J. Cottrell (Los Angeles Sentinel Photo) DECEMBER 7 1931—Comer Cottrell is born. Cottrell founds the Pro-Line hair care products company. He also becomes the first Black to own part of a professional baseball team when he buys into the Texas Rangers in 1989. 1941—Dorie Miller shoots down
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Panel discusses Supreme Court case threatening end of affirmative action
By Antonio Ray Harvey, Black Press USA A webinar hosted by ChangeLawyers, the American Constitution Society (ACS) Bay Area, and Equal Justice Society was recently held to discuss the possible […] The post Panel discusses Supreme Court case threatening end of affirmative action a
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Byron Allen's inaugural theGrio Awards Honors Dave Chappelle, Tyler Perry & More | The Michigan Chronicle
Byron Allen's Allen Media Group (AMG) secured numerous major sponsors and advertisers for the inaugural CBS Television Network special, BYRON ALLEN PRESENTS THEGRIO AWARDS, which was co-hosted by THE TALK's Sheryl Underwood and Taye Diggs. BYRON ALLEN PRESENTS THEGRIO AWARDS celebrated excellence
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