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News from Around the Web: March 29 Edition
In today’s top news, Trayvon Martin’s shooter appears uninjured in a surveillance video despite claims of self-defense, Spike Lee wrongly links elderly couple to George Zimmerman and a white alumni of...
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News You Should Know: July 23 Edition
In today’s top news, Michael Jackson’s mother is reportedly no longer missing, Usher’s stepson Kyle Glover is taken off life support, and politicians reconsider gun laws after movie shooting. Usher’s...
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News From Around the Web: Jan. 16 Edition
(Photo: Mike Groll/AP PHOTO) In today’s top news, New York became the first state to enact a revised gun control law since Newtown, Myrlie Evers-Williams says she is incredibly honored to deliver the...
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News From Around the Web: Feb. 28
(Photo: Michael Nagle/Getty Images) In today’s top news, Black leaders are calling for Dov Hikind, New York’s “blackface” assemblyman, to resign; the disparity between Blacks’ and whites’ median...
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News From Around the Web: April 8
(Photo: Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images) In today’s top news, the Obama administration requested $25.6 billion in its 2013 budget to spend on the drug war, Trayvon Martin’s parents have settled a...
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News From Around the Web: June 4 Edition
(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) In today’s news, President Obama is expected to name two women and one African-American male judge to the United States Appeals Court in the District of Columbia;...
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News From Around the Web: Sept. 3 Edition
(Photo: AP Photo/Evan Vucci) In Monday’s top news, President Obama gets critical support from John McCain for an attack on Syria; Nelson Mandela is discharged from the hospital; and the Trayvon Martin...
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News From Around the Web: Sept. 6 Edition
(Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images) In today’s news, the American unemployment rate dropped to 7.3 percent; President Obama’s efforts to build support among G-20 nations for an intervention in Syria were...
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News From Around the Web: Sept. 24 Edition
(Photo: REUTERS/Siegfried Modola) In today’s news, Kenyan officials say all hostages from the mall attack have been freed; after the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, officials are reviewing new...
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News From Around the Web: April 8 Edition
(Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images For BET) In today’s news, President Obama is planning to headline a civil rights summit in Texas; the Rev. Al Sharpton is linked to spying on the Mafia; and Derek...
View ArticlePioneers for Peace Leader Needs Public Support
Pioneers for Peace leader needs public support. One of the nation’s best-known activists against gun violence is up against a new opponent: cancer. Weusi Olusola, president of Pioneers for Peace, has...
View ArticleHEALTH: Red Meat Kills; Black Boys and Food Allergies
Red Meat Could Be Ticket to Early Grave Here’s a tip for those wanting to live a long and healthy life: Leave the hotdogs, burgers and spareribs alone. That’s right, a new study shows that those who...
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HEALTH: Black Women Get More Aggressive Breast Cancer
While it’s nothing new that Black women have a lower overall rate of breast cancer than their White counterparts, a new study concludes that they are three times more likely than women of other races...
View ArticleRacial Disparities Persist in Lung Cancer Treatments
Black lung cancer patients are less likely than White patients to receive recommended chemotherapy and surgery, reports HealthDayNews.com, citing a new study. In fact, the study found, the racial gap...
View ArticleRacial Gap for Prostate Cancer Narrows
Men with prostate cancer are being diagnosed at a younger age and earlier stage today than in years past, and the racial disparity in stage at diagnosis has decreased significantly, researchers report...
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NBA Great Diagnosed With Cancer
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the leading scorer in NBA history has been diagnosed with a rare form of Leukemia. From the Associated Press: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and...
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News From Around the Web: March 13 Edition
In today’s top news, CNN lifts its suspension of Roland Martin over offensive remarks, Black churches vow to register one million voters on Easter Sunday and a new study links red meat to premature...
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News From Around the Web: March 16 Edition
In today’s top news, a new study stresses the importance of mobilizing Black voters, more Black families are turning to home schooling and Afghan president Hamid Karzai calls for U.S. troops to leave...
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News From Around the Web: March 21 Edition
In today’s top news, the NAACP rallies for the arrest of Trayvon Martin’s killer, supporters in New York City today plan to hold “Million Hoodie March” in support of teen and a friend of Michelle...
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