From Hollywood to Home: Black Voices in Entertainment Photo Credit: Bravo K. Michelle is fed up with Shamea Morton. “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Shamea Morton is having another eventful season. Her feud with Porsha Williams has become inescapable for the rest of the cast. As we reported, Shamea confronted Porsha while the group was in Scotland, celebrating Phaedra Parks‘ birthday. Shamea feels like the rest of the group is riding with Porsha, and the only support she currently has is from her new bestie, Kelli Potter. Now it seems as if Shamea may also be on bad terms with…
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Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights DeSean Jackson made one thing clear during MEAC Football Media Day: Delaware State isn’t interested in celebrating what happened last season. The Hornets head coach said the program’s rapid turnaround from conference doormat to actual championship contender in his first season created excitement around Dover. But the ultimate goal—winning a championship—remains unfinished. “We can’t hold our hats on what we did last year,” Jackson said after leading the Hornets to an 8-win season in 2025. “We accomplished some great things, but we came up short. We’ve had that sour taste…
Wellness That Matters: Black Health News & Community Care The Trump administration is forging ahead with a controversial plan to collect the medical records of millions of federal workers and retirees, as well as their family members. The Office of Personnel Management said in a notice posted last month that it will begin routinely collecting identifiable, personal health information on more than 8 million people — despite concerns from privacy advocates and Democrats, who have demanded the agency drop the plan. The notice will go into effect July 24, allowing OPM to begin its collection at any point afterward. In…
Tomorrow’s Tech, Today: Innovation That Moves Us Forward “I hope it’s remembered for it being that critical stepping stone for … finding Earth 2.0,” says Brandon Creager, the instrument’s lead mechanical engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Named after Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief of astronomy, this new telescope will carry a roughly 300-megapixel wide-field camera that will enable it to capture images about 100 times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope’s widest exposures at a similar resolution. These capabilities will help astronomers unpack the mysterious identities of dark matter and dark energy—and to detect around 100,000 new…
From Campus to Classroom: Stories That Shape Education Nation’s largest gathering of HBCU leaders spotlights bipartisan bill that would deliver the largest federal investment in HBCU infrastructure in American history UNCF, the nation’s largest and most effective minority scholarship organization, today renewed its call for Congress and the White House to pass the IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act — landmark bipartisan legislation that would authorize the largest federal investment in historically Black college and university (HBCU) infrastructure in American history. Before more than 1,300 attendees gathered in Atlanta for UNITE 2026, the largest national convening of HBCU leaders, faculty, students, advocates and…
Stay Informed: Latest News from Across Georgia (The Center Square) – Groundbreaking on Georgia’s first state mental health hospital since the 1960s is planned for November, and it will be operational in 30 months.Kevin Tanner, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, shared the news with lawmakers. The General Assembly appropriated $409 million for the facility in the fiscal year 2027 budget. The patients will be inmates with mental illnesses or disabilities convicted of or facing criminal charges, according to Tanner. Nearly 800 individuals were housed in jails waiting for court-ordered mental health services, known as forensic services,…
Black Travelers: Explore Culture, Adventure & Connection Vienna has a reputation for grandeur, but contributor Deborah Kombe discovered that its most memorable moments happened at street level: a brown butter Turkish egg in a buzzing cafe, a Kaiserschmarrn eaten on the pavement, a pizza so enormous it defeated two people. In this food guide, Deborah documents what she ate, where she went, and why a friend who warned her the food would be disappointing now has some reading to do. A Friend Told Me the Food Would Be Dissapointing I’ll be honest with you: Vienna wasn’t on my radar. When…
Global Black Voices: News from around the World Photo credit: Road sign indicating directions to Nyimba and Lusaka, with a rural landscape. Photo by McLean K via Pexels. By Francis Tembo Zambia is one of the youngest countries in the world. About two-thirds of its population is under the age of 25. For years, this young population has been described as a demographic dividend: an opportunity for a large and productive workforce to drive economic growth. But a young population does not automatically become an economic advantage. It only becomes one when young people have the skills, opportunities and freedom…
Science & Discovery: Discover the World Via Study and Innovation Our understanding of the Galaxy simply got a little bit sweeter. For the very first time, scientists have actually detected sugar in interstellar room, offering an essential hint concerning the origins of sugar in the world and possibly the surge of life, according to a new paper published on Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy. “This is a genuine, bona fide sugar,” claimed Brett McGuire, an astrochemist at M.I.T. who was not associated with the study. “It’s simply unbelievably interesting.” Sugar’s origins in the world are strange. Scientists understand it…
Health Watch: Wellness, Research & Healthy Living Tips A humanitarian worker in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been medically evacuated to the UK after a potential healthcare‑related exposure to Ebola.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the individual, who is a UK resident and has not been named, has no symptoms, and the move is purely precautionary.The individual remains well but is being assessed and monitored at a London hospital, the statement from UKHSA said.The hospital has not been named but the Royal Free in north London has a high level isolation unit and is the primary national centre…