Wellness That Matters: Black Health News & Community Care The Trump administration’s cuts to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding for state and local health departments had vastly uneven effects depending on the political leanings of a state, according to a KFF Health News analysis. Democratic-led states and select blue-leaning cities fought back in court and saw money for public health efforts restored — while GOP-led states sustained big losses. The Department of Health and Human Services in late March canceled nearly 700 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grants nationwide — together worth about $11 billion. Awarded during…
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Tomorrow’s Tech, Today: Innovation That Moves Us Forward The biggest earworm from KPop Demon Hunters, “Golden,” has helped propel the hit Netflix and Sony animated feature to success atop both the streaming and music charts. And now we know a bit more about the lore behind the Huntr/x track. Songwriter and singing voice of Rumi, one of the film’s lead demon hunters, EJAE talked about the film’s breakout song with Variety. “One of the biggest assets I brought to the movie, or when writing the songs, was being bilingual,” she shared about bringing cultural authenticity to the film’s music to…
From Campus to Classroom: Stories That Shape Education Sept. 2, 2025 Valdosta Daily Times Staff reports that EnergyTek Corporation is planning to invest at least $275 million in establishing new manufacturing operations in Moultrie, according to an announcement released Friday by the Georgia Department of Economic Development. Following a multi-year ramp up, the company expects to create a total of 1,300 jobs at full operations. Sept. 2, 2025 Georgia Trend – Exclusive! Ben Young reports, this month, Georgia Trend celebrates 40 years as the magazine that covers business, politics and economic development statewide. To mark those four decades, we…
Stay Informed: Latest News from Across Georgia The Peachtree City Ladies Hiking Club was born out of the necessity of its founder, Heidi Becker, who was looking to find ladies who love and appreciate the great outdoors like she does. Heidi is an avid walker and hiker and has logged hundreds of miles on the paths in her hometown of Peachtree City. In October of 2024, Heidi posted on Facebook, looking for a hiking club in Peachtree City. Finding there wasn’t one, Heidi started a Facebook page hoping to find a handful of like-minded adventurers willing to hike with…
Black Travelers: Explore Culture, Adventure & Connection A magnitude 6 earthquake struck near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, at around midnight on September 1, resulting in over 1,400 deaths and thousands of injuries as of the following day. Information about the tragic incident is developing. The quake hit multiple eastern Afghanistan provinces, including Kunar, Nangarhar, Laghman, and Nuristan, all near the country’s border with Pakistan. The epicenter was reportedly 17 miles from Jalalabad. The earthquake, powerful aftershocks, and subsequent landslides and rockfalls have impacted mountainous areas and villages. Many victims have been trapped in remote areas under collapsed roofs. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid…
Global Black Voices: News from around the World New AfDB President Ould Tah has set out a four-point agenda including, listening intently; fast-tracking reforms; deepening partnerships and accelerating real solutions as his core priorities. Mauritanian, Dr. Ould Tah, was elected on 29 May 2025 with over 76% of shareholder votes—the highest margin for a first-term president in the Bank’s history. The 60-year-old has taken over from Nigerian Dr. Akinwumi Adesina who served the lender for two consecutive terms. Mauritanian Dr. Sidi Ould Tah has taken over the steering of the African Developemnt Bank Group (AfDB), announcing a four-point plan that…
Black Voices: News, Culture & Community from Across the Nation By Kathia Woods | Special to The OBSERVER A new documentary, “The Truth About Jussie Smollett?” investigates the 2019 claimed hate crime involving the former “Empire” star. Despite Smollett’s consistent recounting of the events, doubts about the incident remain. The film, which was made by the producers of ‘The Tinder Swindler,’ includes interviews with police, lawyers, and authorities involved in the case, as well as journalists and “investigators who claim to have uncovered new evidence.” Smollett also appears in the documentary, which encourages viewers to draw their own judgments about…
Scientific research study & Exploration: Discover the Globe Via Research and Development Robotics can offer pizza, crawl over unusual planets, swim like octopuses and jellyfish, cosplay as individuals, and likewise implement surgical procedure. Nevertheless can they walk on water? Rhagobot isn’t specifically the initial point that enters your mind at the referral of a robotic. Inspired by Rhagovelia water striders, semiaquatic parasites similarly called ripple insects, these tiny spiders can relocate throughout rushing streams as an outcome of the robotization of a transformative change. Rhagovelia (as opposed to various other ranges of water striders) have fan-like appendages towards conclusions of…
Politics Today: News, Analysis & Debate Across the Spectrum Now that we are on the other side of Labor Day and summer is subsiding, this is — as tradition goes — when focus on political campaigns really begins to heat up. The off-year elections this November will get some attention, but the main attraction is still the 2024 Republican presidential primary. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, we ask a question we will undoubtedly return to in the four months until the Iowa caucuses: Is Donald Trump’s nomination inevitable? And if not inevitable, how can we place the…
Health Watch: Wellness, Research & Healthy Living Tips by Sharelle B. McNair August 29, 2025 Morgan State leaders hope the grant will help strengthen Maryland’s healthcare workforce as the Association of American Medical Colleges predicts a shortage of 48,000 primary care physicians by 2034. Thanks to receiving a $1.75M grant, Morgan State University could be opening a new medical school to educate the next generation of doctors, CBS News reports. The two-year grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) will assist the Baltimore-based historically Black college and university (HBCU) in its plans to fund a Doctor of Medicine program…