Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights DURHAM, N.C. – Howard University will take face Duke University at one of college basketball’s most legendary venues this fall. Kenneth Blakeney’s Bison are set to face Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium during the Brotherhood Run, held from November 21–23. The three-day event will reunite former Duke captains now leading programs of their own—Blakeney, Duke head coach Jon Scheyer, and Niagara’s Greg Paulus. First-Ever Matchup Between Howard and Duke Howard University will play Duke on Sunday, November 23, marking the first meeting between the HBCU and the ACC program. Before…
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Wellness That Matters: Black Health News & Community Care Dr. Lana Holmes, who you may remember from Session 222: How Horror Films Help Us Process Life, joins us again to explore sexuality through the lens of kink and BDSM practices often misunderstood but rich with opportunities for healing, agency, and reclaiming pleasure. We unpack common myths, discuss how these communities prioritize communication, boundaries, and consent, and challenge the racialized and gendered stereotypes that have long shaped Black women’s relationships with their own desires. This episode invites listeners to break past taboo narratives and embrace fuller, more authentic expressions of sexuality.…
Tomorrow’s Tech, Today: Innovation That Moves Us Forward Forward-looking: In a quiet corner of Beltsville, Maryland, a new chapter in battery technology is unfolding. Ion Storage Systems, a company that began as a university research project, has emerged as a leading contender in the race to commercialize solid-state batteries – a technology long promised but rarely delivered at scale. After a recent visit to the company’s Maryland facility, The Wall Street Journal concluded that Ion Storage Systems stands out as a company with a real chance of achieving this long-sought breakthrough. Backed by the US Department of Energy and private…
From Campus to Classroom: Stories That Shape Education The Education Department press office said it had no comment beyond what was disclosed in the legal brief. Education researchers, who are suing the Trump administration to restore all of its previous research and statistical activities, were not satisfied. Elizabeth Tipton, president of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) said the limited reinstatement is “upsetting.” “They’re trying to make IES as small as they possibly can,” she said, referring to the Institute of Education Sciences, the department’s research and data arm. SREE and the American Educational Research Association (AERA) are…
Stay Informed: Latest News from Across Georgia She may have only played one season of high school softball so far, but Alcovy’s Niya Smith has already taken up a leadership role for the Lady Tigers.Ahead of what is her sophomore season, Smith is eager for as big of a role in the dugout as she has on the diamond.“I encourage people, I keep them up [and] I talk them up,” Smith said. As a freshman, Smith delivered.Smith played in 25 games for the Lady Tigers in 2024-25 and finished with a .303 average, which was the fifth best on the…
Black Travelers: Explore Culture, Adventure & Connection In footage recently shared on YouTube, two ships, each operated by a major cruise line, nearly collided in Juneau, Alaska. YouTube user @TheUndeadKennedy shared the footage the day after the June 16 incident on the Gastineau Channel. The clip captures various cruise ships sailing or stationed at a port on the body of water amid breathtaking views — a misty yet scenic and forested, mountainous backdrop. A Celebrity Cruises Edge-class ship began veering, seemingly unintentionally, toward a Carnival Cruise Line vessel. The YouTube caption identified the latter ship as the Carnival Luminosa. What…
Global Black Voices: News from around the World Belize isn’t just jungle ruins and white sand cayes. Off the coast of Ambergris Caye, Shark Ray Alley tells a different story — one of swirling fins, sunlit shallows, and the electric thrill of snorkeling with the sea’s most graceful predators. You don’t just jump into the water at Shark Ray Alley. You ease in, heart racing, senses on high alert, surrounded by the warm, shallow Caribbean just off Ambergris Caye. And then you see them—dozens of nurse sharks and southern stingrays sweeping past you like a silent ballet. This isn’t a…
Black Voices: News, Culture & Community from Across the Nation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 18, 2025 CONTACT: ACLU of Florida Media Office, media@aclufl.org; Florida Immigrant Coalition, media@flic.org; Florida Rising, sergio@floridarising.org MIAMI, FL – Despite overwhelming opposition from residents, community advocates, and civil rights organizations, the Miami City Commission voted to approve a 287(g) agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), allowing local police to act as immigration agents — a controversial and dangerous move that could have devastating consequences for immigrant families across the city. var googletag = googletag || {}; googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || []; googletag.cmd.push(function() { var mapping = googletag.sizeMapping(). addSize([0, 0],…
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Politics Today: News, Analysis & Debate Across the Spectrum House Democrats are throwing a collective fit after Speaker Mike Johnson declined to hang their long-demanded January 6 plaque in the Capitol, leaving them to paper the halls with replicas in protest. On Sunday evening, House Judiciary Dems posted on X: Congress passed a law to place a plaque in the Capitol honoring the officers who protected the transfer of power, Members of Congress and VP Pence on January 6. The plaque is complete and long overdue for display. But Speaker Johnson is leaving it in a dark closet rather than…