From Hollywood to Home: Black Voices in Entertainment Photo Credit: Bravo/YouTube Porsha Williams has some people wondering if there is trouble in paradise after she became exclusive with Sway McKinney. “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Porsha Williams opened up about finding love with her girlfriend Patrice “Sway” McKinney during the latest season. Before things became serious, Porsha was also dating a man named Mike. However, she decided to end her time with Mike after he told her that he wanted children, and this was a deal breaker. In contrast, Sway told Porsha that she wanted to have a child and…
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Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights The New Hampstead boys’ basketball coach agreed to be the head coach of the West Chatham Middle School football team to salvage the season, after staffing issues threatened the program. Read the full article on the original site
Wellness That Matters: Black Health News & Community Care As President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. make sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule and repeatedly link vaccines to autism (a debunked claim), it’s no surprise that childhood vaccination rates are declining throughout the United States.According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, vaccination rates in kindergartners are at a new low: 92.4% of kids are vaccinated against measles and 92% are vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTaP). This is compared to 95% in 2019-20, said Dr. Alok Patel, a pediatric hospitalist at Stanford…
Tomorrow’s Tech, Today: Innovation That Moves Us Forward More than 200 staffers at the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind the encyclopedia Wikipedia, have voted 158-14 to join the Communication Workers of America labor union. The US National Labor Relations Board counted ballots on Thursday.Three Wikimedia employees tell WIRED they will now have a mechanism to challenge management as the organization faces growing competition from AI chatbots and a drop in volunteer editors. The 25-year-old, San Francisco-based foundation employs nearly 700 people across 39 countries, most of them working remotely. The contingent joining the union includes employees in functions such as…
From Campus to Classroom: Stories That Shape Education Edward Waters University, Florida’s first historically Black college and university, has reached its highest fall enrollment in more than 20 years. The Jacksonville institution welcomed 1,281 students for Fall 2026, continuing a period of sustained growth in enrollment, academics and institutional finances. The achievement comes at a time when American higher education is navigating financial pressures, demographic changes and major shifts in diversity and admissions policies. The university closed Fall 2026 registration with 1,281 students, a 5.4% increase from the previous year and a 37.4% increase from its 932 students in Fall…
Stay Informed: Latest News from Across Georgia Plaque honors community leader, local landowner and patriarch whose legacy continues through generations The City of Peachtree Corners honored the life and legacy of Perry P. Nesbit with a commemorative plaque recognizing his lasting contributions to the community earlier this week. On August 25, close friends and members of the Nesbit family came together to honor a man whose influence helped shape the history of Peachtree Corners and the surrounding Norcross area. Born February 2, 1857, to enslaved parents in the Pinckneyville area of what is now Peachtree Corners, Nesbit grew up during…
Global Black Voices: News from around the World Critics claim Tunisia’s judiciary acts under political pressure, as opposition leaders face lengthy prison terms.Published On 3 Sep 20263 Sep 2026Tunisia’s Court of Cassation has rejected in a mass trial the final appeal of dozens of opposition figures, upholding prison sentences of up to 45 years for figures accused of conspiring to overthrow President Kais Saied.The ruling on Thursday closes out three years of legal proceedings against 40 people, including opposition party leaders, lawyers, businessmen and human rights defenders. Half of those had fled the country and were sentenced in absentia.Recommended Stories list…
Science & Exploration: Discover the Globe Via Study and Development Available for 33 days The mission for Dark Issue just got intriguing. Researchers on a global project called the Lux-Zeplin (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment reported they may have discovered the trademark of a bit of Dark Issue passing through an underground mine in South Dakota. Kimberly Palladino, professor of physics at Oxford and a participant of that LZ partnership, speaks to Roland to clarify how dark issue is being discovered. Probiotics have actually long been popular in health guidance, yet this week we discovered they might additionally benefit corals reefs.…
Health Watch: Wellness, Research & Healthy Living Tips I come from a long line of great cooks, which makes my lack of kitchen skills quite disappointing. My mom and grandma were both pros at making intricate, delicious meals throughout my childhood, yet I never inherited their expertise — even when I have a recipe written out in front of me, the meals usually turn out undercooked, underseasoned or not quite right. In the years spent living away from them I’ve put more effort into making food that will actually taste good.But like with any skill, practice makes perfect, and what…
Game On: Sports News, Highlights & Commentary HOUSTON — HBCU football fans will need more than a television remote to follow Week 1 of the 2026 season. Here’s your guide to this weekend’s television and digital streaming action.HBCU football Week 1 games will air across ESPN, ESPN2, Big Ten Network, ESPN+, SEC Network+, HBCU GO, SWAC TV and the MEAC Network from Thursday, Sept. 3, through Sunday, Sept. 6.Saturday brings the heaviest traffic. Five games on this schedule kick off at 5 p.m. Central, followed by four more at 6 p.m.Sunday then delivers two of the weekend’s marquee HBCU football…