From Hollywood to Home: Black Voices in Entertainment Phil Collins might actually be a Swiftie. The legendary musician recently joined BBC Radio 2 program “Tracks of My Years with Vernon Kay” and gushed about Taylor Swift’s talent. “I’m so pleased that she’s the hugest thing in the world now,” Collins said. “It kind of feels like she deserves it. It’s easy to knock someone that’s got so much success, but I think she really deserved it.” During the program, Collins shared the 10 songs that have soundtracked his life, as is the premise of the show. One of the iconic…
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Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights Like this article? Keep independent journalism alive. Support HuffPost.Robert Mason, an author, higher education professional, and advocate for America’s historically Black colleges and universities who has inspired hundreds of thousands of Black students to enroll, has died. He was 66.Todd Mason, his brother, confirmed his death to HuffPost. A cause of death has not been released at this time.News: Massive Dust Storms Blanket The Phoenix Area Twice In One WeekMason is best known for creating the Common Black College Application, or CBCA, a portal that allows prospective students to apply to…
Wellness That Matters: Black Health News & Community Care For years, Washington, D.C., has paid for Medicaid — the state-federal health insurance program for low-income people — out of its general budget. But next year, the city is shifting part of that recurring multimillion-dollar cost to a new funding source: opioid settlement dollars. That’s raising red flags for addiction recovery advocates, people directly affected by the crisis, and the commission in charge of recommending how the city uses its share of the settlement money. The opioid payouts come from a host of companies that made or distributed prescription painkillers and…
Tomorrow’s Tech, Today: Innovation That Moves Us Forward “The Biden administration may have abandoned plans to create a ‘Disinformation Board,’ but a more insidious ‘Censorship Complex’ already exists and is growing at an alarming speed,” Cleveland wrote. “Its funding and collaboration implicate the government, academia, tech giants, nonprofits, politicians, social media, and the legacy press. Under the guise of combatting so-called misinformation, disinformation, and mal-information, these groups seek to silence speech that threatens the far-left’s ability to control the conversation—and thus the country and the world.” According to our analysis of social media posts, Cleveland’s article was shared by 168…
From Campus to Classroom: Stories That Shape Education The Chris Paul HBCU Classic Washington DC era officially begins this December. The Toyota Chris Paul HBCU Classic is relocating to CareFirst Arena for a two-day event on Dec. 4-5, and nine HBCU basketball programs will take part. The Chris Paul Family Foundation and the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame confirmed that Events DC, the city’s convention and sports authority, will host the tournament. Why the Chris Paul HBCU Classic Washington DC Move Matters “Bringing the Classic to CareFirst Arena, a Monumental Sports & Entertainment building, is especially meaningful given Sheila Johnson’s…
Stay Informed: Latest News from Across Georgia The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nonprofit sister organization to the largest LGBTQ human rights lobbying and advocacy organization in the U.S., along with law firms Correia & Puth and Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, filed a class action lawsuit against the government as it attempts to restrict gender-affirming healthcare for federal employees. The suit, filed on Monday, alleges that the Office of Personnel Management, run by Trump appointee Scott Kupor, is discriminating against LGBTQ federal employees (and their families and retired employees) by prohibiting health insurance coverage for gender-affirming care under the Federal…
Black Travelers: Explore Culture, Adventure & Connection At Washington Dulles International Airport, reaching the gate can feel like a trip within the trip. Passengers who cannot use the AeroTrain may have to board one of Dulles’s mobile lounges, the airport’s official name for its oversized, bus-like shuttles that carry passengers across the airfield between the main terminal, concourses, and, in some cases, aircraft. The enclosed shuttles represented an ambitious solution when Dulles opened in 1962, but today they add another transfer to an airport experience that already involves long distances. Dulles currently uses mobile lounges on routes that include the…
Global Black Voices: News from around the World A businessman accused of collecting $1.2 million from a senior member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force for a motor vehicle that was never delivered has been granted bail in the St Catherine Parish Court. Jerome Crichton, who is charged with Non-Delivery of Service and Fraudulent Conversion, was offered $300,000 bail with surety when he appeared before Parish Court Judge Roneiph Lawrence on Thursday. During the hearing, defence attorney Delpharine Golding-Jenkins argued that Crichton is a legitimate businessman who operates a motor vehicle dealership and has previously done business with the complainant. “Your…
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Health Watch: Wellness, Research & Healthy Living Tips Jung Hae-in and Ha Young —Song Hyoun-jong—NetflixIn the opening episode of Netflix Korean drama Our Sticky Love, Go Eun-sae (Ha Young) wakes up in a rural hospital with no memory of how she got there or what her prior life was like. When local boxing coach Jang Tae-ha (Jung Hae-in) shows up at the hospital claiming to be her devoted boyfriend, she is immediately suspicious. Tae-ha is much scruffier and less professionally ambitious than Eun-sae thinks her ideal type might be, but she doesn’t have much choice but to go with him…