Michelle Obama, Viola Davis & More React To Overturning Of Roe V. Wade
Photo: Getty Images Roe v. Wade has been overturned. On Friday (June 24), the Supreme Court of the United States struck down Roe v. Wade, eliminating the nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion and leaving the question of abortion’s legality to states. “We end this opinion where we began. Abortion presents a profound moral question. The Constitution does not […]
Whitmer Awards Cities $3M to Upgrade Infrastructure for Economic Investment
Today, during Economic Development Week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a total of $3 million is being awarded to fund infrastructure and public safety enhancements in 11 municipalities that will help move the municipality toward financial stability. “Today’s grants will help protect public safety and enhance infrastructure in nearly a dozen communities across Michigan,” said […]
White House Correspondents Association honors then disses Black Press at dinner
While honoring the two, the WHCA failed to acknowledge National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., who inexplicably was seated in the back of the room out of the view of most attendees including family members of the honorees and President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. NNPA […]
Viral Videos Show Black Mormon Students Calling Out Racism At PWI
Photo: Getty Images A group of Black Mormon students is making waves on the internet for calling out racism at Brigham Young University (BYU), NBC News reports. The Black Menaces, Sebastian Stewart-Johnson, Nate Byrd, Kylee Shepherd, Kennethia Dorsey, and Rachel Weaver, have taken to TikTok to hold their predominately white institution (PWI) accountable for failed […]
$40M Local Initiative Readies Black Contractors For Infrastructure Spending
The Black Caucus Foundation of Michigan has formed a collaboration with DRI Fund, ProFinCo, and Crowdz to launch the Capital and Cash Flow Program, a $40 million initiative targeted at strengthening Black business with low-cost access to capital — $10 million of which is available immediately to City of Detroit contractors. Black businesses have historically […]
Apple’s Impact Accelerator Unlocks New Opportunities for U.S. Businesses
Last fall, leaders of companies across the US participated in Apple’s inaugural Impact Accelerator — a three-month virtual program including customized training and access to Apple expert mentors and an expanding alumni community — to expand their opportunities within Apple’s supply chain. Launched in 2020 as part of Apple’s Racial Equity and Justice Initiative, the Impact Accelerator […]
Detroit Highlighted During Ambassador Young’s 90th Birthday Celebration
Cornerstone Schools’ co-founder, Clark Durant, was honored in Atlanta, Georgia this weekend for his work surrounding justice in Detroit education during the Millennium Candler Prize Gala. The Millennium Candler Justice Prize honors leadership in effecting positive social change and has previously recognized leaders including Ambassador Andrew Young and Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. The […]
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Whoopi Goldberg Apologizes For Saying The Holocaust Wasn’t ‘About Race’
Photo: Getty Images Whoopi Goldberg apologized Monday (January 31) after making on-air comments about the Holocaust hours earlier on The View. While discussing a Tennessee school board’s decision to ban Maus –– a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel detailing the Nazi death camps of World War II –– because of profanity and nudity. Goldberg remarked: “I’m […]
Burned Out, Not Burned Up – COVID-19 and its Variants Weigh on Community
Photo courtesy of Pexels Nearly two years into the pandemic, who isn’t tired of hearing, talking or reading about COVID-19? Yet people are still dying by the hundreds of thousands — with millions more infected across the United States alone. Those who are still working, attending school, rearing children and trying to stay alive […]
