President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are stepping up their efforts to narrow the racial wealth gap. Following the President’s visit to Oklahoma, where he observed the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the Administration announced it would reinvest in communities that failed policies have left behind. Specifically, the Administration is expanding access to […]
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Commission votes to suspend Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill after feds’ indictment
Wednesday afternoon, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced the suspension of Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill, effective immediately, based on the recommendations of a commission, empowered by Kemp. The suspension is effective immediately and will last until the case is decided or the end of Hill’s term in 2024, whichever comes first. On April 27th, Hill […]
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Anderson: Equitable broadband access will be key driver for Georgia’s growth
Last summer, Governor Brian Kemp released a long-anticipated map of broadband availability across rural Georgia. Over half a million homes and businesses – 10 percent of our state – don’t have broadband. And even in urban areas like Atlanta where 97% of households are wired, only 77% actually subscribe. As with most issues, there […]
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Obamacare, LGBTQ rights, voting laws in play during Supreme Court’s final month
The Supreme Court is staring at its self-imposed end of June deadline, but the justices have not yet released some of the most significant opinions of the term, including a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the Voting Rights Act and a case on religious liberty involving a Philadelphia foster agency. Recent weeks have seen […]
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Why clinical trial diversity is key to increasing access to routine care and innovative treatment
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on longstanding health care disparities and amplified the importance of clinical trial diversity, especially participation of those patients and communities disproportionately impacted by the disease being studied. Since clinical trials function as the gatekeeper to bringing new medicines safely to patients and communities, it has become increasingly important […]
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BBM: Chris Classic, a Black-owned fragrance maker, is a pioneer in the beauty industry
Lately, Black-owned beauty brands have increased their visibility. Several black-owned skincare, makeup, and hair companies like Shea Moisture, Mented Cosmetics, Fenty Beauty, and more have become very popular nationally and internationally. With this increased visibility, black-owned perfume and cologne companies are still hard to find. Historically, perfumers are French, making Black perfumers and fragrance makers […]
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Morehouse College entrusted with the Joseph Echols Lowery and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
The family of late civil rights icons Joseph and Evelyn Lowery have gifted a priceless collection of official and personal papers, photographs, documents, writings, speeches, notes, travel diaries, and other mementos to Morehouse College. The Joseph Echols Lowery and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection includes over 400 linear feet of invaluable materials chronicling the Lowerys’ work […]
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Clark Atlanta Dean appointed to Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Special Committee on Payments and Inclusion
Clark Atlanta University’s Dean of the School of Business Administration is the newest member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s Special Committee on Payments and Inclusion. Dr. Silvanus J. Udoka, Ph.D., is one of fourteen new committee members appointed to serve on the committee organized to find solutions for cash-reliant individuals to become better […]
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Loch Lomond Estates homeowners to become City of South Fulton residents June 1
Residents of the Loch Lomond Estates neighborhood are about to see an important change in their addresses. The community officially becomes part of the City of South Fulton June 1, when the city starts to provide public safety coverage with both a fire station and police precinct only minutes away. Plans are to add additional […]
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President Biden, John Legend, Stacey Abrams among those commemorating Tulsa Race Massacre
President Joe Biden plans to travel to Oklahoma to help commemorate the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. White House officials said the President would visit Tulsa on June 1 to mark the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre in the Greenwood District, which many know as Black Wall Street. Beginning Wednesday, May 26, a series of […]
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Tulsa pastors honor ‘holy ground’ 100 years after massacre
When white attackers destroyed the prosperous Black neighborhood of Greenwood 100 years ago this week, they bypassed the original sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of North Tulsa. By the church’s own account, the attackers thought the brick veneer structure was too fine for a Black-owned church. The mob destroyed at least a half-dozen other […]
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Naomi Osaka withdraws from French Open after choosing to avoid media
Tennis star Naomi Osaka said Monday she is withdrawing from the French Open after refusing to speak to the media at the grand slam. The four-time major winner posted a statement on Twitter saying she was pulling out so that “everyone can get back to focusing on the tennis going on in Paris,” adding that […]
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Hundreds gather at historic Tulsa church’s prayer wall
Hundreds gathered Monday for an interfaith service dedicating a prayer wall outside historic Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church in Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood on the centennial of the first day of one of the deadliest racist massacres in the nation. National civil rights leaders, including the Revs. Jesse Jackson and William Barber, joined multiple local faith […]
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Lightfoot sued for limiting interviews to reporters of color
A white reporter for a conservative media outlet is suing Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot over her decision to grant interviews at the midpoint of her first term only to journalists of color, saying she discriminated against him because of his race. Thomas Catenacci and his employer, the Daily Caller News Foundation, argue in the lawsuit […]
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As Tulsa digs for victims of the 1921 race massacre, victims say the road to justice is a long one
One hundred years and a day after one of the country’s bloodiest massacres of the 20th Century, the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Tuesday will begin exhuming bodies possibly linked to the crimes. The efforts to retrieve at least a dozen sets of remains — which experts believe may belong to victims of the 1921 […]