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Mayo Clinic Minute: Preventing cancer for future generations of Black families
The Sacramento Bee· 2 days agoBlack people are more likely to die from cancer than other racial and ethnic groups. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, African Americans have the highest death rate from cancer overall.
A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It’s finally changing
U-T San Diego· 5 days agoAt issue is a once widely used test that overestimated how well Black people’s kidneys were...
Tony Awards
BET.com· 5 days agoBlack people showed out at the 2024 Tony Awards. The 77th annual event, hosted by Ariana DeBose, took place on Sunday (June 16) at Lincoln Center’s David...
Locals honor Juneteenth holiday
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans· 3 days agoBlack people across the country are celebrating freedom and joy on Wednesday, June 19, and right here in New Orleans Juneteenth events did just that....
With pardons in Maryland, 2.5 million Americans will have marijuana convictions cleared or forgiven
theGrio via AOL· 4 days agoA major toll of the nation’s drug policies is that Black people have suffered more direct...
Leslie Lee, AlterNet
The Raw Story· 2 hours agoTake two figures as dissimilar as Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Beyoncé. As a popcorn spectacle, Black Panther is one of the more competent superhero movies of the past decade. A $200 million ...
‘From Slavery To Dictatorship!’ Dem Mayor Says Black People Tell Him They Won’t Vote For Trump...
Mediaite· 4 days agoTrump gave a speech at a rally in Racine, Wisconsin on Tuesday — just days after Trump earned...
The whitewash on Hawaiʻi’s history
KHON 2 Honolulu· 4 days agoThe history of Black people in Hawaiʻi extends back to the era of King Kamehameha the Great.
Celebrating Juneteenth isn't rejecting the Fourth of July. It honors freedom for all.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJuneteenth, a federal holiday on June 19 commemorating the emancipation of enslaved Black people,...
All About 'House of The Dragon's' Powerful Black Characters AKA 'Black Velaryons'
The Root via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoHouse Of The Dragon, the spinoff to Game of Thrones, serves as a prequel (200 years before Daenerys...