Michelle Obama, others honor Betty White with heartfelt tributes
Michelle Obama paid tribute to Betty White following her death on Friday with a heartwarming photo of the late comedian and a canine companion who died months...
OPINION: Without action from lawmakers to extend the child tax credit, millions of children...
In March, as a part of the American Rescue Plan, the largest child tax credit (CTC) legislation in our history was passed, giving most...
Storybooks Could Be an Early Source of Gender Stereotypes for Children
Studies have shown that by age 2, children have already started to develop beliefs about gender, including stereotypes that boys are better at math...
Desmond Tutu, South African equality activist, dies at 90
Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died, South...
Gainey Announces Transition Plans Despite Potential Covid Diagnosis
A Transition Team meeting to announce plans for the incoming administration of Mayor-Elect Ed Gainey was scheduled for Monday afternoon at the August Wilson...
U.S. surpasses 800,000 deaths from COVID-19: report
More than 800,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 and this latest report comes as Dr. Anthony Fauci continues to urge Americans to get vaccinated.
Since...
Heart Disease-Protective Diabetes Drug Not Used Equitably, Penn Study Finds
A medication typically used for treating diabetes, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA), could also be used to prevent cardiovascular disease and major cardiovascular...
Deion Sanders shuts down rumors Jackson State paid top recruit Travis Hunter
Jackson State University football head coach Deion Sanders dispelled rumors on Thursday that someone is paying the Mississippi-based HBCU’s highly coveted high school recruit...
Samuel L. Jackson, LaTanya Richardson Jackson make largest alumnae donation in Spelman history
Spelman College alumna LaTanya Richardson and her husband Samuel L. Jackson are donating $5M toward the renovation of the college’s John D. Rockefeller Fine...
Susan Hutson becomes first Black woman elected sheriff in Louisiana history
There’s a new sheriff in town in New Orleans and her name is Susan Hutson.
Voters in Orleans Parish made Hutson the first Black woman...
