Most young people eager for COVID-19 vaccine, poll shows
As older teens and young adults become eligible for COVID-19 vaccination across the country, and younger teens await their turn, new survey data suggest...
“We exist because we are a community organization”: 1Hood Media reflects on the “dope”...
Urban Media Today and Kiki Brown's What's Good in Your Hood are excited to continue highlighting the Heinz Endowment Cultural Treasure Initiative Award Winners....
$20,000 fellowship announced for BIPOC women interested in tech PR
The Public Relations Society of America Foundation and Mission North have partnered to offer Black, indigenous people of color who identify as female a...
COVID-19 Simulation Shows Importance of Continued Safety Efforts as Vaccine Distribution Continues
Research published by JAMA Network Open shows how non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) like mask wearing and physical distancing can help prevent spikes in COVID-19 cases...
Transit fare breaks coming for some Allegheny County riders
By Matt Petras
Allegheny County will start a one-year Discounted Fares Pilot Program in mid-November, giving a test group of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients...
*NEW* Give It Up Podcast w/ Margo Hinton: Activist Athletes [AUDIO]
https://soundcloud.com/user-790995506/give-it-up-with-margo-hinton-playing-for-justice-series-vol01
Margo Hinton welcomes her best friends and fellow activist athletes Monica Williams, Carlita Jones, Lydia Woods and Connie Hurt to the Give It Up...
Michigan’s only HBCU to reopen with new name, mission
A Portland footwear designer is leading the effort to reopen the only historically Black college in Michigan.
The City of Detroit announced this week that...
Study shows rapid return of respiratory viruses after COVID-19 restrictions relaxed
A new Houston Methodist study shows a rapid return of seasonal respiratory viruses after COVID-19 restrictions were relaxed in Texas, demonstrating the apparent effectiveness of masking,...
Shielded From Public View, Misconduct by Corrections Staff in Illinois Prisons Received Scant Discipline
by Shannon Heffernan, WBEZ
This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter...
CBC Chair Rep. Joyce Beatty, Black women protesters arrested by Capitol Police
Activist Tamika Mallory is calling Thursday’s arrest of Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty and others “a true act of solidarity” as Black women...
