Faith Ringgold Dies at 93; Wove Black Life Into Quilts and Children’s Books
A champion of Black artists, she explored themes of race, gender, class, family and community through a vast array of media and later the written word.
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School punishment for Black student’s hair is legal in CROWN Act lawsuit, judge rules
A judge ruled Thursday that punishment faced by a Black high school student for his hairstyle does not violate the CROWN Act.
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The Role of Unconscious Bias in Black Women’s Pregnancy Risks
Many Black women report feeling ignored or dismissed by doctors. The consequences can be deadly for mothers and babies.
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Henry Beecher Hicks III named president & CEO of National Black MBA Association
Former president and CEO of the National Museum of African American Music Henry Beecher Hicks III has accepted a new role as president and CEO of the National Black MBA Association.
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The Boss: Danielle McGee Gibson is in the Black boom business
As founder and CEO of Black Business Boom and Boomin to the Bank, Danielle McGee Gibson connects entrepreneurs with knowledge — and cash. McGee Gibson’s Boomin to the Bank program provided free financial education to 100 Black business owners last year, the Tennessee State University professor said, and her organization plans to double that number in 2023.
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Black Friday online sales top $9 billion in new record
Consumers spent a record $ 9.12 billion online shopping during Black Friday this year, according to Adobe.
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Lucas Black: ‘There’s an Attack on Men in Our Culture’
Actor Lucas Black starred in 1996’s “Sling Blade” as a lad, but he didn’t inspire tabloid headlines like other child stars.
That’s no accident.
Black says he was raised in a “good Christian home,” and his parents guided him through the tumultuous life of young stardom.
“When I was a child, I was still disciplined. I was told, ‘no’ on some of the things I wanted. I was raised right,”...
Black patients with cancer face worse COVID outcomes: study
by Tom Wilemon
Black patients with cancer experienced significantly worse outcomes after COVID-19 diagnosis than non-Hispanic white cancer patients in a study published March 28 in JAMA Network Open.
Investigators of the COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium, which includes more than 125 cancer centers and other organizations, studied the electronic health records of 3,506 patients for the analysis,...
Gene variants increase risk of kidney failure in Black veterans with COVID-19: study
by Leigh MacMillan
Gene variants increased the risk of acute kidney injury and death in veterans of African ancestry who were hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
A team of Vanderbilt investigators led the study as part of the VA Million Veteran Program COVID-19 Science Initiative.
The findings may explain some health disparities associated...
Another shipping crisis strikes, threatening delays to Black Friday shopping
The holiday shopping season could be marred by out-of-stock goods and shipping delays as the floods in Europe and China hit already strained supply chains.
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‘Black Swan’ author Nassim Taleb says bitcoin is worth zero and fails as a currency and a hedge
“The Black Swan” author Nassim Nicholas Taleb has reversed his stance on bitcoin, now saying it is worth zero and fails as a hedge.
International: Top News And Analysis
Black Wall Street was shattered 100 years ago. How the Tulsa race massacre was covered up and unearthed
On May 31, 1921, a white mob turned Greenwood upside down in one of the worst racial massacres in U.S. history.
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