Black Women in Georgia to Receive $850 a Month in Guaranteed Income to Fight Racial Wealth Gap There are so many factors that contribute to the wealth gap in this nation and for African American women it is even more difficult to close. Here is a stat that proves it.  According to The Labor Department […]

A 9 Year Old Super Talented Young Black Girl Artist From Detroit Has Done Something Really Amazing. A big congratulations goes out to Gabrielle Faisal who won first place in the White House Historical Association’s National Student Art Competition. Her winning piece of art work featured a pair of shackled Black hands holding the White House between […]

Inside The Buzz: Evanston, Illinois, has become the first U.S. city to make reparations available to its Black residents for past discrimination and the lingering effects of slavery. The Chicago suburb’s City Council voted to distribute $400,000 to eligible Black households.According to local officials, the program will give 16 Black families in Evanston $25,000 in […]

Black folks have a legacy of being great when it comes to sports and entertainment. But for some reason, we never hear much about African Americans contributions when it comes to inventions that changed the world. But all that is changing: 3-D Glasses Kenneth J. Dunkley is known for inventing Three Dimensional Viewing Glasses (3-DVG) […]

Does President Donald Trump need a Black history lesson? Trump is scheduled to visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Tuesday. It’s either the president’s latest misguided attempt to embrace the Black experience or it’s a staged photo-op for Black History Month. During his tour, Trump will likely view Emmett Till’s […]

I was watching the news and saw a Muslim woman of Middle Eastern descent protesting. She gave hand gestures and said, “I’m unapologetically Muslim all day every day.” I don’t know that woman or anything about her but watching her sparked a larger thought. As I look around, I see the profound impact of African […]

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According to the U.S. Census, by 2050, the United States will no longer have a clear White majority.

Donella Wilson, 107 years old, cast her first vote in the 1940s and has taken total advantage of that privilege ever since.

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Roland Martin and NewsOne Now dissected the latest presidential polling numbers ahead of the first presidential debate.

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Love is verb, an action word. Hate is as well. As a humanitarian, I ground myself in love in order to challenge divisive hate. So when Fox Business Analyst Charles Payne asked me to defend words of mine that were ultimately tweeted by Gavin Long, the alleged shooter of several police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, […]