Prime your pump to be ready for love
February 25, 2022Dr. Michael Merzenich is one of those highly creative people, who wonders how the world works. As the co-inventor of the cochlear implant, Dr. Merzenich has helped to restore hearing to thousands of people around this world. He is also one of the foremost authorities on the theory that the brain continues to grow and […]
BCC launches new initiative
February 25, 2022RALEIGH – After two years of planning, The North Carolina Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (NC-TJRC) Initiative is preparing to engage the people. Community members gathered at The First Baptist Church Family Life Center in Raleigh, N.C., on January 20, where Rev. Nelson and Joyce Hobson Johnson of Beloved Community Center in Greensboro formally announced […]
Should mask mandates be dropped in public schools with new Omicron variant spreading?
February 24, 2022The COVID-19 crisis is not over, and yet, as the pandemic enters its third year, mask mandates imposed by local school boards are quickly being recalled, or at the very least, being made optional. But is this a good thing, especially in public schools where African American students are more than likely be in the […]
Virginia State Men, Fayetteville State Women claim 2022 CIAA Indoor Track & Field Championships
February 18, 2022WINSTON-SALEM – The Fayetteville State women and the Virginia State men both repeated as conference champions at the 2022 CIAA Indoor Track & Field Championships at the JDL Fast Track on Monday. Both programs did not miss a beat even though the 2020-21 season was canceled due to COVID-19. The Trojans’ victory was incredibly significant. […]
Prostate Cancer Disparity Rally, Feb. 24
February 18, 2022There’s one aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic that literally no one talks about until now. Once the pandemic struck in 2020, prostate cancer screenings and treatments literally stopped. For Black men ages 45 and above in North Carolina, that fact means nothing but bad news. According to the N.C. Central Cancer Registry, for every 100,000 […]
Proper diet essential to good health
February 18, 2022One of the major tenets of health and especially of heart health is eating a balanced diet. You are what you eat. “Junk in equals junk out,” is one the adages we have all heard when speaking of the importance of one’s diet. I recently had a wonderful experience when I interviewed Shand Warren Coats. […]
High Point residents celebrate Black History Month
February 17, 2022Annually, in performing arts and spoken word, the city of High Point recalls the disciplined courage and inspiring actions of 26 high school students who sat en masse on February 11, 1960, integrating the Whites-only lunch counter at the downtown F.W. Woolworth. This year, Mary Lou Blakeney, one of the student leaders of the 1960s, […]
N.C. Republican-led legislature claims teaching about systematic racism may hurt the feelings of White students
February 17, 2022In the past few weeks, more than twenty bomb threats have been called into historically Black colleges and universities here in North Carolina, and beyond. The FBI says it has identified six “tech-savvy” minor persons of interest. Last week in the Washington, D.C. area, two teenage boys were arrested for allegedly calling in bomb threats […]
We must effectively address the healthcare needs of people of color
February 11, 2022Many things have been revealed over the last few months of the COVID-19 pandemic as far as healthcare equity and access is concerned. Equity in healthcare is vital in order to maintain a healthy, productive society. More people of color, percentage wise, have succumbed to the ravages of COVID-19. Why would this be? Well, the […]
Black Films Thrive at Sundance Film Festival 2022
February 11, 2022At the last minute, due to Omicron concerns, the 2022 Sundance Film Festival morphed from an in-person and virtual event to a purely digital experience. Thanks to streaming, Black filmmakers and Black films were on center stage all over the world. Check them out… Aftershock (★★★) According to WHO, the U.S. ranks 60th on the […]
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