Education News Uncategorized Youth In Action

“MelaninPeople” – A Social Media App for the Black Community

Created by Adeyinka Adegoke, MelaninPeople is a social networking app designed to connect a range of Black and brown individuals, businesses and professionals. Nationwide — MelaninPeople is a social media app that aims to connect Black and brown people within one convenient media network. The platform connects black people worldwide to increase socio-economic awareness and Read More…

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Awesome Move – Black and Latino Publishers in the GNI Ad Transformation Lab

The Google News Initiative, in partnership with the Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN), the National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP), and the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), today kicked off the GNI Ad Transformation Lab: a six month program to help Black and Latino news publishers in the U.S. and Canada advance their advertising strategies Read More…

Uncategorized Education Politics

REMEMBER: The House Has Already Voted to Decriminalize Weed

In a historic first, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to end the federal ban on cannabis. Senate Republicans are unlikely to take it up.   WASHINGTON — The House just voted to decriminalize cannabis, a historic symbolic moment marking Congress’ belated move toward embracing the views held by a large majority of Americans. The Read More…

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Black Doctor Dies of COVID-19 After Complaining About Racism at Hospital

Indianapolis, IN — Susan Moore, an African American doctor from Indiana, died due to complications from COVID-19 just two weeks after claiming that a white doctor ignored her complaints and requests for medication. In a video she posted on Facebook, she expressed that she wouldn’t have experienced such mistreatment if she weren’t Black. Earlier this Read More…

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Black Physician Assistant Makes History, Publishes Children’s Book Series About STEAM

Meet Monica Guillemin, a physician assistant who is perhaps the first Black woman to transcend a career in medicine and law to become a publisher that cleverly introduces young readers to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math), and adults, to medical-legal issues surrounding issues that impact African Americans today. Monica first gained notoriety as Read More…