The position of poet laureate was established in 2016. The City of Charleston’s first poet laureate is nearing the end of his appointment. Marcus Amaker, in a recent video message, encouraged poets and writers to consider applying to become his successor, The Post and Courier reported. How cool is this?! Charleston’s poet laureate @marcusamaker conducting a…
Wu-Tang Source: press handout / Live Nation First recognized in June 1979 by President Jimmy Carter, Black Music Appreciation Month celebrates African American music and musicians. Black artists drive the pulse of the country, moving people to dance and and providing the anthem for the march against injustice and defend the country’s enduring promise of…
Men have always played an outsize role is in pushing for and enacting abortion restrictions. If Donovan Atterberry thought about abortion at all as a young man, it was perhaps with some vague discomfort, or a memory of the anti-abortion protesters outside the clinic that he would pass on his way to the park as…
Police officers were patrolling the area on South Street in downtown Philadelphia when they heard multiple gunshots and witnessed several suspects firing into a large crowd just before midnight. Gunfire killed three people and wounded at least 11 others in a popular downtown Philadelphia entertainment district late Saturday night, authorities said. Police officers were patrolling…
A Virginia county has settled a federal lawsuit filed by a resident who claimed a member of the county’s police force violated his civil rights during a 2020 arrest. In March 2021, La Monta Gladney, a 38-year-old Black man, filed a federal lawsuit against Fairfax County Police Officer Tyler Ryan Timberlake, claiming Timberlake violated his civil rights…
Your airline is obligated to correct their wrongs at your service—even when it relates to damaging your luggage. When taking flights, checking luggage can be a cause of massive anxiety all on its own. Delayed baggage, lost bags, opened bags, and even stolen belongings are all unfortunate but common scenarios that come with air travel—but…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said “only fiends from the nether region could have conceived and carried out such dastardly act.” Gunmen opened fire on worshippers and detonated explosives at a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria on Sunday, leaving dozens feared dead, state lawmakers said. The attackers targeted the St. Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state…
Abbott closed the Sturgis, Michigan, factory in February after the Food and Drug Administration began investigating four bacterial infections among infants who consumed powdered formula from the plant. Abbott Nutrition has restarted production at the Michigan baby formula factory that has been closed for months due to contamination, the company said Saturday, taking a step…
Until now, breast cancers have been categorized as either HER2-positive — the cancer cells have more of the protein than normal — or HER2-negative. For the first time, a drug targeting a protein that drives breast cancer growth has been shown to work against tumors with very low levels of the protein. It’s not a…
Nene Leakes is no thief, or so the former “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star is claiming after being sued by her boyfriend’s wife, Melamine Tehmeh-Sioh. Leakes addresses the accusation during an Instagram Live Stream session according to media outlet TMZ, which initially broke the news about the lawsuit. The 54-year-old star encouraged listeners to “show…
