With Juneteenth weekend upon us, writer and food aficionado Ray Marcano reflects on the timeless African American tradition of the cookout. If you hear: You gonna let all the good air outside? Who all gon’ be over there? Don’t give that fool nothing else to drink. Then chances are, you’re at a cookout. Photo: Getty…
Kennesaw Councilman James “Doc” Eaton says he wants no part of the city’s decision to issue the store’s business license A city councilman in Georgia has resigned to protest the reopening of a Confederate souvenir shop that sells images with racial slurs and dolls and statues that caricature Black people, news outlets reported. Kennesaw Councilman…
Republican Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron seeks to challenge Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear next year Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron won former President Donald Trump’s endorsement Thursday evening in his 2023 bid for governor, offering a momentum boost given the ex-president’s enduring popularity among Republican voters in the state. In a news release that Cameron tweeted from…
A new study reveals an increasing number of parents are stretched well beyond their limits, calling the phenomenon “working parental burnout.” Working parents, you have my thoughts and prayers—and I need yours. Many of us are stretched to our limit and a new report from Ohio State University sums up what many of us feel…
Video has surfaced showing a Chicago Police officer shooting a teenager in his back as his hands were in the air during a pursuit in May. The 13-year-old identified as A.G. was unarmed and followed police commands, a federal lawsuit against the city and the police officer alleges. The video shows officers chasing the boy…
State’s high court reverses a past decision that guaranteed the right to abortion under the Iowa Constitution The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for lawmakers to severely limit or ban abortion in the state, reversing a decision by the court just four years ago that guaranteed the right to abortion under the Iowa…
Former state Rep. Dee Dawkins-Haigler says there’s “a race problem within the Democratic Party” The Democratic primary battle for Georgia secretary of state – the top elections official in a critical swing state – may come down to questions about how party faithful view diversity and the representation of Black women. State Rep. Bee Nguyen,…
A video of “Forest Gump” actor Tom Hanks defending his wife against paparazzi and fans has gone viral. The video showed him with his wife, Rita Wilson, surrounded by paparazzi with fans running toward him as they walk to their car. A few seconds into the video it showed someone bumping into Wilson and nearly…
Race-based medical guidance can affect every element of a patient’s care—including the allocation of much-needed transplants. Several months ago, a lab technologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital mixed the blood components of two people: Alphonso Harried, who needed a kidney, and Pat Holterman-Hommes, who hoped to give him one. The goal was to see whether Harried’s body…
Juneteenth mural in Galveston, Texas Source: MARK FELIX / Getty The actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first heard the word that freedom for the enslaved had come. There were speeches, sermons and shared meals, mostly held at Black churches, the safest places to have…
