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Beyond the Rhetoric: Our Plan for Improvement

We did not start the National Black Chamber of Commerce to be a social organization full of entertainment conferences and political correctness. Ours was to disrupt the contentment/status quo and demand equal opportunity and commitment as it relates to business participation. There was great opposition from the start.

'Equal Pay, Equal Pay, Equal Pay'

As the exhausted and thrilled U.S. women's soccer team celebrated its victory in the finals of the 2019 Women's World Cup, the cheers of the crowd in the Stade of Lyon soon turned into a chant: "Equal Pay, Equal Pay, Equal Pay." Even as they fought their way to the fourth U.S. Women World Cup championship, the U.S. team were waging a battle -- in the court of public opinion and the courts of law -- for equal treatment in wages, working conditions and investment in the women's game. And if there is any justice or common sense in their employer, U.S. Soccer, they will be as victorious in the quest for equal pay as they were in their quest for the World Cup.

It included an assortment of US cargo planes, including the C-47 and C-130, as well as four F-15 Eagle fighters.

To celebrate the start of the 2019 Women's World Cup, we asked female footballers around the world to record a day in their lives. In the video at the top of this page, they tell us their story.

A Texas school board proposes the non-renewal of a contract for a principal accused of promoting critical race theory

A Texas school district board voted unanimously to give notice of a proposed non-renewal of the contract of a principal at the center of controversy over critical race theory.

5 people killed in a 'horrendous' condo shooting in Canada, police say

Five people were killed in a shooting at a condominium in a Toronto suburb Sunday night, police said, a "terrible" crime that came amid Canada's efforts to tighten its gun control laws.

Jury is deadlocked in murder trial of Ohio doctor accused of overprescribing fentanyl to the dying

Jurors in Ohio said Monday they are at an impasse and cannot reach a unanimous verdict in the murder trial of William Husel, the doctor accused of overprescribing the powerful opioid fentanyl to his critically ill patients and hastening their deaths.

His Name Is George Floyd

George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer just over two years ago. His killing sparked a movement to end unjustified police killings and racist law enforcement practices. Sadly, the killings have not stopped. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act was blocked by Senate Republicans last year. The struggle continues in communities large and small.

What Outreach Specialists Are Saying About Marketplace Enrollment

Job losses, resignations and early retirements triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic have put many people in the position of shopping for insurance from the individual marketplace, perhaps for the first time.

Florida governor says parents can send asymptomatic kids exposed to Covid-19 back to school

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday announced that the state has put out a revised rule which follows a "symptom-based approach" to quarantining students, meaning asymptomatic children exposed to Covid-19 in classrooms could be sent back to school by parents.

A year after the Uvalde shooting, Texas’ gun laws remain the same

Airfare hasn’t been this cheap since 2009

In travel news this week: Why the cost of living is high but plane tickets are relatively cheap, the best countries for expats in 2024 and the big-shot movie stars getting in trouble in the United States and Europe.

The Smahrt Girl Foundation Inauguaral Tea

Photography by Vicky Pink - Young girls were little ladies at the inaugural tea hosted …

Judge Zinetta Burney Suprise Birthday Celebration

Photography by Vicky Pink - The shocker was on Judge Dinette Burney as family and …

CyFair 2025 Awards Ceremony

Photography by Jo-Carolyn Goode - The sixth grade girls basketball team of the Nike CyFair …

Beautiful One Day, Perfect the Next. Door County Awaits!

While planning a summer vacation may be completely overwhelming, planning ahead is a big part of preparing for an affordable and enjoyable getaway. A family summer vacation should be a relaxing, fun-filled time for bonding and re-energizing, but too often families find their vacations to be just as stressful, if not more so, than their daily routines. Well, take away your stress because this is where Door County comes into play.

Black immigrants chose Ukraine for quality of life, education. War leaves them fearful.

After having studied in India, Heidi Nguema visited Ukraine a few years ago with no plans to make it his home. But as an African from the country of Gabon, in the central part of the continent, he said, he “fell in love” with Ukraine and “decided to stay.”

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will resign

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that he will resign, relinquishing under extraordinary pressure his decade-long grip on power and heading off a potential impeachment by New York's Democratic-led legislature a week after the release of a report by the state attorney general that found he had sexually harassed 11 women.

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