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Black adults aren't getting right medications for trickiest cases of high blood pressure

Black adults with hard-to-treat high blood pressure often don't get the right medications or receive counseling about the use of healthy behaviors to lower blood pressure, according to a new study.

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3rd Annual Black Music Honors Pays Tribute to Bobby Brown, Faith Evans, BeBe & CeCe Winans, and Whodini Airs Nationwide Through September 30

The Nationally Syndicated Television Special Airing Now  Through September 30

Rousing Performances by Doug E. Fresh, Bell Biv DeVoe, YoYo, Monie Love, Next, Raheem Devaughn, Donnie McClurkin, Ruben Studdard, Regina Bell, Angela Winbush and More Captivated the Audience

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Beyond the Rhetoric: Let’s Update the Farm Bill to Help Lift Americans Out of Poverty

I have long thought that we can rid ourselves of the Poverty Industrial Complex. The so-called Great Society has crippled the Black community with a never - ending dependence on government subsidies. The process lasts from generation to generation with no end in sight. Well, the National Black Chamber of Commerce believes we can break this cycle with adept job training followed by suitable job placement (good wage, benefits and a future).

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Don't Expect Fair Elections in 2020

The African American journey through American history can be summed up in two words – UNJUST and UNFAIR.

From the moment we first set foot on the North American continent, we have been subjected to atrocities both great and small. Armed with a culture of white supremacy bolstered by their religion and world view, Europeans seeking to create empires spanning the globe built their dream with the lives and labor stolen from Africans and other peoples from around the world.

Ben Jealous Selected as President of People For the American Way and People For the American Way Foundation

The boards of directors of People For the American Way and People For the American Way Foundation are honored to announce that Benjamin Todd Jealous has been selected as the next president of both organizations. Jealous will take office on June 15. He succeeds Michael Keegan, who has served as president of the organizations for 11 years and will continue to serve as a member of both boards.

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Christian Hip-Hop Recording Artist RHYAN LAMARR Releases New Single, "RELIEF" Lifted From His Debut Album, Rhyan LaMarr's: "aPERFECTmess (Volume 1)"

"RELIEF" was written by Rhyan LaMarr and produced by Mod G., Jack Red & Rhyan LaMarr. The inspirational Hip-hop single features Rhyan LaMarr alongside Canon, John Givez, nobigdyl., Kris Noel, Byron Juane and Jack Red and is lifted from Rhyan's upcoming debut album, "Red Guerrilla Entertainment Presents- Rhyan Lamarr's: aPERFECTmess (Volume1)", available now on all streaming platforms, via the Empire/RMG Amplify label imprint. The powerful "RELIEF" music video was directed and conceptualized by Rhyan LaMarr.

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‘What If I Feel Unsafe?’: Support Professionals in Texas Report Back to Work

Linda Estrada, a school secretary at Runn Elementary School in Donna, Texas, has been receiving texts day and night from education support professionals (ESP) across the Donna Independent School District asking about the requirement to report back to work this month. “What if I feel unsafe?” “What about my kids at home?” “What if I’m in a high risk group?”

Early Bird uses 10 times less energy to train deep neural networks

Novel training method could shrink carbon footprint for greener deep learning

Rice University's Early Bird could care less about the worm; it's looking for megatons of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Akosua Haynes, 10, an Aspiring Astronaut, and Rylee Paige Johnson, 13, Healing from Losi

Akosua Haynes, 10, wrote a letter to Margot Lee Shetterly, author of “Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race,” letting Shetterly know her book solidified Akosua’s decision to become a NASA astronaut.

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Racial Divides Found in Student Loan Defaults

With 44 million consumers owing student debt that now reaches $1.5 trillion and still climbing, a lot of people want to better understand how and why this unsustainable debt trajectory can be better managed. For Black consumers who typically have less family wealth than other races and ethnicities, borrowing is more frequent, and as a result, often leads to five figure debts for undergraduate programs and well beyond $100,000 for graduate or professional degrees.

CPRIT grants bring computer scientist, bioengineer to Rice

A computational biologist and a bioengineer will join Rice's Brown School of Engineering faculty as the latest recruits through the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).

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Peace and Strength

My daughter's name is Alamni. It means "the one who brings peace." She is in her second year at the United States Military Academy, the first in our family to join the ranks of the Long Gray Line.

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Shea Moisture Founder Richelieu Dennis to Transform Madam C.J. Walker’s Estate into Training Center for Black Women Entrepreneurs

In this 100th year anniversary of its completion, the historic Villa Lewaro estate of the nation’s first self-made female millionaire and beauty pioneer, Madam C.J. Walker, has been purchased.

Another 100 million consumers at risk from Capital One Bank data breach

Largest bank breach affects 140,000 Social Security numbers, 80,000 bank accounts

A second major disclosure of major consumer data breach was announced on July 29 by Capital One Bank. That same day, the FBI arrested a suspect was charged with stealing the personal information on March 22 and 23. The apparent focus of the financial theft was credit card applications filed with the bank between 2005-2019.

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Diabetic? Here’s What Black Seed Oil Can Do for You

There’s a new power plant on the scene and it’s making moves… medically. Here’s what you need to know about the latest, yet ancient, health remedy, black seed oil.

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Lottery Winner Miguel Pilgram to Use Part of $52M Prize to Revitalize Street in Fort Lauderdale’s Oldest Black Community

A childhood in the black community of Memphis. A cruise line career that delivered him to a life in South Florida. And a lottery ticket he bought at a gas station. A winning lottery ticket. They are the factors in Miguel Pilgram‘s life that bring him now to Sistrunk Boulevard, a corridor the county calls the “historical heartbeat of Fort Lauderdale’s oldest black community.”

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Remarks by President Trump at the National Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning Ceremony

Well, thank you all for being here, and welcome to the White House. A very special place. On behalf of Melania, Barron, and the entire Trump family, I want to wish you and all Americans a very happy and blessed Thanksgiving. And I hear that beautiful turkey. (Laughter.)

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A Local Black Father Wants the Narrative Changed That Black Men ARE In Their Son’s Lives

As June comes to a close we still want to shine a light on good Black men who are good fathers.

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Congressman Al Green Takes Helm As Chair Of Texas’ Democratic Congressional Delegation

On Friday, December 4, 2020, Congressman Al Green (TX-09) released the following state- ment announcing his chairmanship of Texas’ Democratic Congressional Delegation for the 117th Congress: “As the incoming Chair of the Texas Congressional Delegation, I look forward to serving alongside my colleagues as we collectively commit to serving all Texans.

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The Ceremonia Holiday Edit Is Here!

Don Victor Mooney of Queens, the first African American to row across the Atlantic Ocean recognizes Qatar’s Hamad Medical Corporation and Ministry of Public Health for World AIDS Day for their commitment to fight against HIV/AIDS and unprecedented global partnerships that has catapulted the tiny country as a center in the Middle East for medical research, care and culture.