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Opening: Kevin Cole and George Smith, Feb. 24 at Nicole Longnecker Gallery
Nicole Longnecker Gallery announces dual exhibitions; “Danci’ with Color” featuring work by Atlanta-based artist Kevin Cole and “George Smith” by Houston icon George Smith from February 24 to March 31, 2018. There will be an artists’ reception on Saturday, February 24, from 5-8pm.
Astronomers discover oldest ‘dead’ galaxy in distant universe
Astronomers have spotted the oldest “dead” galaxy ever observed while studying the cosmos with the James Webb Space Telescope, and it’s one of the deepest views into the distant universe made with the observatory to date.
Dariaz Higgins sentenced to life in prison for 2019 killing of Sierra Robinson
A Milwaukee man who pleaded guilty to killing his 2-year-old child’s mother learned his fate Monday, July 26.
Poverty rate jumps in 2022 after end of enhanced child tax credit
The share of Americans, particularly children, in poverty rose significantly last year, in large part because Congress did not renew a Covid-19 pandemic enhancement to the child tax credit, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday.
Buffalo shooting victims: 'Hero' guard and a teacher who was a 'pillar of the community' are among 10 killed
A retired police lieutenant. A substitute teacher who was a "pillar of the community." A beloved grandmother of six. A dedicated community activist.
Luis Díaz’s family relieved and thankful for his father’s release, cousin tells CNN
The cousin of Liverpool soccer star Luis Díaz told CNN on Friday that his family is relieved and “really thankful for all the support from the entire nation,” following the release of Díaz’s father by the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group on Thursday night.
Coal CEO: Senate Tax Plan 'wipes us out'
Coal CEO Robert Murray warns that if the Senate version of tax reform is enacted by President Trump he'll be destroying thousands of coal mining jobs in the process.
Largest study of brains of athletes younger than 30 finds early signs of CTE even in amateur players
A new study from Boston University’s CTE Center has discovered more than 60 cases of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as CTE, in athletes who were under the age of 30 at the time of their death. This is the largest study to look at the neurodegenerative disease in young people.
UT Chattanooga Celebrates Black Womanhood With ‘Lemonade’ Week
Beyoncé’s “Lemonade” album has inspired a week’s worth of study in black womanhood at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Thurgood Marshall School of Law Second-year Students and Experiential Learning Department Lauded for Their First-place Finish
Students from Thurgood Marshall School of Law (TMSL) recently competed in the American Bar Association (ABA) Regional Client Counseling Competition that took place at the University of Arkansas School Of Law. TMSL was represented by second year law students, Eleazar Maldonado Jr. and Daniel Chavez, pictured above. The team was coached by Professor of Law and Director of L.L.M. & Immigration Development, Fernando Colon-Navarro. TMSL competed against 11 other law schools from across the nation.
New Louisiana Poet Laureate, Dr. Mona Lisa Saloy, Looks to Use Platform to "Give Hope in Verse"
An English professor and folklorist at Dillard University in New Orleans will become Louisiana’s poet laureate.
CEO/President of the California Black Chamber of Commerce Jay King Launches Covid-19 "Everybody Pitch In" GoFundMe Campaign To Save California-Based Small Black Businesses
Jay King, the CEO and President of the California Black Chamber of Commerce (CBCC), has announced the launch of a special Covid-19 "Everybody Pitch In" GoFundMe campaign, to assist and save California-based small Black businesses. Even with the recent passage of the CARES Act, a $2 trillion-dollar Covid-19 stimulus bill, King is concerned that small Black enterprises will be overlooked. As the largest African American non-profit business organization, representing thousands of small and emerging businesses, affiliates and chambers of commerce throughout California, the CBCC is extremely concerned about the aftermath of Covid-19 which has immobilized and shut down businesses around the entire world
Why America stopped building public pools
Growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, Gerome Sutton looked forward all week for his chance to swim at Algonquin Park pool on the weekend.
Election officials’ homes ‘swatted’ as presidential race heats up
Heavily armed officers ordered the homeowner to walk outside with his hands up. From the doorway, a middle-aged man emerged. It was Jay Ashcroft, Missouri’s Secretary of State who minutes earlier was gearing up for a workout on his home treadmill.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Make First Appearance After Engagement
Britain's Prince Harry and the American actor Meghan Markle have made their first public appearance since their engagement was announced earlier Monday.
Council Member Dave Martin June 2017 Newsletter
The beginning of summer has been busy here at City Hall. As many of you may have seen, City Council passed the $5.2 billion Fiscal Year 2018 Operating Budget this week, which includes $2.4 billion from the tax-generated General Fund. For the second year in a row Mayor Turner achieved unanimous support of his bare bones budget. I believe that Mayor Turner is on the right track, as this budget saw department expenditures decrease by nearly $50 million and identified strategies within departments to assist with creating further reductions in the future.
An Unbreakable Bond: Sheila Jackson Lee and Erica Lee Carter
Ask any child and most can list a number of reasons why they love their mother. No matter what the reason they all center on one word, love. That love is formed from a special bond between mother and child. Mothers and daughters share a very unique emotionally connection. With such a delicate connection, I wondered how that bond is tested when you have to share your mother and the unconditional love she gives with others in a major way. What I found is that the bond is just made stronger to the point that it is unbreakable.
'Where Do We GO From Here?' Social Justice Panel Tackles Redistricting, Voting Rights, and Affirmative Action During Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. 91st Southern Regional Convention
Since 2016, the former U.S. President’s “Make America Great Again” campaign and political platform has unearthed many of the demons of racial division, acrimony, and the public pronouncement of white supremacy that Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has always fought against. Now, in the wake of the January 6th Capitol Insurrection, voter suppression legislation in many states, blatant redistricting attempts to dilute minority voting strength, as well as the distractive arguments of Critical Race Theory to inflame centrists and the political right wing, the U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in a higher education affirmative action case.
Want Donald Trump to say nice things about you? Say nice things about him
That congratulatory call was a far cry from the decidedly tepid response from Trump's State Department that urged Erdogan "to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of all its citizens -- regardless of their vote on April 16."
Preserving and Sharing Lost Latino Treasure
Arte Público Press Program Receives NEH Challenge Grant
Arte Público Press’ long-term project to locate, preserve and disseminate the written legacy of Latinos in the United States from the Colonial Period to 1980, the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Program, has received a $500,000 challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to raise funds to improve the digital infrastructure of its US Latino Digital Humanities Center (USLDH).
