by Rachel Nania, AARP, October 5, 2020 With several coronavirus vaccine candidates advancing to the third and final phase of clinical trials, researchers are ramping up their efforts to
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A Military 1st: A Supercarrier Is Named After An African American Sailor
September 29, 2020 5:01 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition Military names can echo down through the ages, a fact underlined by the current fight in Washington, D.C., between President Trump and Co
Disenfranchised for this Election!
The US Supreme Court issued a ruling which reinstated the requirement that absentee voters obtain a witness signature on their mail-in envelopes. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, appointed to the court by
Programming to Raise Awareness of Human Trafficking
By Pierre-Antoine Louis (Nytimes.com – Race/Related) Beauty for Freedom, a nonprofit group that raises awareness and money to fight human trafficking, is hosting on Sunday a four-hour livestream
How the U.S. Navy’s First Black Officers (The Golden Thirteen) Helped Reshape the American Military
BY DAN C. GOLDBERG MAY 19, 2020 3:00 PM A black man had graduated the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877 and the Army had its first black general in 1940. But when
Stacey Abrams
Voting isn’t an event. It is not a single moment that changes the world or changes our lives. It is a process, and like any process, if you only do parts of it, it doesn’t work. That means
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11 Unintentional Habits That Wreck a Healthy Eating Plan
BY DARYA ROSE SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 Not Shopping at the grocery store Not eating veggies Eating in front of the screen Read more HERE
Marc Cary: Abbey Lincoln and Moseka House – The House That She Wanted to Build
Moseka House was a physical home that Abbey Lincoln always wanted to build where musicians could come to feel safe and free. In this presentation, Marc Cary will be keeping this dream ali
Joshua Johnson leaves WAMU and NPR for MSNBC
I used to listen to Diane Rehm in the mornings as I was making my 45-minute commute to work. I really enjoyed her show and was sad when she retired. A new show, 1-A, took that morning slot, and it
Health Benefits of Almonds
Did you know that almonds have health benefits? I know that a Hershey’s bar with almonds is yummy, and I can’t eat peanuts. So almonds. Want some reasons to eat almonds? Read HERE.
Black Bridal Designers
By Danielle Braff Oct. 7, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET Black bridal designers have been at the forefront of innovation in the bridal fashion industry for years, yet many of them have failed to
17 States With Estate or Inheritance Taxes
by John Waggoner, AARP, October 5, 2020 Eleven states have only an estate tax: Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washingto
RIP Johnny Nash
Johnny Nash, a singer whose “I Can See Clearly Now” reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1972, helping to bring reggae music to a mainstream audience in the United States and over the decad