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Vegas Lee’s Liquor Owner Dead

The owner of Lee's Discount Liquor was killed in a car accident on Friday morning.

Rittenhouse Set Free, Has To Deal With Life As Murderer

After news breaks out that 18 year old Kyle Rittenhouse has gotten away with multiple murder, many speak out. And the media is in a frenzy.

Looking Back And Forward: A Remembrance For The National African American Museum Of History...

This year the museum celebrates its fifth anniversary. It is one of the most popular sites on the National Mall, according to the Smithsonian’s 2020 visitor statistics, even more popular than the National Museum of American History, the National Zoo and the National Air and Space Museum.

A Judge Takes His Mental Health Struggles Public

In 1972, just 18 days after he was selected to run for vice president with Democratic Sen. George McGovern, Thomas Eagleton was forced off the ticket. The issue? Years earlier, Eagleton had been hospitalized and treated with electroshock therapy for depression.

Howard University President Responds to Complaints in Address to Students, Alumni and Parents

Student protestors took over the university’s Armour J. Blackburn Center, the university’s social hub, in mid-October to complain about the lack of student housing and the poor condition of existing housing, including accusations of buildings with mold and rats.

Texas Providers See Increased Interest In Birth Control Since Near-Total Abortion Ban

In September, when Texas’ near-total abortion ban took effect, Planned Parenthood clinics in the Lone Star State started offering every patient who walked in information on Senate Bill 8, as well as emergency contraception, condoms and two pregnancy tests.

As The City Prospers, Food Insecurity Remains An Issue In Two Mostly Black Wards

Food insecurity is no new issue in D.C., or America, but it remains a real problem for two of the city’s poorest wards as the rest of the city flourishes.

Howard Protests Escalate; Student Refuse To Quit Without Open Forum With President

Student have been occupying the building since Oct. 13 and in a press conference Monday said they will continue to do so until Frederick and the school’s board of trustees agrees to meet with the student body for an open discussion about housing and student participation on the board.

$16.8 Million To Howard University For Black Business Development At HBCUs And Communities

Black businesses and efforts to boost entrepreneurial education and opportunities at the nation’s 101 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) and their surrounding communities got a $16.8 million boost today from PNC Bank through the PNC Foundation.

Smithsonian Exhibit Of Desecrated Emmett Till Sign Extended Until Nov. 2

Hartig says the exhibit is part of the vision being established by Lonnie G. Bunch III, the Smithsonian’s first African-American secretary and the first African-American to lead the institution of 19 museums, founded in 1836.

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There’s A New Excitement Around The WNBA This Season

Ticket sales for the Chicago Sky have jumped. Celebrities are wearing Indiana Fever jerseys. Google searches for the league are higher than ever. Everyone is talking about the WNBA. And the hype is real.