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Biotech Pioneer Hopes To Heal With Honey

By Luis Vasquez-Ajmac Urban News Service Show Kayla Rodriguez a jar of honey, and she will tell you it’s medicine. Against the odds is one way to...

Phill Wilson: Still Answering The Black AIDS Call At 60

By Karen Ocamb Black AIDS Institute The first cases of what became HIV/AIDS hit the news on June 5, 1981. Soon, Phill Wilson, then just 25,...

The Zika Virus: What You Need To Know

By Amy Pope (Trice Edney Wire) - If you've been thinking about traveling to warmer climates or have been catching a few news stories, you...

Gaps In Teacher Effectiveness Hurt Young, Minority Students

By Freddie Allen NNPA News Wire Senior Correspondent Minority and low-income students are less likely to have consistent access to effective teachers between preschool and the...

Meals On Wheels Brings Food And Cuts Loneliness

By David Orenstein (Trice Edney Wire) - When Congress passed the Older Americans Act in 1965 to support elderly people who were struggling—often alone—to continue...

Straight Black Men Sidelined In AIDS Fight

NEWS ANALYSIS WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Heterosexual Black men were largely invisible at the 2015 United States Conference on AIDS last week, a long-term absence that...

Study: Racism Has Long-Term Health Impacts On Blacks

(Trice Edney Wire) - Racial discrimination experienced by youth can have far-reaching health impacts well into their adulthood—and that is especially true for Black...

Study: Too Few Blacks, Hispanics Becoming Doctors

Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from NorthStar News (Health Day News) - Too few members of minority groups are pursuing careers in U.S....

Black Male Enrollment Declines In Med Schools

By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) –The number of Black males applying to medical school is lower than it was three decades ago, raising...

Honda To Pay $24 Million For Discriminatory Auto Loans

Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from Target Market News (Trice Edney Wire.) - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Department of Justice...

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The Long War Against Michelle Obama’s Womanhood

Michelle Obama has been the target of far-right attacks that question her womanhood, appearance, and humanity, highlighting the intersection of racism, gender, and political grievance in Trump's MAGAverse.