When Tajuana Dixon-Nations graduated high school 27 years ago, she put pursuing higher education on hold to raise a family. Little did she know that one day she and her children would enter college at the same time and at…
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Everyone deserves clean air and water — no matter their zip code
by Justin J. Pearson •
I grew up in a loving family: financially poor, but spiritually rich. My family was blessed with the abundance of having my two strong grandmothers who helped us make it out of poverty. But when they both died from pollution-related…
Baseball icon Henry ‘Hank’ Aaron dies at 86
by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire senior national correspondent •
Baseball’s recognized home run king and an African American hero, Henry ‘Hank’ Aaron, has died at the age of 86. Aaron, who broke Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record on April 8, 1974, was not just a baseball legend but…
COVID-19’s effect in our lives
by William T. Robinson, Jr. •
There has not been an impenetrable place in our world that has been not been visited and devastated with the unwanted presence and deadly effects of COVID-19. This virus has upset the daily practices and events of everyone. It has…
Power of trust and truth
Sharing, trusting scientific facts about COVID-19 helps turn tide for communities of color
by Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., Director National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute and Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D., Director National Institute on Minority Health, Health Disparities •
COVID-19 has killed more than 250,000 people in the U.S., and the death toll continues to rise at a rate of about 1,000 per day. We know, however, that families and communities don’t count their losses in thousands or hundreds.…
How you feel about money impacts your spending
by PRIDE Newsdesk •
We all have a personal relationship with money, and it will often show in how we spend it. But our feelings about finance can sometimes lead to negative spending habits that can hurt us in the long run. To begin…