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Spelman College Receives Funding to Help Fuel the Field of Black Women Economists

The Department of Economics at Spelman College will develop curriculum and programming to address the scarcity of Black women Ph.D.s in economics. thanks to...

WATCH | Stacey Abrams Breaks Down Voter Suppression in 2020

NowThis has released a new video op-ed with Stacey Abrams highlighting the arc of voter suppression in the United States, and her voting rights...

On Our Radar: Atlanta History Center’s Fall Author Talks

Atlanta’s steady growth as a literary nexus is striking in the Atlanta History Center’s fall Author Program lineup, with two local African-American writers appearing...

The Pay Gap is the Tip of the Iceberg for Black Women

Today is Black Women's Equal Pay Day, which marks how far Black women had to work into 2019 to make what white men earned...

After Five Years, NY Police Officer Who Chokes Eric Garner to Death on Video is Finally Fired

By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor On August 19, New York City Police Commissioner James O'Neill announced the firing of Officer Daniel Pantaleo. Pantaleo....

African Americans Need 24-hour Blood Pressure Checks

By Dr. Will Boggs Originally published on Reuters Health Measuring blood pressure outside the clinic using 24-hour monitoring equipment is important for identifying and managing hypertension...

Fulton to Open 3 Early Voting Sites Starting Aug. 26 for Special Election

Residents of Fulton County Commission District 6 and Atlanta Board of Education District 2 will be able to begin voting early for the September...

African Americans Underserved by U.S. Banks, According to New Study

(Reuters) — Many African Americans have difficulty accumulating savings in part because they lack access to mainstream financial services like banking, a new study...

Worst Congressional Districts for Black Americans

By Samuel Stebbins Decades have passed since the end of the Jim Crow era in the United States. While segregation laws are no longer on the...

In Case You Missed It: xoNecole Celebrates the Next Generation of Black, Female Entrepreneurs at the ElevateHER Crawl in Atlanta

More than 700 women gathered at the first ElevateHER Crawl hosted by xoNecole in Atlanta on Aug. 3, 2019. Media change agent and founder,...

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