Daunte Wright's Mother Speaks Out After Ex-Cop Is Sentenced To 24 Months | New Pittsburgh Courier
Photo: Getty Images Daunte Wright's mother, Katie Bryant, asked a Minnesota judge on Friday (February 18) to hand down the highest sentence possible to the ex-cop who killed her 20-year-old son. Instead, Kim Potter was sentenced to a far lesser prison term, two years –– 16 months of which to be
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Marin City Residents Show Appreciation to Southern Marin Firefighters on Valentine’s Day | Post News Group
Felecia Gaston, who organized the presentation, said that firefighters provide a variety of services in addition to fighting fires at people’s homes and businesses. As first responders, they attend to people who have major emergency health issues such as heart attacks, those who overdose on
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Covid report laid in Parliament – Concern as health workers felt abandoned
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Stuart Young. - HOSPITAL staff were praised in a report on the handling of the pandemic which at the same time lamented that they had suffered staff shortages, burnout and were left
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Source: Trinidad News
Rescue them!
RESPONDING TO the learning gaps in students returning to the classroom has been a challenge for teachers at St Michael’s Primary School, where an upsurge in gang violence in surrounding communities have left students doubly impacted. The school...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Go Red for Heart Health | New Pittsburgh Courier
February is American Heart Month and the American Heart Association is working to reverse the statistics for minority communities. Each year approximately 600,000 Americans die from cardiovascular disease. For African Americans, who are 30 percent more likely to die from heart disease than their
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Mother Convicted of Killing Four of Her Five Children Sentenced to Life in Prison - The New York Beacon
By Victor Omondi According to WATN-TV, Shanynthia Gardner, the Tennessee mother convicted of murdering four of her five children, wassentenced to life in prison on Tuesday, with the chance of release after 51 years. Gardner was found guilty in 2016 of slicing the throats of
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Study: Pastors Overwhelmed by the Increased Number of Black and Latino Congregants Seeking Mental Health Services
By Victor Omoni According to new research, Black and Latino churchgoers are increasingly seeking mental health treatments from their pastors, to the point where the clergy is becoming overwhelmed. Because of the stigma associated with mental health in the Black community, the study found that Black
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Source: Your Black World
TechCabal Daily - FairTags 📲 | TechCabal
Read today's edition of #TCDaily: - Facebook's African moderators aren't happy - From Wall Street to investing in African startups - YC backs its first Namibian startup - Updates on Apple’s AirTags - Event: Building From Ground Up
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Black Man Freed After Serving 44 Years In Notorious Louisiana Prison | The Michigan Chronicle
Photo: Getty Images A Black man was freed this week after serving 44 years at the Angola State Penitentiary in Louisiana for a crime he maintains he did not commit. On Monday (February 14), Avoyelles Parish Judge William Bennett granted Vincent Simmons a new trial, ruling that his 1977 trial was
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‘I kept thinking I was going to die’
Shion Allen was just about rounding a kerb leading to the Kingston waterfront on New Year’s Eve in 2021 when she saw a man walk up to the sidewalk and take off his bag. What should have been a routine walk to work ended in a hellish nightmare....
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Goodell, civil rights leaders discuss diversity in hiring | BlackPressUSA
THE ATLANTA VOICE — National Urban League president and CEO Marc H. Morial told the group the NFL’s focus on racial equity and social justice recently hasn’t yet resulted in improved hiring procedures for the league’s head coaches. There were nine head coach openings this offseason and two went to
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
It Gets Better: The History Of Black Mental Health Advocates From Francis Sumner To Kid Cudi
The advocation for mental health in the Black community has taken decades to become a non-taboo subject. From Francis Sumner to Kid Cudi, the discussions around anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and more have become en vogue, rather than hidden.
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Source: Black America Web
Toxic Energy: Kanye West Trolls Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson, Keeps Posting Ex's Private Texts
Ye insists that he does not have beef with his estranged wife, Kim Kardashian, and he does have faith that they will once again be together
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Violent Crime is on the rise in D.C.
By Aysia Morton, Special to the AFRO 2021 was the most violent year the District has seen in more than a decade. This year brings an increase in violent crime, burglary and theft; violent crime has increased by 22 percent, burglary by 66 percent, and theft by 11 percent, according
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Return to school and social anxiety - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
DR ASHA PEMBERTON teenhealth.tt@gmail.com Thousands of eager young people excitedly returned to face-to-face classes this week. After complete academic years of online education, consequent isolation and distance from peers, our tweens and teens mostly looked forward to reconnecting with
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Prosecutors Expose Ahmaud Arbery's Killers' History Of Racist Language | The Michigan Chronicle
Photo: Getty Images Federal prosecutors told a Georgia court Monday (February 14) that one of the men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 has a history of using racial slurs. Just four days before William 'Roddie' Bryan joined his neighbors, Travis and Gregory McMichael in chasing Arbery
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FedEx Made Black Worker Drive Same Route After Two White Men Shot At Him | Atlanta Daily World
Photo: Getty Images After two white men shot at him while making deliveries, a Black FedEx worker says the company asked him to return to the same route. When he declined, the company put him on unpaid leave. D'Monterrio Gibson recounted the harrowing details of escaping two white men –– identified
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PRESS ROOM: 2022 PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship to be Hosted by Union League of Philadelphia
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In conjunction with the PWCC, PGA WORKS will host Beyond the Green, a career exploration event designed to educate and inspire talent from historically underrepresented backgrounds to pursue careers in the business of golf and beyond. The event will be held May 1 at the Comcast
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Covid19 committee reports: Better care for medical staff means better care for patients
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News A nurse sorts through forms collected from members of the public waiting to be vaccinated against covid19 at St Joseph Enhanced Health Centre, Mt Hope in May 2021. - PHOTO BY AYANNA KINSALE The staff at the parallel health care
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Source: Trinidad News
5 Apps That Can Keep You Healthy as You Age - BlackDoctor.org
Mobile health apps can help older Americans but only about four in 10 use them, and those most likely to benefit are least likely to take advantage of them, a new survey reveals. Health apps monitor everything from calories and exercise to blood pressure and blood sugar. They also help users manage
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Source: BlackDoctor | Health News On Fitness, Nutrition & Weight Loss - BlackDoctor
Mental health stigma and its relationship with the African American community
SAN ANTONIO- Since the tragic death of former Miss U.S.A. 2019, Cheslie Kryst, on Jan. 30, a rising controversy confronts the mental health stigma within the black community of social media users. On Sunday, Jan. 30, 30-year-old African American female model and former Miss U.S.A. 2019, Cheslie
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Supreme Court May End Affirmative Action at Universities
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The filing from the office of US Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar emphasized that lower US courts had extensively reviewed Harvard’s racial admissions practices and found them sufficiently limited to meet Supreme Court precedent as they furthered the school’s interest in
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
Judge Rules In Zimmerman's $100M Lawsuit Against Trayvon Martin's Parents | The Michigan Chronicle
Photo: Getty Images A Florida judge has dismissed a defamation and conspiracy lawsuit filed by George Zimmerman against the parents of Trayvon Martin, whom he shot and killed in 2012. According to reports, Zimmerman's lawsuit was seeking $100 million in damages from Martin's parents, Sybrina Fulton
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Students get counselling ahead of school reopening - Barbados Today
Approximately 4,000 students at the primary level will benefit from counselling support sessions provided by the Ministry of Education, as they transition back to in-person classes from next Monday. This revelation from senior psychologist at Student Support Services in the Ministry of
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Kenya: Speaker Muturi Fails to Deliver Hyped 'Snow Melting' Event
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi held a low-key National Delegates Convention at the Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi after promising a 'snow melting' declaration with an appearance by a special guest.
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It's Time To Re-Examine And Redefine Public Safety Within Black Communities - Blavity
If you’re interested in sharing your opinion on any cultural, political or personal topic, create an  account here  and check out our  how-to post  to learn more. ____ We’ve been celebrating Black History Month in the U.S. for  nearly 100 years . Every February we celebrate the accomplishments of
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How the pandemic has intensified mental health challenges for Black Americans
The pandemic has been especially difficult on the mental health of Black Americans, who had already struggled to access care.
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Source: WBUR
Immigrant founders share how security firm they began in UK with just one laptop made $33M
Edgar Chibaka and Jamal Tahlil co-founded First Response Group, a security firm based in the United Kingdom in 2007. The duo started their firm with a single laptop out of a “cold, run-down office” above an internet cafe in Leeds. Fifteen years down the line, the company has 80 laptops with sales
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Black Man Sues Police After Being Choked, Called Racial Slur During Arrest | The Michigan Chronicle
Photo: Getty Images A Black man is suing the Kansas City Police Department, accusing multiple officers of violating his civil rights during a February 2020 arrest. According to the Kansas City Star, Justin Layton filed the lawsuit Monday (February 7), nearly two years after he says he was 'minding
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After the FDA issued warnings about antidepressants, youth suicides rose and mental health care dropped | New Pittsburgh Courier
The link between antidepressant use and increases in suicidal thoughts or behaviors among treated youth is unproven. FatCamera/E+ via Getty Images by Stephen Soumerai, Harvard University and Ross Koppel, University at Buffalo Depression in young people is vastly undertreated. About two-thirds of
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