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In Honor of Black Music Month: Classic Album Milestones From 1997
The 1997 music landscape was bittersweet. The bitter part: we lost the legendary Biggie Smalls to gun violence on March 9th, just a few months after losing Tupac. The sweet: a lot of classic albums came out that year. It’s the year the world was introduced to Erykah...
California’s reparations task force releases interim report, makes case for restitution
California’s reparation task force released an interim report on June 1 making the case for an official government apology and restitution for African Americans, according to the Associated Press. The report detailed discriminatory practices the descendants of...
Nelvis To Be Inducted Into Arkansas Track & Field Hall of Fame Friday
Story Links JONESBORO, Ark. (6/2/22) – One of the greatest to ever toe the starting line at Arkansas State, four-time All-American and former national champion Sharika Nelvis has been tabbed as part of the 27th class in the Arkansas Track and Field Hall of Fame....
TSA Extends Mask Mandate
White House Correspondent Ebony McMorris is a native Washingtonian and University of South Carolina alumna. Her passion is mentoring young adults by teaching community empowerment and media education. She is an NAB member and board member of the Thurgood Marshall...
Creative Discipline Ideas for Kids
Disciplining our children takes dedication and effort. It also helps to mix in a little creativity. So get out of the discipline rut with our twenty one creative consequences. If you have younger children who are messy, try this: set the toy somewhere out of reach but...
Administration Schedules More Deliveries For Operation Fly Formula
White House Correspondent Ebony McMorris is a native Washingtonian and University of South Carolina alumna. Her passion is mentoring young adults by teaching community empowerment and media education. She is an NAB member and board member of the Thurgood Marshall...
Shalanda Young Nominated by President Biden to Become White House Budget Director
President Joe Biden announced yesterday he is nominating Shalanda Young to serve as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. This key administration position has gone unfilled for months, according to washingtonpost.com. If confirmed by the Senate, Young will...
A-State Announces List of Fall 2021 Graduating Students
01/28/2022 JONESBORO – Arkansas State University has announced the list of students who completed degree requirements to graduate at Fall Commencement, held Dec. 18 in First National Bank Arena. Chancellor Kelly Damphousse presented diplomas at the associate,...
Tom Cruise’s Box Office Milestone, Hughley v. Monique, and Ava Raine
Forget breaking the sound barrier, Tom Cruise just flew past a major career milestone. The 59-year-old superstar just got his first $100 million opening weekend with Top Gun: Maverick. In the first three days in North America, the ticket sales earned an estimated $124...
The Debt Collective paid off the overdue debts of nearly 500 former students at Bennett College
The Debt Collective, an organization that emerged from the Occupy Wall Street movement, paid off the overdue debts of nearly 500 former students at Bennett College, an all-women’s historically Black institution in North Carolina, USA Today reports. It arranged to...