Kelly Paula an accomplished Broadway dancer and actress is dead. The renowned film personality died on Sunday at the age of 76 years, according to Broadway World. She leaves behind a daughter, the only child she had with her late husband Donald Chaffey, who died […]
A prominent Chinese intellectual has become the first high-profile public figure to lay the blame for the coronavirus crisis at the feet of the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, saying the spread of the deadly virus has “revealed the rotten core of Chinese governance”. As the […]
Students from Norfolk’s Booker T. Washington High School stage set in at Granby Street’s Woolworth’s lunch counter. All Photos: New Journal and Guide archives This Black History special will be brought to you in three parts By Dr. Kelton Edmonds, Special to the New […]
Hyper-partisan polarization is making America’s politics a play-to-the-base mess. But there’s one hopeful trend that doesn’t get enough attention — and it’s front and center in the New Hampshire primaries. I’m talking about the rise of independent voters — those folks who refuse to […]
This month, in honor of Black History Month, American Masters presents the broadcast premiere of award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson’s Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool, which earned a Grammy nomination in the “Best Music Film” category. The doc delves into the six-decade career of the musical […]
Antarctica has logged its hottest temperature on record, with an Argentinian research station thermometer reading 18.3C, beating the previous record by 0.8C. The reading, taken at Esperanza on the northern tip of the continent’s peninsula, beats Antarctica’s previous record of 17.5C, set in March 2015. A […]
The Trump administration’s quarantine and travel ban in response to the Wuhan coronavirus could undercut international efforts to fight the outbreak by antagonizing Chinese leaders, as well as stigmatizing people of Asian descent, according to a growing chorus of public health experts and […]
Multiple Democrats walked out before President Donald Trump finished his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Reps. Rashida Tlaib (Mich.), Bill Pascrell (N.J.), Tim Ryan (Ohio) and Jackie Speier (Calif.) left the room before Trump’s hour-plus speech concluded. “I walked out of that speech,” Tlaib tweeted after Trump’s address ended. […]
This year’s recipient for the NAACP President’s Award is none other than Rihanna. The organization announced on Tuesday that the singer would be awarded the honor during the NAACP Image Award show, according to Pitchfork. The award, which is given “in recognition of special achievement and distinguished […]
Considering all the barriers that have been put into place over time to prevent Black people from attaining an education, it was no wonder why such a philanthropic effort has been made to donate money to assist with schooling. Statistics show that Black […]
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