Using Alcohol, Cannabis Together Is IllAdvised
Alcohol and cannabis share some com mon histories and cultural rela琀onships. Both have been around for thousands of years and have been met with socie …
Tribeca ’22 goes full frame
The Tribeca Film Festival is back on track. For 2022 it offered both theater screenings (through June 19) and at-home TFF App-viewings too (through June …
Retailers getting heat for cashing in on Juneteenth
New York (AP) – Retailers and marketers have been quick to commemorate Juneteenth with an avalanche of merchandise from ice cream to T-shirts to party …
Obituaries
JAY FUNERAL HOME Ossie Hollis, 84, educator, died June 18. Service will be held 10am Saturday, June 25, at Second Baptist Church. Bishop Simeon D. …
Mississippi, Alabama mourners praise policeman killed on duty
Meridian, Miss. (AP) – A police officer killed on duty in Mississippi earlier this month is being remembered there and in his Alabama hometown as …
Brilliant entrepreneur shatters glass ceiling to start human resource business
Pembroke Pines, Fla. – Entrepreneur Nicole Williams is the first Black woman to start her own human resource business in South Florida. Williams had to …
DeSantis vetoes challenge Black lawmakers
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis has vetoed funding projects including $5 million for Palm Beach Atlantic University, and $250,000 for an internship program …
Reclaiming their history
Juneteenth scenes were ubiquitous throughout America over the past weekend, as well as among Americans of African descent living abroad from Liberia to South Korea, …
The plan for transforming public safety and policing in the U.S.
Communities all across the country are facing public safety crises. Crime is rising in ways that leave many people feeling unsafe. At the same time, …
The epidemic of gun violence must end now
My heart is heavy. I feel an enormous sense of grief and sadness over the mass shootings that continue to plague our nation. I grieve …