Dr. Toni-Mokjaetji Humber, is 'n boorling Angeleno wat haar familie erfenis in Los Angeles kan opspoor om die vroeë 1920's. Sy het haar Graad-graad in Sosiologie van die California State University, Los Angeles, 'n Meestersgraad in Opvoedkunde van Loyola Mary Mount Universiteit, en haar doktorsgraad in Sosiolinguistiek van Howard Universiteit. She is a professor […]
When a judge read the guilty verdict in the police shooting of unarmed black teen Jordan Edwards in Texas, the victim’s family gasped and sobbed. “Thank you Jesus,” someone muttered as relatives embraced in the packed courtroom Tuesday. After hours of deliberations, a jury had found Roy Oliver guilty of murder in last year’s shooting […]
Vir meer 30 jaar, Zoran Basich het gelei die bejaardes en gesinne deur middel van komplekse regering regulasies. Hy gaan voort om te help middelklas families hulle swaarverdiende bates te beskerm en te bewaar, terwyl die verkryging van die regering Voordele om te betaal vir opgeleide verpleegpersoneel Home Care. As uitvoerende hoof en stigter van die Glendale-gebaseerde maatskappy, Verpleeg Solutions. Zoran is currently considered one […]
Dr. Bill Releford, 'n gegradueerde van die Tempel Skool Podiatric Medicine in Philadelphia, begin sy praktyk in 1990 en het die Diabetic Foot Instituut, 'n fasiliteit toegewyde uitsluitlik tot die vermindering van diabetes-verwante amputasies in 'n hoë-risiko bevolkings. Dr. Releford is recognized both domestically as well as internationally as a leader in the field of […]
Nana Gyamfi has been a human and civil rights attorney with a specialty in criminal defense since 1994. Nana gegradueer van Cornell Universiteit en het haar graad in die regte van die UCLA School of Law. In 1992, terwyl hy nog in die wet skool, Nana worked with Chokwe Lumumba at the Black Law Institute and co-organized and directed the community […]
“The problem we have now is we think prison is the only way to hold people accountable when they break the law.” When Karol Mason was assistant attorney general under then-President Barack Obama, she ran the Office of Justice Program that worked with state and local law enforcement agencies as well as crime victims. Also under her […]
Oor die afgelope 12 years Afropunk — which started in Brooklyn, New York with just one stage and a skateboard park — has become a cultural haven celebrating Black culture and alternative Black music. As the festival has evolved and spread its arms around the world from London to Johannesburg, many things have changed — the artists, […]
Isabel “Isa” Cespedes is an artist/ creative from Oakland California. She is also the creative director for Sista Circle: black women in Tech. A nationwide group that aims to create solidarity, community and safe space for black women in the tech sector. Webwerf: Isa Cespedes Sista Circle […]
Dr. Salim Faraji is Associate Professor of Africana Studies at California State University, Dominguez Hills. He earned his Ph.D. at Claremont Graduate University in Religious Studies and History. Dr. Faraji’s research and scholarship represent the cutting edge of Africana Transdisciplinarity, transgressing the traditional boundaries of Religious Studies, African History, Nubian Studies, Ancient History, African Diaspora […]
A Howard University student is headed to the Olympics. Latroya Pina and her siblings, Troy and Jayla, will compete as members of the Cape Verde National Swim Team in the 2020 Summer Olympics, reports HUBison.com. They will also swim in the Confederation Africaine de Natation Championship Meet in early September. “It’s not far-fetched, three members of […]