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  • Black Journalists, Activists Condemn MSNBC for Firing Joy Reid

    By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia MSNBC has parted ways with Joy Reid, marking the departure of another prominent Black woman from the network. Reid joins Rashida Jones, the first Black woman to head a major cable news network, along with Melissa Harris-Perry and Tiffany Cross. All four women brought critical,

  • Lester Holt to Step Down from ‘NBC Nightly News’ as Networks Face Criticism over Cutting Black Voices

    By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Lester Holt, the veteran NBC newscaster and “NBC Nightly News” anchor for the past decade, announced Monday that he will step down from the network’s flagship evening newscast in the coming months. Holt, 65, said he would remain at NBC and expand his role at

  • Soul and R&B Universe Mourns Loss of Roberta Flack, Gwen McCrae and Jerry Butler

    By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose smooth vocals and intimate style made her a defining artist of the 1970s, died Monday at her home surrounded by family. She was 88. Her publicist, Elaine Schock, confirmed the news in a statement. Flack revealed in

  • The Courage to be Curious: A Head Start Success Story

    NNPA NEWSWIRE — In the Head Start program, I found a community of my peers, where we learned civility, courtesy, kindness, and sharing. I learned to share and to compromise; to accommodate and to push back; and to be sensitive and kind to others in the daily exercise of dealing with other people.

  • Trump Hosts Black History Month Reception

    (@DavidJHarrisJr on X) “One of the reasons why I am president today is because of the Black vote,” Trump told African Americans celebrating Black History Month at the White House.  There was a resounding response of “We love you” and “Thank you” from the exuberant crowd.  In November 2024, presidential candidate Donald John Trump won

  • Legendary Reginald Lewis’ legacy honored at museum exhibit

    Reginald F. Lewis, the visionary entrepreneur who orchestrated the largest offshore leveraged buyout in American history and became the first Black businessman to build a billion-dollar company, is being celebrated in a groundbreaking exhibition at the Reginald Lewis Museum in Baltimore. The exhibit, which opened February 8, 2024, offers an intimate look at the man The post Legendary Reginald Lewis’ legacy honored at museum exhibit appeared first on Rolling Out.

South Africa to lead new military force in the DRC: an expert speaks on what it’s up against

  • January 04, 2024
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By Thomas Mandrup (Special to BHN) The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Monusco, is ending after 20 years. It will be replaced by troops from the Southern African Development Community (SADC), led by the South African military. Thomas Mandrup, an expert in African security governance and South African military

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The Ongoing Struggle: Black Gen X’ers and the Persistent Impediments to Racial Equality

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