What Is Digital Accessibility? Plus How to Get Started
- July 26, 2023
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As you may have noticed, accessibility awareness is on the rise [1]. In fact, it’s now often framed as a “business win” rather than a compliance burden [2]. But what is digital accessibility? As a website owner, you may want to gain a solid understanding of this concept. (more…)...
Dele Alli abuse revelations highlight how professional footballers suffer greater mental health risk
- July 25, 2023
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By James Newman (Special to Black Headline News) Everton footballer Dele Alli released an emotional interview with pundit and former player Gary Neville, on July 13. The video was a poignant reminder of the difficult upbringings experienced by many professional footballers and the long-term impact on their mental health, both within and outside of the...
What the US can learn from affirmative action at universities in Brazil
- July 25, 2023
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Affirmative action for college students in Brazil led to better employment prospects for those who benefited from the policy By Neil Lewis Jr., Inácio Bó and Rodrigo Zeidan (Special to Black Headline News) When Brazil implemented affirmative action at its federal universities in 2012, the policy prompted a public debate that largely resembles the debate...
Here are 3 ways Black people say their white co-workers and managers can support them
- July 24, 2023
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Co-workers and managers can be an antidote to slowing down systemic racism By Jennifer R. Joe and Wendy K. Smith (Special to Black Headline News) “How can I be an ally?” It’s a question a lot of white people have been asking in recent years, especially since the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police...
Michigan AG charges 16 fake electors scheme: 4 essential reads on how the Electoral College works
- July 21, 2023
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By Lorna Grisby – Senior Politics & Society Editor (Special to Black Headline News) The Michigan attorney general on July 18, 2023, charged 16 people with felonies for participating in a 2020 fake electors scheme to interfere with the Electoral College and overturn their state’s presidential election results. This is the first time a prosecutor...
eNaira: Nigeria’s digital currency has had a slow start – what’s holding it back
- July 21, 2023
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Adoption of eNaira has been slow By Iwa Salami – Reader (Associate Professor) in Law, University of East London (Special to Black Headline News) Nigeria was the first country in Africa to roll out a central bank digital currency. The eNaira was launched in October 2021. The main reasons were to promote financial inclusion, increase...
African-American Museum in Charleston, S.C., pays new respect to the enslaved Africans who landed
- July 20, 2023
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State and locally-funded international African American Museum in Charleston was 25 years in the making By Bernard Powers – Professor of History Emeritus, College of Charleston (Special to Black Headline News) Before Congress ended the transatlantic slave trade in 1808, the Port of Charleston was the nation’s epicenter of human trafficking. Almost half of the...
As 16 fake electors are charged for election fraud, House and Senate re-back ‘Freedom to Vote Act’
- July 20, 2023
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel charges16 Michigan residents with multiple felony counts for elaborate false electors scheme; meanwhile, Congress members re-introduce voter legislation to set basic national standards during elections By Julia Dudley Najieb – Black Headline News Since the initial beginning of our country’s inception, U.S. elections have proven to be an area of...
Contemporary African photography show celebrates new generation of artists, but misses a trick
- July 18, 2023
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Tate Modern show introduces British audiences to a unique African perspective By Kerstin Hacker – Senior Lecturer, Photography, Anglia Ruskin University (Special to Black Headline News) The last large survey exhibition of African photography by a major western gallery was In/Sight at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 1996. Twenty-seven years later, Tate Modern...
Fermented food is a staple in west Africa: 5 ways to make sure it’s safe for eating
- July 17, 2023
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West African cuisine makes significant use of fermented condiments By Omololu Fagunwa – Research Fellow, Queen’s University Belfast (Special to Black Headline News) A typical west African menu is not complete without a fermented food or drink. These are foods that have been transformed by natural processes involving “friendly” microorganisms like bacteria or yeast. The...