Healthy food is hard to come by in Cape Town’s poorer areas: how community gardens can fix that
By Tinashe P. Kanosvamhira In 1950, as part of the Group Areas Act, South Africa’s apartheid government banished people of color to outlying areas, away from central business districts. The Cape Flats are one such area, sprawling to the east of central Cape Town. Today the legacy of apartheid spatial planning endures. The area is home (more…)...
Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble
By Jerald Podair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNm4NRuivbU ,This article was originally published on January 30, 2023. However, a movie on ,Netflix, came out at the end of last year called, “,RUSTIN,” which focused on how the activist Bayard Rustin faced racism and homophobia as he helped change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March...
Afcon: everything you need to know about a record year for Africa’s biggest football event
By Chuka Onwumechili As a scholar of sports communication with a focus on African football, Chuka Onwumechili is a professor of communications at Howard University. Here is his analysis. Africa’s biggest football festival – the men’s Africa Cup of Nations 2024 – is being hosted by Côte d’Ivoire in west Africa and will culminate in its final...
How to Enable WordPress Maintenance Mode in 5 Easy Steps
If you plan to do some updates to your website, then enabling WordPress maintenance mode is the perfect solution. In this article, we’ll discuss why maintenance mode is such a helpful tool and offer step-by-step instructions on how to get a website overhaul with its help. (more…)...
Listen to Black Headline News Talk Radio January 9, 2024 Episode 1 on-demand now
This January 9 ,2024 BHN Talk Radio Show episode is jam packed with news commentary regarding the latest, breaking headlines, and upcoming show topics the host intend to explore By Black Headline News Watch above or listen below to episode one of the Black Headline News Talk Radio Show on-demand with Cheryl Smith, Julia...
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These professional news publishers will review the latest breaking news for the week and their top news stories from 2023 By Black Headline News New, 60-minute radio show, “Black Headline News Talk Radio,” is set to broadcast today,Tuesday, January 9, at 2:00 PM PST/4:00 PM CST/5:00 PM EST with seasoned news professionals, Cheryl Smith, who is...
How to Set a 404 Page in WordPress: 2 Easy Methods
From time to time, your website’s visitors may encounter errors, like a browser’s generic 404 error page. In this post, we’ll discuss why you should create a custom 404 page and how to set one in WordPress. (more…)...
Jan. 6 was an example of networked incitement − a media and disinformation expert explains the danger of political violence orchestrated over social media
By Joan Donovan (Special to Black Headline News) https://youtu.be/vmTL3trNd6g U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) released the following statement acknowledging the third anniversary of the deadly January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol: “Today we solemnly observe three years since insurrectionists waged a violent and deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol at the direction of...
How to Improve Largest Contentful Paint: 5 Tactics for WordPress
Struggling with how to improve Largest Contentful Paint on your site? Simply building a website isn’t enough to find success in today’s crowded internet space. This article will explain what LCP is, how to measure it and improve it using five methods. (more…)...
‘American Fiction’ asks who gets to decide Blackness
Jeffrey Wright stars in ‘American Fiction,’ a satirical film which raises questions about race and commodity and diversity By Anthony Stewart (Special to BHN) The much-anticipated American Fiction came to theaters last month. As a long-time scholar of Percival Everett, the author whose 2001 novel, Erasure, was adapted for this critically praised film I am curious...