Tag: Black Women
Did Anyone Ask Them: Dr. Claudine Gay or Dr. Antoinette Candia-Bailey...
The African American Academic Series
By: MeShonya Wren-Coleman, Ph.D.
Two words have been on a rampage for the past ten years for which everyone...
Putting in Work….No Excuse!
Changing Our Narrative
By: MeShonya Wren-Coleman, Ph.D.
Growing up, I remember my grandparents getting up when the roosters crowed and going to bed just when the...
Knowledge is Power: Breast Cancer and the Effect on Black Women
Women's History Month Exclusive
By Terri Avery Wiggins
Many diseases exist today that are incurable. However, proper education and awareness can halt the development and...
Community Crisis: A Rise In Black Suicides
Special Assignment
By Dave Devereaux
As our community had not completely come to terms with the sudden suicide of actress Regina King’s son, Ian Alexander...
Black women, across generations heed Biles’ Olympic example
Naomi Osaka. Simone Biles. Both are prominent young Black women under the pressure of a global Olympic spotlight that few human beings ever know....
Yamiche Alcindor Reports the Hard Truth to America
It’s hard for PBS NewsHour’s Yamiche Alcindor to pick one moment that encapsulates the experience of covering the Trump White House. But if she...
A Chaotic Evening: Truck Plows into Breonna Taylor Protester in Hollywood
By: Stephen Oduntan
The news of a grand jury’s decision to not charge any of the officers for their role in Breonna Taylor’s death boiled...
Our Women Hurt Too (Video)
By: Jasmine Gates
Reel Urban News Commentary
I am not a mother, but I am a sister. Not only to three younger Black boys, but to...
Some Lessons From Our Current Pandemic, Part I (VIDEO)
By: Rev. Gerald D. Adams
Reel Urban News COVID-19 Series
COVID-19 is here and it is real. Regardless of the speculations about its beginning, the conspiracy...
Former TV Diversity Executive, Whitney Davis Believes CBS News and Entertainment...
By: Whitney Davis
Last year, CBS hired two white-shoe law firms to conduct an independent investigation into alleged misconduct by then-CEO Leslie Moonves, as well...