In the Google News Initiative Labs, news organizations’ cohorts come together over several months to tackle specific business problems, with support from Google and industry experts. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Google has announced a partnership for its Google News Initiative (GNI) Ad Transformation Lab, a […]
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Thousands Petition for LeVar Burton as Next ‘Jeopardy’ Host
LeVar Burton (Courtesy Image/change.org) By AFRO Staff By any account, Alex Trebek has left some large shoes to fill. The beloved, Emmy Award-winning game-show host, who presided over the fan-favorite “Jeopardy” for more than three decades, died Nov. 8 after battling with pancreatic cancer. He was 80. While it would be difficult to replace Trebek’s […]
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‘The Harris Letters’ to be published this month
By AFRO Staff In September, the AFRO reported on Dr. Peggy Brooks-Bertram, creator of “The Harris Letters: Put The Wind Beneath Her Wings” letter campaign. All women were encouraged to submit letters of encouragement for other women of color and also in support of the Sen. Kamala Harris’ history journey to the White House. With […]
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Black People’s “Soul” Slang Classified
Black youth gain pleasure from “mixing” incongruent words into Slang and Rap for messages and for play. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) By Dr. Joseph A. Bailey II, MD, FACS via NNPA Today’s Black Slang is like a kaleidoscope whose various overlapping colors/types can serve many purposes. Type I Slang shows one belongs to the fellow […]
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Netflix Raising U.S. Streaming Prices Amid Booming Growth
Netflix is raising most of its U.S. prices by 8% to 13% as its video streaming service rides a wave of rising popularity spurred by government-imposed lockdowns that corralled people at home during the fight against the pandemic. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File) By Michael Liedtke Associated Press Netflix is raising most of its U.S. prices […]
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Oprah Winfrey To Host Virtual Town Halls in Key States To Encourage, Inspire and Support Voters Ahead of Election
Oprah Winfrey To Host Virtual Town Halls in Key States To Encourage, Inspire and Support Voters Ahead of Election Events Are Free and Open to the Public on Zoom Los Angeles – Oprah Winfrey announced today plans to host virtual town halls in key states as part of OWN’s OWN YOUR VOTE nonpartisan get-out-the-vote initiative, […]
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Halle Berry Officially Launches Her Digital Wellness Brand at Advertising Week 2020
Actress and co-founder of wellness site, re-spin graces its pages. (Photo/re-spin site) By Nadine Matthews Superstar Halle Berry is known not just for her talent and longevity, but for her extraordinary beauty and equanimity. Obviously, Berry has been blessed with good genes, but our girl also works extremely hard to keep herself healthy and gorgeous. […]
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Author Troy Gathers Releases New Book “African World History” to Reflect on the Greatness of Ancient Africa
Author Troy Gathers (Image courtesy BlackNews.com) By BlackNews.com Nationwide — In these recent months, the country has witnessed an obvious racial divide. Although many factors have led up to the atomic bomb we see on the evening news, a cultural split definitely tops the list. Countless groups and organizations are on the frontlines fighting for […]
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Community College of Baltimore County Will Host Its First Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration
Baltimore County, Md. (Oct. 5, 2020) – Community College of Baltimore County will host its First Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration at 12:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12. This virtual ceremony will acknowledge and honor Native American traditions and cultures and will include drumming, art, dance, speakers and a keynote address by CCBC Dean Emeritus Dr. Dennis Seymour, […]
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Michelle Obama Speech Inspires 13-Year-Old Director, Producer
13-year-old animated filmmaker, Kalia Love Jones, who wants to empower others with her film the “Power of Hope”. By Blacknews.com Kalia Love Jones is an ambitious 13-year-old animated filmmaker who wants to empower others. Her first animated short film, the Power of Hope, inspired by a Michelle Obama speech, tells the inspirational story of a […]
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Award-Winning Black Journalists Launch News And Social Justice Podcast With Inaugural Episode On The Breonna Taylor Case
The Rev. Carl L. Washington Sr., founding pastor, St. Timothy’s Christiann Baptist Church. (Courtesy Photo) New York, NY (Wednesday, September 23, 2020) Four-time Emmy Award winning journalist Mara Schiavocampo, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Wesley Lowery, and former magazine editor and sportswriter Keith Reed have announced the launch of a news and social justice podcast entitled […]
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Trump’s Tik Tok Ban Stifles Free Speech, Activists Say
(By XanderSt_Shutterstock) By AFRO Staff Activists and experts are calling President Trump’s intended ban on TikTok an attack on the First Amendment rights of Americans. On Sept. 18, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced it was enforcing Trump’s Aug. 6 executive order that prohibits WeChat and TikTok transactions with an eye toward protecting national security. […]