Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are running out of money. Students know it, alumni know it, corporations know it and the government knows it. The...
Barbara Kydd Graves. PHOTO/Courtesy of the Graves Family Barbara Kydd Graves, the wife of the publisher of Black Enterprise Magazine who aided in the growth of...
59 percent of African-Americans in this survey express support for gay marriage – up from 41 percent in combined ABC/Post polls this spring and last summer....
The University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) was ranked the top South African and African business school in the annual UK Financial Times...
Deika Morrison, founder of Do Good Jamaica Early childhood education project plans to tap Overseas Jamaicans via crowdfunding. (PRWEB) – Do Good Jamaica’s latest project, Crayons...
It has been noted that more African-Americans are opting to home school their children. About two million, or 4 percent, of American children are home-schooled, according...
According to a study, African-American children are four to six times more likely than white children to die from asthma. Asthma, along with other illnesses, is...
It’s true that skin cancer in African American (or in people of African decent) isn’t nearly as common as it is in other ethnicities. According to...
Edwin Broni-Mensah Edwin Broni-Mensah had a simple idea, but intends to turn that idea into a global “water revolution”. Some years ago, an idea to create...
The green roof garden at the East African Coca-Cola Company headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. PHOTO/AlertNet/Gitonga Njeru By Gitonga Njeru Architects in Kenya are designing buildings with...
Graduating class at Morehouse College. PHOTO/Erik Lesser/Getty Images Budget pressures are forcing state legislatures and the federal government to reconsider financial support for historically black colleges...
Students at State U. of Rio de Janeiro. PHOTO/Douglas Engle Brazil’s top court has backed sweeping affirmative action programs used in more than 1,000 universities across...
Jeri Lynne Johnson leads the Chicago Sinfonietta’s Martin Luther King tribute concert January 15. PHOTO/File Jeri Lynne Johnson, founder of the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra in...
African-American breast cancer survivors were satisfied with their cancer treatment, but most were never offered clinical trials opportunities or support services during or after their treatment,...
Anti-UN protests in Haiti Two years after Haiti’s deadly 2010 earthquake, a second humanitarian crisis continues to claim Haitian lives. Whereas the first crisis was a...
A grade one class from the Africentric school perform a poem in honour of Martin Luther King Jr. PHOTO/Carlos Osorio/Toronto Star Located in an ethnically diverse...
Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program. PHOTO/File (PRWEB) – San Francisco and Oakland Barbershops have joined forces with the Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program (BBHOP) to conduct...
The Archbishop of York., Dr. John Sentamu. PHOTO/Antony Njuguna/Reuters John Sentamu, the archbishop of York, is expected to announce his candidature for Canterbury this week, by...
Breanna Collins was one of 14 girls who built a video game at the Black Girls Code session last fall. PHOTO/Black Girls Code In the battle...
Students protest outside the meeting of the University of California’s Board of Regents in favor of affirmative action. PHOTO/David Butow/Corbis Saba via dosomething.org Fifteen years ago,...
Health tourism has the capacity to generate US$ 35 billion per year and it appears to be a viable income generating option, which, if pursued, could...
A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child. PHOTO/Faisal Mahmood/Reuters Haiti launched a countrywide vaccination campaign to immunize millions of children against childhood killers....
Dr. Eugene M. DeLoatch Dr. Eugene M. DeLoatch was amongst those whom dared to dream of space travel at a time when Dr. King was working...
(Reuters) – The Haitian government along with international partners including the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a vaccination campaign against cholera on Saturday targeting 100,000 people...
After myriad delays and setback, health workers in Haiti are beginning to vaccinate against cholera. Today, 50,000 people living in the slums of Port-au-Prince will start...
(PRWEB) – Volunteers will screen over 1,500 African American Men for Diabetes and High Blood Pressure throughout State of California. The Diabetic Amputation Prevention Foundation (DAP)...
< br/> Provocative new research might help explain why black women are so much more likely than whites to develop and die from cervical cancer: They...
Dr Worta McCaskills-Stevens She is an African American woman and she is a medical doctor, a researcher for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National...
NBA great Kareem Abdul Jabbar. PHOTO/Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images What do the inventor of the potato chip, open-heart surgery and the induction telegraph have in common?...
It has been two years since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, and already, the new law is improving the lives of African-Americans. Since March...
Talking with diabetic peers who’ve gotten their blood sugar under control helped other African-American diabetes patients bring down their own levels, researchers found. In a sixth-month...
The first tranche of United Way’s 2012 support of restoration efforts in Haiti will be presented to the Salvation Army on March 22. The US$ 16,150...
Until recently, home-schooling in the US was mostly practised by white families, but a growing number in the black community are now also turning their back...
One of the hardest part of addressing the HIV/AIDS issue is having the conversation about getting tested, knowing one’s status and practicing safer sex, especially when...
Dr. Rhonda Moore Johnson. PHOTO/File Dr. Rhonda Moore Johnson is the medical director of health equity and quality services at Highmark Inc., headquartered in Pittsburgh. She...
Christopher Smith, a doctoral student in biomedical engineering, looks at stem cell samples through an inverted microscope in a lab at the Johns Hopkins University. PHOTO/Patrick...
The Texas Offenders Re-entry Initiative (TORI) is a signature project of Bishop T.D. Jakes and his church, The Potter’s House that seeks assisting recently released offenders...
Dr. Julianne Malveaux Julianne Malveaux, the economist and writer, is stepping down in May from her post as president of historically black Bennett College in Greensboro,...
The Illinois Coalition of Community Blood Centers is working with the General Assembly’s Black Caucus to increase blood donations in the African-American community. The campaign is...
Dr. Kameron Matthews. PHOTO/BRG Communications Of the nearly 1 million doctors in the United States, less than 4 percent are black, compared with 12.6 percent of...
African American Prep school boys. PHOTO/File The Palm Beach County School District needs to put its resources into more tutoring, getting students to take more Advanced...
Femi Oguns. PHOTO/Femi Oguns In 2003, with just a few hundred pounds, actor Femi Oguns set up Britain’s first ‘black’ drama school. It is now a...
The Supreme Court’s decision to hear oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas is undoubtedly a death-knell for race-based affirmative action in university admissions. Although...
Less than two percent of America’s teachers are black men, according to the Department of Education – that is less than 1 in 50 teachers. If...
Young Woman exercising. PHOTO/Steve Prezant/Corbis Moving the body demands a lot from the brain. Exercise activates countless neurons, which generate, receive and interpret repeated, rapid-fire messages...
South Africa has moved one step closer to a National Health Insurance scheme (universal health care), with Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan announcing a R121 billion (US$15.6...
Relaxed hair Hair relaxers are used by millions of black women, possibly exposing them to various chemicals through scalp lesions and burns. Led by Lauren Wise...
Hazel O’Leary. PHOTO/Wikipedia Fisk University President Hazel O’Leary announced February 17 plans to retire at the end of the year, falling short of her stated goal...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File Access to college has been the driving force in federal higher education policy for decades. But the Obama administration is pushing...
Benjamin Banneker — author, scientist, mathematician, farmer, astronomer, publisher and urban planner; was descended from enslaved Africans, an indentured English servant, and free men and women...
Clive Orville Callender. PHOTO/National MOTTEP Dr. Clive Orville Callender who was born in 1936 is one of the foremost specialists in organ transplant medicine in the...
HBCU Network CEO Curtis Symonds For longtime cable television executive Curtis Symonds, launching the HBCU Network as a cable television channel represents the pinnacle of a...
Not enough people are signing up to donate an organ, particularly African Americans. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, DHHS, in 2010,...
Ret. Major General Marcelite Harris. PHOTO/USAF Marcelite Harris broke a number of racial and gender barriers during an illustrious Air Force career. Harris was born January...
Patricia E. Bath. PHOTO/Copyright Patricia E. Bath, M.D. Patricia Bath received a patent for her cataract laserphaco probe in 1988. Her device used an innovative method...
The numbers make it clear: AIDS has devastated black America. Nearly half of all Americans living with HIV are black men and women; 46 percent, three...
Sterilization victim Elaine Riddick/AP Photo/Karen Tam A forcible sterilization program with overtures of eugenics resonates like something from Nazi Germany, but it happened in the United...
Dr. Robert M. Franklin After five years at the helm, Robert M. Franklin is stepping down as president of Morehouse College. In a press release issued...
On February 18, Physicians Medical Forum (PMF) will host a day-long, tuition-free seminar to encourage the increase of African-Americans in health professions. The number of African-Americans...
U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File President Barack Obama will announce a plan to shift some federal dollars away from colleges and universities that don’t control tuition...
(Jamaica Observer) – Despite its toxicity, the colorless, odorless carbon monoxide will form the basis for a new treatment to be tested among sicklers in Jamaica,...
African American school children. PHOTO/NewsOne.com While achievement levels have improved considerably for minority elementary and middle school students, studies show academic performance among high school age...
A group of African-American Women. PHOTO/File Rich or poor, educated or not, black women sometimes feel as though myths are stalking them like shadows, their lives...
Ex-NBA Star Jalen Rose. PHOTO/Melanie Maxwell/AP Jalen Rose can now add “educator” to his long list of social contributions. The former NBA star and current ESPN...
After raising mountain of complaints about the ill effects of the no-user-fee policy that was implemented by the former Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) government, the new...
The Tuskegee Airmen. PHOTO/File This week’s most noteworthy film screening didn’t take place in Hollywood or Beverly Hills. Instead of starlets gliding past photographers on a...
No matter the research study, scientific finding, or health care statistic, one of the most consistent health facts around is that men, in general, do not...
Keith Boykin, editor of The Daily Voice online news site, a CNBC contributor, a BET TV host and a New York Times best-selling author of three...
Afro Brazilian model Isabel Correia. Only a handful of black models sashayed down the catwalk at this week’s Rio fashion show, sparking fresh calls for quotas...
African American school children. PHOTO/Courtesy NewsOne.com The educational system in the United States is largely broken. For the vast majority of African American students, the system...
Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says a Government of Jamaica (GoJ) Health Card, to help improve the delivery of healthcare services to Jamaicans, is...
Martin Luther King Jr. PHOTO/File Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and civil rights activist, is a celebrated figure in American history. A master of oratory,...
By: Marsha Coleman-Adebayo Cornel West wrote in 1985 that the black intellectual was “caught between an insolent American society and an insouciant black community.” Twenty-seven years...
Oprah Winfrey. PHOTO/File Oprah Winfrey makes no apologies for spending millions on an elite school for underprivileged South African girls. But she’s also looking for ways...
Mae Jemison, the first black woman to travel in space. PHOTO/Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images The astronaut who became the first black woman in space in 1992 has...
A Chinese, Latin American, and North American student are sitting in a classroom. The teacher pulls out a map of Africa, and asks ‘tell me what...
Black people are far more inclined to give back to the community compared with their white counterparts, according to new research by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation...
Zambia’s minister of Tourism Given Lubinda (pictured), has bungee jumped from the Victoria Falls Bridge in an effort to reassure tourists after a New Year’s eve...
Judy L. Smith (pictured), has once again succeeded in making strides on behalf of African American women. The inspiring woman, who became John Hopkins first African...
Percussionist, Archie Alleyne. PHOTO/Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail A Grade Seven dropout and self-taught musician has joined an illustrious group of Canadians as members of the...
Pity those young African-American males growing up in single-parent homes in impoverished neighborhoods of high crime, gangs and failed schools. What chance do they have? No...
Johny Dorvilus is heading back to school in Haiti after winter break. Johny doesn’t have a text-book, or anything to write with. Sometimes he wonders whether...
Police stop and search young men in Britain. PHOTO/Jason Alden/Rex Features Police officers who targeted suspects on grounds of their skin color alone should be charged....
Alumni and students from Maryland’s four historically black universities took their long-held view that the state perpetuates racial segregation to court Tuesday, arguing that their institutions...
African Business Schools aim to help their students excel in management and business education in Africa. In fact, these business schools now play a very important...
Business people. PHOTO/Courtesy visualphotos.com In addition to resolutions, changes and new commitments, the New Year is also the best time to strike out on your own...
“Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise.” ~ Maya Angelou,...
By Abdirahman Takhal It has been argued that globalization in itself does not produce poverty and inequality. The main obstacles that entwined with globalization are the...
Kwanzaa is a week-long African-American celebration in the United States that honors African-American history and culture. It is observed each year from December 26 through January...
An insurance policy is just a promise that the company who issued it will offer you help and indemnity in the event of a loss. However,...
Tennis superstar Venus Williams PHOTO/Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters After she sensationally dropped out of the U.S. Open in August, tennis star Venus Williams revealed she was suffering from...
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African Americans filling out applications. AP Photo/Paul Sancya According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national unemployment rate in the United States is 8.6 percent....
Former French international football player and anti-racism advocate Lilian Thuram, who curated the exhibition. PHOTO/AP An exhibition in Paris looks at the history of so-called human...
Carl Clark. PHOTO/Adithya Sambamurthy/The Bay Citizen A black Navy veteran credited with saving the lives of some of his shipmates during a World War II battle...
Earvin “Magic” Johnson. PHOTO/File People have looked up to Magic Johnson for most of his life, and not just because he’s 6’9.” Though an National Basketball...
African American women soldiers salute while the national anthem is played at the U.S. Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan./AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus Black women are enlisting in...
A little girl with a piggy bank. PHOTO/Courtesy: Black Enterpise. Teaching children the different concepts of Personal Finance can be a difficult topic of discussion for...
(Caribbean 360) – Some 15,000 Haitians are down to benefit from a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) spearheaded project geared to help combat the cholera outbreak that has...
New African American home-owners.PHOTO/File Many homeowners experience foreclosure as the end of a long, tumultuous process—oftentimes beginning with a job loss. They fall behind on their...
The University of the West Indies (UWI) master’s degree programme in telecommunications policy and technology management (TPM) offered by the Mona School of Business (MSB) has...
Now new research is revealing that African-American women appear to be less susceptible to premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) as well as to premenstrual symptoms overall, even...
The staff of Crutchfield Dermatology is honored to recognize Charles E. Crutchfield III, M.D. (pictured), as one of the 2011 Honorees for the 5th Anniversary Issue...
Here are some symptoms of heart attack you should not ignore. Indigestion or nausea One of the most often overlooked signs of a heart attack is...
Graduate Moses Landrum, during Morehouse College 124th Commencement ceremony, May 18, 2008. PHOTO/Jessica McGowan/AJC There is evidence and documentation that black women outnumber black men in...
When it comes to, men can be notorious for doing too little, too late. As men, we are told to play through the pain, tough it...
The U.S. unemployment rate fell last month to its lowest level in more than two and a half years as employers stepped up hiring in response...
U.S. President., Barack Obama. PHOTO/AP President Obama won plaudits from AIDS groups that have criticized him in the past with his announcement on Thursday that he...
By Dennis Matanda Because it is very subjective, one cannot prove, with considerable certainty, that another is racist. Circumstances and conditions have to be taken into...
The recession and continuing economic downturn have been devastating to the American middle class as a whole, the two and a half years since the declared...
Sickle Cell Disease is a hereditary blood disorder that affects people in ways that can be felt and seen, such as causing pain and swelling. It...
Charles “Teenie” Harris (pictured), had a photographic mission: going beyond the obvious or sensational to capture the essence of daily African-American life in the 20th century....
Skin color is not a unique attribute that can be used to define races. Pennsylvania State University Distinguished professor of Anthropology Nina Jablonski has said. Speaking...
Imagine the savannas of South Africa’s flagship Kruger National Park so choked with brush, viewing what game is left is nearly impossible. The Cape of Good...
Fact: Everybody knows that it’s important to get enough vitamins. Unfortunately there is no exact science of the facts about vitamins for determining just how much...
Zambia is among 22 other Sub-Saharan African countries that have seen their Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection rates dropping by 25 percent, a 2011 UN World...
Kenyan Sam Agutu and Nigerian Aminu Gamawa come from different countries and backgrounds, they share a common passionate commitment – to save the lives of women...
Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham opened the first Caribbean HIV Conference this weekend to discuss the multi-faceted issues facing the region’s battle to combat the disease....
Access to HIV treatment has improved greatly in Sub-Saharan Africa, the region which has long been worst hit by the AIDS epidemic, leading to a steady...
By Dennis Matanda In his seminally impressive book Not Even Past, Thomas J. Sugrue makes a valid point about race and racists. He concurs that there...
Former Governor General of Canada., Michaëlle Jean Michaëlle Jean, the former governor general, has been named as the University of Ottawa’s new chancellor. Jean, who is...
Nigerian billionaire., Aliko Dangote Millionaires and billionaires have budgets – they are financially successful – all the more reason why we could borrow a leaf from...
Toronto District School Board trustees on Wednesday approved the city’s second Africentric school, this time for high school students. Cheers erupted in the packed public gallery...
Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness (pictured), has revealed that said part of the transformation of the economy has to be done through transforming the education system....
I am the third, Freeman Hrabowski the third,” the good president said. “And my grandfather was the first one born a free man as opposed to...
African agriculture is held back by Western scientific illiterates whose well-paid jobs involve frightening people about biotechnology. African agriculture must play a major role in any...
From left, James Black Jr.,Justus Williams and Joshua Colas. PHOTO: Richard Perry/The New York Times Fewer than 2 percent of the 47,000 members of the United...
By Dennis Matanda Although the title of this article is taken from Franz Fanon, it does not, under any circumstances, advocate violence. While Fanon was deeply...
Less than a year ago, Esi Edugyan (pictured), was unsure if Half-Blood Blues would ever see the light of day. On Tuesday her sophomore novel was...
A man receives a monthly supply of food aid donated to residents of a squatter camp for poor white South Africans. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly) When stories are...
The mile-long stretch of bars and restaurants known as St. James has long been a magnet for all-night revelry, a blur of dancing bodies and blaring...
African American Family in front of their home. PHOTO: Black Voices The Black community has always faced a unique set of housing-related concerns and the National...
David Adjaye (pictured), is one of the world’s most highly acclaimed and sought after architects. He was born in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania, to Ghanaian parents. Africa has...
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The Kiira EV model developed by Makerere University Students. PHOTO/FAISWAL KASIRYE /DAILY MONITOR Uganda’s Makerere University has today released a new electric vehicle – named the...
In the United States., African-Americans may be at a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease than other populations. African-Americans are more likely to have vascular disease (disorders...
Malaria is one of Africa’s most debilitating diseases. Every 45-50 seconds, a child dies of malaria and many more are left with severe brain damage. It...
Fred Swaniker is a Ghanaian entrepreneur who hopes to instill a new generation with the skills to navigate Africa towards prosperity in future years. The African...
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the United States, have contributed significantly to the effort to attain equal opportunity through post-secondary education for Black, low-income...
With black unemployment reaching historic levels, banks laying off tens of thousands and law school graduates waiting tables, why aren’t more African-Americans looking toward science, technology,...
President Barack Obama will announce a plan to allow people holding two kinds of student loans to reduce their interest rates by consolidating their debts into...
In the United States, African American adults are 50 percent more likely to have a stroke than their White adult counterparts. Additionally, men are 70 percent...
Black Pupils in class Black schoolboys are underachieving in exams due to a cultural misconception that academic success is a sign of homosexuality, teaching leaders claim....
Black women are twice as likely to die of breast cancer as white women who have breast cancer. One possible reason is that black women tend...
Its [now] about [10:53] [and am over the 8:25 euphoria of hearing the news]. Then, like now, grad school lethargy caroused my veins; my right eye,...
The last three months of the year can be budget busters for many people. Many of us will do at least a little holiday shopping—if not...
The quest for the world’s first malaria vaccine appears to have taken a big step: A study in Africa shows experimental shots cut the risk of...
What is Back Pain? Back pain generally can last from a few days to a few weeks. Most back pain is the result of trauma to...
In 1782, the 70-year-old African woman, whose “master” had been killed in a war, made her case to the US Senate and House of Representatives: “The...
A new report released by the Health and Human Services Department’s, Preventative Services Task Force recommends against so-called PSA tests for men who don’t have symptoms...
In the United States, in keeping with the prevalence of health disparities in practically every other area of health, the African-American community suffers disproportionately from both...
The Wigton Windfarm Ltd. (Wigton) will transform its resource center into a high-tech training facility for renewable energy, with the aim of developing local capacity and...
The African-American population is, today, the largest racial minority group in America, with a population of close to 43 million. This market segment’s growth rate continues...
Ms. Maathai was cremated in a casket made of bamboo, water hyacinth and papyrus so that no trees would be cut down – Photo: BBC Kenyans...
Osteoporosis is a bone disease characterized by low bone mass, which makes bones fragile and easy to fracture. There are no symptoms or pain until fracture...
Hormonal birth-control injections may double a woman’s risk of contracting HIV and passing it on to her partner, according to a new study. The research comes...
A 2010 United Nations report cited Jamaica as having had the highest homicide rate in the English-speaking Caribbean, however the country has reported a 40 percent...
Barbados and other Caribbean nations have endured the loss of their highly skilled and educated labor to the United States, Canada and other developed nations in...
(Reuters Health) – Black Canadians are at least as healthy as white Canadians, hints a study that is a stark contrast to U.S. statistics. From health...
A pilot project to fight gang violence and other activities is to be rolled out in Belize, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago....
Haiti’s President Michel Martelly (pictured), says the government is boosting student enrollment this year by putting more than 700,000 youths into classrooms. The leader says that...
Black women have a higher risk of developing a certain type of breast cancer, one that is more aggressive and less amenable to targeted therapies such...
Maj. Gen. Marcia Anderson is the first African American woman to be promoted to a two star general in the U.S. Army. (Photo: Courtesy US Government)...
In the early part of the twentieth century, a large number of African Americans migrated to the northern states to escape racism and prejudice in the...
Renowned businessman, investor and philanthropist Michael Lee-Chin (pictured), has been appointed chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University. The appointment has been unanimously approved by Laurier’s Board of...
This week the world mourns the passing of re-known environmentalist, feminist, activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Prof. Wangari Maathai (pictured). A titan she was. Prof....
A global health group has come to the aid of millions with vaccine donations for a host of easily preventable diseases. The programme will cover 37...
The March 2010 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sited startling high levels of the genital herpes virus among African American women...
Dr. Helena Ndume, the head of the eye department at Namibia’s largest hospital, Windhoek Central, has dedicated her life to help to restore sight in a...
“In the Hive” is the latest film from veteran writer, producer and director Robert Townsend (pictured), and it that tells the true story of Vivian Sanders,...
More than one-third of African women and a quarter of African men are estimated to be overweight, and the World Health Organization predicts that will rise...
Having great credit (A+) is advantageous in that is provides one access to faster loan decisions, lower interest rates, and relatively easier access to capital. It...
While the West is accusing China of the “re-colonization of Africa”, it is also worth checking out what Western nations and their instituitions are doing on...
President Barack Obama is giving states the flexibility to opt out of provisions of the No Child Left Behind law, a move he says is designed...
Men who suffer from migraine headaches may be at greater risk for heart attack and other types of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study funded...
Hank Aaron (pictured), has established a US$100,000 scholarship fund through his foundation to gift to Clark Atlanta University in support of students pursuing a wide range...
Dr. Aviz Glaze (pictured), is one of Canada’s most well respected educational consultants. Her career, which began in the classroom, has included stops as the associate...
Nnamdi Asomugha (pictured), has done very well for himself in the National Football League (NFL). He is also committed to giving back. He is the founder...
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) will open a branch campus in Rwanda next year, making it the first American university to do so in central Africa. The...
The Labour Minister is working hard to get the legislation enacted soon.
The first African-American woman to lead an Ivy League university is stepping down. Ruth J. Simmons (pictured), announced Thursday that she will leave her position as...
The lack of support networks has been identified as a critical aspect to involving more African Americans in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math....
CLUTCH - Tyler Perry has been named Hollywood's highest earner this past year (May 2010-May 2011 to be exact) by Forbes magazine...
As the summer comes to a close, and the pace of work and family life picks up, finding the time to stay on to of your...
MedPage Today - In yet another study showing African-Americans with greater risk for disorders involving blood pressure, blacks without baseline hypertension developed the condition substantially faster...
SAO PAULO — Leila Lopes from Angola is crowned Miss Universe, beating out 88 competitors. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may...
California Watch - The figures show that white students here also receive a disproportionately greater share of private scholarship funding...
Jos rocked by explosions at packed eatery in the city centre, according to witnesses.
A hundred and seventy-seven years after slavery was abolished in the British West Indies, Jamaica's national training agency - HEART Trust - still has to deal...
Health research indicators point out that race is helpful for understanding ethnic differences in disease and response to drugs. Genetic differences have arisen among people living...
They are arriving on party buses and in car caravans, on planes and on trains. Alumni will join students to backslap and trash-talk, holler and rally...
The pregnancy rate of African American teenage girls has dropped 44% over the last two decades, the teen birth rate 47%. Over that same period, both...
The Lie: African-American films have little to no international market appeal. This single lie which has been repeated by white producers, Hollywood insiders, agents and critics...
Heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity. Dr. Michelle A. Gourdine (pictured), observed these health problems in her family members, friends and fellow church members....
A Denver-based medical investment company will open a hospital in Barbados in 2013 that it expects to be a center of medical tourism and an attractive...
EDUCATION MINISTER Andrew Holness says the issue of failing schools cannot be ignored and has signalled that no effort will be spared to transform these institutions....
Ahead of the new school year, which begins tomorrow, the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) is seeking the intervention of Prime Minister Bruce Golding to solve the...
The symptoms of an enlarged prostate include slow-flowing urine, increased night-time urination, increased overall frequency of urination, straining to pass urine, a sensation of incomplete bladder...
A view of Auckland, New Zealand, is the first image released from the Nigerian spacecraft Nigeria’s latest Earth observation satellites have returned their first pictures. The...
“Landline, Internet, Mobile, Entertainment” (LIME), the Caribbean business of Cable and Wireless Communications, has begun a project to improve education across the Caribbean, creating a new...