Author: Unite News

by Stacy Jackson May 8, 2025 The state has the highest cervical cancer death rate in the U.S. with Black women about 1.5 times more likely to die from it than white women The American Cancer Society is seeking women volunteers in Mississippi to participate in its 30-year Voices of

by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton May 8, 2025 The sports analyst plays a character who is discovered dead ‘leaving the squad with a trail of suspects who wanted him gone’ When Stephen A. Smith appears in an upcoming episode of NBC’s Law & Order, the television show comes up with

Michael Henry Adams had reached a fashion crossroads by the early 1970s: As bell bottoms and afros became the trend and the look of film figures like John Shaft and “Super Fly” became style prototypes, the teenager felt unrepresented. But a previous trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, for its “Harlem

by Stacy Jackson May 8, 2025 Crockett told the House, ‘In just 100 days, we’ve witnessed an administration hellbent on dismantling the very systems designed to protect’ Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett did not bite her tongue when she approached the podium on May 5 to address the House about the Trump

After three former Memphis police officers were acquitted Wednesday in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, community and civil rights leaders expressed outrage over another disappointment in the long push for police reform. Nichols’ death at a traffic stop more than two years ago sparked nationwide protests and renewed calls for

by Jeroslyn JoVonn May 8, 2025 Jay-Z’s Roc Nation School of Music at LIU-Brooklyn is under investigation after students were left burdened by unexpected debt. Jay-Z’s Roc Nation School of Music at LIU-Brooklyn is under investigation after students were left burdened by unexpected debt. On May 5, the New York

by Kandiss Edwards May 8, 2025 Dekalb County’s first Black-woman CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson set to give her first State of the County address. Dekalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson is set to present her inaugural State of the County address. May 8, the event, themed “Mission Possible: Dekalb Reimagined,” will highlight

Gabby Douglas is no stranger to making history. After making history in the 2012 London Olympics as the first Black woman to win the all-around gold medal in gymnastics, Douglas is continuing her trailblazing streak of accomplishments in the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame. This week, the U.S.

Rodney Hinton Jr. is not shying away from any rising tensions with police. During a recent court appearance this week, the 38-year-old man accused of killing a Cincinnati sheriff’s deputy walked past a sea of over 50 glaring cops seeking justice for their late colleague, with chin held high, eyeing

Kiandria Demone, an entrepreneur and activist based in Atlanta, Georgia, with a growing online platform, has become known to, in her own words, “bully racists” off the internet or to stop doing whatever it is they’ve done. So when followers across her platform began to share the story of Shiloh