Category: sports
As Serena and Venus Williams’s tennis careers are heading toward the exit door, U.S. Open Women’s Champion Coco Grauf is blazing a new path for the next generation of Black stars in the sport. Although Gauff received most of the attention in winning her first tennis grand slam, a loss by veteran Black tennis player […]
The news of a prized athlete signing for big bucks is hardly news anymore, so it might have slipped your notice that Bronny James, son of NBA career scoring leader LeBron James, and Arch Manning of the fabled Manning quarterback family tree have picked up some tidy sponsorship checks recently. James has deals worth $7.2 […]
New research from the National Institutes of Health shows that the economic burden of health disparities in the United States remains unacceptably high. The study, funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), part of the NIH, revealed that in 2018, racial and ethnic health disparities cost the U.S. economy $451 […]
Shorter College in North Little Rock has the distinction as one of the nation’s often overlooked and under resourced two-year Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). However, amid the lockdowns and chaos from COVID-19, the 137-year-old Arkansas college is revitalizing the community as more people become aware of its educational services and mission. Founded in […]