The federal Department of Health and Human Services has announced sweeping staff cuts, which will gut government programs that address asthma rates, smoking and health, global tuberculosis rates and control of tobacco products, potentially leading to a rise in preventable lung-related illnesses.
Category: This Week
Posted inClimate Justice
Why 90°F With Humidity Could Soon Be a Death Sentence
Scientists have discovered that Black Americans are more vulnerable to extreme heat and humidity, with wet-bulb temperatures of 31 degrees Celsius or higher posing a significant threat to public health, particularly in major American cities with large Black populations.
Posted inNational
Trump Slaps Highest Tariff Yet on Small African Nation
President Trump has imposed a record-setting 50% reciprocal tariff on Lesotho and other African nations, in an effort to address long-standing trade imbalances that hurt American manufacturers, effectively ending the African Growth and Opportunity Act months ahead of schedule.
Posted inPolitics
Harris, Obama, and Booker Step Up as Resistance Against Trump Takes Shape
Former President Barack Obama and Vice President Kamala Harris have re-entered the public fray, joining other Democratic voices in confronting Republican President Donald Trump’s changes, with Obama offering one of his sharpest public critiques yet of Trump’s second administration.
Posted inPreserved by Purpose
Preserved by Purpose: Spring CleaningÂ
Shewanda Riley experienced a 9-hour Spring Cleaning session, where she realized she was a pack rat and felt relieved after throwing away the clutter, which she now sees as a form of pruning to make room for God to give her what he wants her to have so she can do what he wants her to do.
Posted inEducation
College DEI Probes Undermine Black HS Success
Black students have made significant gains in high school graduation rates, but are still underrepresented in college, and the assumption that DEI policies have lowered academic standards is false and harmful.
Posted inOpinion
Black History Under Fire: Trump’s Executive Order Puts Smithsonian’s Future at Risk
President Trump’s executive order targeting “anti-American ideology” in cultural institutions has left the Smithsonian Institution, including the NMAAHC, under scrutiny, with concerns over the potential erasure of Black history and the mission of the Smithsonian.
Posted inEducation
HBCUs Boost Student Mental Health and Resilience
A new study finds that students at historically Black colleges and universities have better overall mental health and resilience compared to their peers nationwide, despite consistently making do with fewer resources and far smaller endowments than their white peers.
Posted inLocal
Dallas’s Park South Family YMCA Nears Completion of $10 Million Renovation
The Park South Family YMCA in Dallas has recently hosted a hard hat tour, showcasing its nearly completed renovations, and is expected to open early this summer, marking a significant milestone in the YMCA’s strategic growth plan.
Posted inWord In Black
Cory Booker’s Call to Action
Sen. Cory Booker delivered the longest speech in Senate history, surpassing the record held by Sen. Strom Thurmond, to rally Democrats and oppose Trump’s agenda.