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Dad Teams Up With 11-Year-Old Son to Convert School Bus into Mobile Learning Center
NATIONWIDE— Sean Harris, and his 11-year-old son, Caden, from Atlanta, Georgia, have teamed up to raise $30,000 to complete a mobile financial learning center...
Family
More African Americans Have Gained Health Insurance Following Adoption of the Affordable Care Act, HHS report finds
The percentage of Black Americans who lack medical insurance has dropped substantially since the adoption of the Affordable Care Act, but that progress largely...
Community
REMEMBERING ZEPHRIN MONGROO: A Friend, A Mentor, A Man… Who Created Change in His Own Way
In cities like Springfield, sometimes, if we're lucky, we'll cross paths with people who can change the lives of those they touch without a...
Art
Playwright Iyaba Ibo Mandingo Returns to Springfield with Award-Winning Stageplay SELF PORTRAIT: unFRAMED
Meet Iyaba Ibo Mandingo, formerly Kenny Athel George DeCruise – painter, poet, husband, father, son, and undocumented immigrant from Antigua.
At the age of...
Community
The Unspoken Truth About Black Fatherhood
Stereotypes about Black fathers
The stereotype of Black fathers as “absent” and Black children as “fatherless”—first introduced over 50 years ago—has, like many racial stereotypes,...
Family
Health Tip: Five Tips to Relieve and Prevent Back Pain
Back pain is one of the most common ailments we will all face at one point in time. In fact, about 80% of us...
Community
BLACK LOVE: Is It A Thing of the Past? We Asked, Donnell Responded
This image has gone viral on social media with many giving up on Black love and relationships. So we asked Donnell Wright to provide...
Family
What Expectant Black Women NEED to Know
Pregnancy-related deaths have increased in the last decade in the United States, placing the country last among all developed nations when it comes to...