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National Association of Realtors’ CEO has stepped down; he was replaced by a Black woman
Bob Goldberg, CEO of the Chicago-based National Association of Realtors, has stepped down because of allegations of sexual misconduct. He has been replaced by Nykia Wright, who does not have a real license, according to the New York Times. Wright, 44, joined the National Association of Realtors from the Chicago Sun-Times, where she was chief…
Read MoreAfrica’s population is booming with young people
Africa has the fastest-growing population and youngest population of any continent. In 1950, Africans made up 8 percent of the world’s population, and by 2050, they will account for one-third of the world’s population, according to the United Nations. In Africa, the median age is 19. In India, it is 28, and in the U.S.…
Read MoreRwanda opens its borders
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has introduced visa-free travel for all Africans, making Rwanda the fourth African country to do so, according to the BBC. “Let there be no mistake about it. Any African can get on a plane to Rwanda whenever they wish and will not pay a thing to enter our country,†President Kagame…
Read MoreUntreated syphilis among Black men is now a digitized record
Untreated syphilis in Black men from a 1932 study by the U. S. Health Service is now available as a digitized collection through the National Library of Medicine. The study found the effects of untreated syphilis on Black men in Alabama. Many of the men, who were sharecroppers, lined up to participate because they thought they would…
Read MoreEarthquake kills 157 people in Nepal
More than 157 people have been killed in an earthquake that struck a remote part of northwestern Nepal overnight on Friday and toppled multiple buildings. The quake measured a magnitude 5.6, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), and hit about 26 miles from Jumla, Nepal, in Karnali province. It struck at a comparatively…
Read MoreNew York Times reporter resigns in reaction to coverage of the war in the Middle East
A New York Times writer has “resigned†after signing a letter accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinian people — and denouncing her own paper’s coverage of the country’s war against Hamas. Jazmine Hughes, a staff writer for New York Times Magazine, left the publication Friday, the paper told staffers in an email obtained by…
Read MoreGunman kills 18 people in Maine
He was admitted to a psychiatric hospital, but he still owned a gun A gunman armed with an AK-15 rifle shot 18 people and wounded 13 others in Lewiston, Maine, before killing himself near a recycling plant where he once worked.4 Robert Card was found dead, the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Friday. The gunman’s body was…
Read MoreA speaker with an extreme agenda
Mike Johnson, a Donald Trump acolyte and backbencher, who was elected the 56th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday, signed a U.S. Supreme Court petition to overturn the 2020 election in which Joe Biden defeated Trump for president. In December 2020, Johnson and 125 of his colleagues signed an amicus brief in support…
Read MoreHerbert “Bertie” Bowman dies
Herbert “Bertie†Bowman, who began working in Congress by sweeping the stairs to the U.S. Senate and eventually found a home on the Senate Committee for Foreign Relations, died Wednesday. He was 92 years old. Bowman was the longest-serving African-American congressional staffer in history. He worked on Capitol Hill for over 60 years, according to…
Read MoreRichard Roundtree, the original “Shaft,” has died
Richard Roundtree, who starred in the groundbreaking film “Shaft,” in which he portrayed John Shaft, a Black private detective, died on October 24 of pancreatic cancer. He was 81. When Gordon Parks dryly informed Rountree he got the role of Shaft, Rountree said his whole world suddenly turned upside down. It has been variously reported that…
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