BLACK PRESS – NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent- By Stacy M. Brown @StacyBrownMedia – Federal prosecutors announced on Friday, Jan. 12, their intention to pursue the death penalty for Payton Gendron, a 20-year-old white man responsible for a racist rampage that claimed the lives of 10 Black shoppers at aContinue Reading
Law enforcement officials are working on two separate Friday afternoon crashes with injuries impacting traffic along Interstate 295 on Jacksonville’s Westside and Southside. The first crash involved a semi-truck and a motorcyclist. It happened on Interstate 295 near Beach Boulevard just before 2:30 p.m. According to Jacksonville Fire and Rescue,Continue Reading
Online stranger danger is a real concern on social media. As a result, Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has rolled out new tools for parents that will limit messages with kids. This, as state lawmakers want to ban minors from using social media altogether. Experts say the fightContinue Reading
“20 minutes a day paves the way.” That’s the slogan Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan said was created for a year-long push to improve literacy among school-aged children. Deegan said less than half of third graders are reading on grade level — a fact that encouraged the mayor to want to tackle literacyContinue Reading
While all women can develop cervical cancer, non-Hispanic Black women are more likely to be diagnosed and die of cervical cancer, compared to white women in the U.S. This disparity is not due to genetic differences among white, Black or Hispanic women, but rather related to systemic racism, access to healthcare and socioeconomicContinue Reading
Jacksonville Today and the Jessie Ball duPont Fund presented ‘A Conversation with Jelani Cobb,’ Columbia Journalism School Dean, staff writer for The New Yorker, and noted author. Jelani Cobb joined Jacksonville Today reporter and Northeast Florida National Association of Black Journalist (NEFLNABJ) member Will Brown on stage for a conversation about the future ofContinue Reading
New numbers from Care.com show most parents spend 24% of their household income on child care. Half of parents surveyed spent more than $18,000 in 2023. Mom of three, Brittney McDaniel, works full-time. She says paying for child care takes up most of her teacher salary. “It’s more than 20%Continue Reading
Fess up, you have been running the AC. You might be sitting in a cool car, office or house right now. Next week we will be switching back to heat. Scattered showers and an isolated storm remain possible through the evening as weak sea breezes converge near and along theContinue Reading
2017 Disney Dreamer and Raines graduate and Morehouse student Jordan Mills recently experienced a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sit down and engage in a captivating conversation with filmmaker/producer/director Ava DuVernay. The discussion and dialogue was involving her latest film, “Origin.” The film is an adaptation of “Caste: The Origins of OurContinue Reading
Happy hours usually begin at 5 p.m. somewhere! Here on the First Coast, Breezy’s Jazz Club located in San Marco offers happy hour and jazz entertainment for the after work and weekend crowds. Recently the club opened their doors for the Mr. Barrtender Mixology cocktail workshop class. More than 50Continue Reading
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