State News
Year: 2020
Sports
One Selection Ties NFL Draft Low
By LUT WILLIAmS BCSP Editor PhotoCaption: Lachavious Simmons 6-5, 315, Offensive Tackle, Tennessee State It was looking bleak but late in Saturday’s final rounds of the 2020 NFL Draft, the Chicago Bears did it. They […]
Religion
BLACK CHURCHES CONCERNED THEY ARE BEING SHUT OUT OF PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM
BY BCNN1.COM Leaders of black churches nationwide are concerned they are being shut out of accessing financial assistance under the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program even as other churches appear to be getting help, […]
National News
FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS CRITICAL FOR LOW-INCOME CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
(NNPA Newswire) According to the Census Bureau, of the 13.8 million households that receive SNAP, 6.7 million have children under the age of 18 and 6.4 million have someone living with a disability. Of all […]
National News
President Trump’s Thinking-Out-Loud Theories “Displays A Dangerous Lack Of Expertise” By Amateurs
Source: Associated Press – CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN Lysol is for toilet bowls and countertops, not human consumption. The company that manufacturers it felt compelled to emphasize the danger of ingesting it after President […]
Health
YOUNG AND MIDDLEAGED PEOPLE, BARELY SICK WITH COVID-19, ARE DYING OF STROKES
SOURCE: Blackdoctor.org Thomas Oxley wasn’t even on call the day he received the page to come to Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in Manhattan. There weren’t enough doctors to treat all the emergency stroke patients, […]
Sports
S.C. STATE’S TAYLOR AT HEAD OF HBCU DRAFT PROSPECTS
SP Editor At 6-8, 308 pounds with arms that reach 36-plus inches and hands that are 11-plus inches wide, former South Carolina State offensive lineman Alex Taylor is hard to miss. And it’s unlikely he’ll […]
Religion
UP TO 30 COGIC BISHOPS, LEADERS HAVE DIED FROM CORONAVIRUS PLAGUE
SOURCE: Blackchristianews.com The Church of God in Christ (COGIC) has suffered heavy losses as at least 12, and up to 30, of the Pentecostal denomination’s bishops and leaders have died from COVID-19. The Washington Post […]
Health
GINGER WATER: ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL DRINKS
By Dr. P. Gould, BDO Medical Contributor Originally from Southeast Asia, the ginger plant is common in food and medicine around the world. It is rich in natural chemicals that can literally help fight off […]
Headline News
ARE HUNTSVILLE’S BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES GETTING COVID-19 AID MONEY?
Local business owners share their experiences in applying for U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Story by Phyllis Jones, SON Sr. Staff Writer Photo Caption: In the article below, Alabama House Minority […]