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By Rebecca Griesbach  Name an Alabama ghost story, urban legend or haunted destination, and Joshua Dairen has probably heard about it already. Dairen, a public relations specialist for an Atlanta tech company, had moved back home […]

BLACKNEWS.COM Nationwide — Meet Ashley Thomas, a successful entrepreneur who has completely transformed from a life of stripping, pimping, and prostitution to founding the nation’s first Black woman-owned transportation call center to recruit truck drivers. In […]

By The Associated Press For at least the third time in a dozen years, portable toilets are parked outside the ornate Mississippi Capitol because Jackson’s water system is in crisis. The big “Gotta Go” trailer […]

BlackNews.com Nationwide — Meet Sharifah Hardie, the founder and CEO of the newly launched Support My Black Business, a crowdfunding platform designed solely to assist local Black-owned businesses to generate funding. Her goal is to help Black […]

By Lawrence Specker Release plans for Africatown documentary “Descendant” might look like a slow burn, but weekend comments from Barack and Michelle Obama show there’s some real heat behind the project. The film directed by Mobile […]

By Leada Gore Record-high inflation means Social Security recipients could see the biggest benefits boost in four decades. The exact cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for 2024 will be revealed in the fall but, according to the […]

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against some of the largest poultry producers in the U.S., including some in Alabama, over claims of longstanding deceptive and abusive practices for workers. The suit, filed in […]

By Leada Gore  A proposed plan from Senate Republicans would restart the monthly Child Tax Credit payments – with some new limitations. Republican Sens. Mitt Romney of Utah, Richard Burr of North Carolina and Steve Daines […]