Stacy M. Brown
-
House Passes Biden’s Massive $1.9T Coronavirus Aid Package
The House passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package that includes $1,400 direct payments to residents making less…
Read More » -
Wells Fargo Makes Major Investment in Six Black-Owned Banks
Wells Fargo is observing Black History Month in a meaningful way. The banking giant has selected six African American minority…
Read More » -
Life Expectancy for Black Americans Drops as House Considers $1.9 Trillion Rescue Package
The life expectancy for African Americans declined the most from 2019 — by 2.7 years, to 72 years — its…
Read More » -
Amber Pickens Colors Success and Black History in Different Ways
Amber Pickens is celebrating Black History Month in a big way.
Read More » -
Thirty Years a Slave, Four Years in the White House
A Black woman’s memoir published 153 years ago still sits atop the Amazon book sales chart today.
Read More » -
Maryland Student Earns $25K Horatio Alger Scholarship
Alhassan Bangura, a Western School of Technology and Environmental Science student from Windsor Hill, Md., is headed to Cornell University…
Read More » -
Four Maryland Cities Among Most Ethnically Diverse in the U.S.: Study
Four Montgomery County cities — Silver Spring, Rockville, Germantown, and Gaithersburg — count among the top 10 most ethnically diverse…
Read More » -
Tiger Woods Seriously Injured in Vehicle Rollover in Los Angeles
Golf superstar Tiger Woods is reportedly in critical condition in a Los Angeles-area hospital after a single-car accident on Tuesday.
Read More » -
Remembering a Forgotten World War II Hero
Charles Jackson French, an African American orphan and champion-caliber swimmer, navigated shark-infested waters for about eight hours during World War…
Read More » -
Biden Taps Meharry Medical College President for COVID-19 Task Force
Dr. James Hildreth, Meharry Medical College president and CEO, has been named by President Joe Biden as a member of…
Read More »