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William L. Johnson, Karen Abercrombie, Tonea Stewart and Tee Ashira Star in ‘Where Is Your Faith?’ Prime Video and YouTube Movies

From award-winning filmmaker M. Legend Brown, director of Steps of Faith and A Heart That Forgives. By Edrea Davis – What happens when a woman who has lost the will to live crosses paths with a pastor struggling with his own faith? That question drives Where Is Your Faith?, the powerful faith-based drama from award-winning […]

Georgia Black Women’s Roundtable Launches “Overload the Polls” With Early Voting Push, Free Rides to Vote and Election Protection

Atlanta kickoff also marks the Georgia launch of the nine-state Power of the Sister Vote GOTV & Democracy Defense Tour ATLANTA — The Georgia Black Women’s Roundtable, the women’s initiative of the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda (People’s Agenda), brought together Black women leaders, voting rights advocates and community organizations Tuesday to launch “Overload […]

From Surviving Apartheid to Nobel Peace Prize: Navi Pillay Makes History — and Offers Trump a Piece of It

The South African human rights champion who defended Nelson Mandela and spent decades fighting discrimination wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, then delivers a humorous offer to a president whose policies stand in sharp contrast to her life’s work. By Edrea Davis – Navanethem “Navi” Pillay survived apartheid, defended political prisoners including Nelson Mandela, shattered […]

BIPOC Climate Justice Summit Centers Community Power, Public Trust and Accountability as Supreme Court Considers Major Climate Case

NEW YORK —  After the U.S. Supreme Court opened its new term with arguments in a major climate case that could shape the future of lawsuits seeking to hold fossil-fuel companies accountable for climate-related harms, HBCU Green Fund and ACE Observatory are spotlighting key issues raised during their 6th Annual BIPOC Climate Justice Summit: Climate […]

Dub-Poetess Sufia Giza Honors Indigenous Peoples’ Day With “Echoes of Freedom”

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Indigenous author, historical researcher and dub-poetess Sufia Giza first entered the media spotlight with her 2018 book, Moundbuilders of Ancient America: A Legacy Reclaimed, which explored her ancestral roots and the legacy of ancient mound-building cultures. Now, Giza will mark Indigenous Peoples’ Day with the October 12 premiere of her “Quantum Nonsense” […]

There’s Nothing Normal About an Unrepentant Felon Who Was Found Liable for Sexually Abusing a Woman Lunging at a Female Journalist — Even if He’s President

By Edrea Davis – If a publicly known, unrepentant felon who was previously found liable for sexually abusing a woman suddenly stepped toward any woman while angrily yelling at her, most people would not stand there and pretend nothing had happened. They would react. Someone might step between them. Someone might tell him to back […]

National Urban League Unveils Congressional Blueprint for Affordability for All

“The rich nations must use their vast resources of wealth to develop the underdeveloped, school the unschooled, and feed the unfed.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. By Candece Monteil , National Urban League – It is a peculiar time in America, when economists offer varying outlooks on our economy. Some herald the artificial intelligence […]

PlayChange Launches First Phase of Free Gaming Gym On National Video Games Day

Ground-floor debut introduces testing, boxing exercises, a leaderboard and apparel shopping as CryptoBoxers prepares to enter the expanding platform Atlanta, GA – Andrew Gilliam, founder and CEO of PlayChange.io, will mark National Video Games Day on Sept. 12 by launching the ground floor of the PlayChange Gym. The free virtual gaming destination will allow players to explore, compete, develop their […]

Talarico Ad Uses Alleged Pen Theft to Revisit Paxton’s Long Legal and Ethics History

AUSTIN, Texas — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico is using an unusual piece of video — footage he says shows Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton taking a pen that did not belong to him — to draw attention to the Republican’s much longer history of legal and ethics controversies. In the online ad, Talarico’s […]