The ALS Association Hosts Walk to Support People Living with ALS NASHVILLE, Tenn. On October 26, people living with ALS, family members, friends, caregivers, and others affected by ALS will gather at Centennial Park Bandshell for the 2024 Walk to Defeat ALS Nashville. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often called Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. It gradually robs people of the ability to walk, move, talk, swallow, and eventually breathe. ALS has no known cause or cure, and the community is coming together to make ALS livable for everyone, everywhere. …
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Former President Jimmy Carter has fulfilled his rumored wish of living long enough to cast a vote for Vice President Kamala Harris. The 39th president filled out a mail ballot that was reportedly dropped off Wednesday at the Sumter County Courthouse in Americus, near Carter’s hometown of Plains, by his daughter-in-law Becky Payne. “I think he feels good,” the former president’s son Chip Carter told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “It was a good morning for him and good for us that he got it done.”
In an attempt to boost Donald Trump’s record on healthcare, JD Vance touted that his family members obtained private insurance for the first time under the former president’s administration. However he failed to mention a key fact – it was through the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. “Members of my family actually got private health insurance at least for the first time, switched off Medicaid onto private insurance for the first time, under Donald Trump’s leadership,” Vance said at the vice presidential debate earlier this month. Senator JD Vance tried to re-characterize Donald Trump’s reputation with the Affordable Care Act during the vice presidential…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — K-12 teachers in Montgomery and nearby counties can access free STEM equipment through a new checkout program at Austin Peay State University’s Jack Hunt STEM Center. They can borrow items like scales, Petri dishes, measuring cylinders, and pipettes for up to two weeks at no cost. The Jack Hunt STEM Center in the Eriksson College of Education at Austin Peay aims to provide training and resources to the region’s teachers and schools. “We want to make it more of an outreach to the community because when we started taking inventory of what we have, we felt like this was a chance to support teachers,” said Dr. Donna Short,…
Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) said he does not believe Black men will show up for former President Trump in large numbers. According to recent polling, Vice President Harris is polling behind President Biden among Black men. Warnock joined CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday morning to dispel concerns as Election Day nears. “Let me tell you something this morning, Black men are not going to vote for Donald Trump in any significant numbers. There will be some. We’re not a monolith,” he said. Warnock pointed to Trump’s past with Black men, including the Central Park Five and his felony conviction. He then highlighted Harris’s past as…
Imagine a world where a cure for sickle cell disease — the blood disorder that afflicts roughly one in every 365 Black Americans — never leaves the lab, because scientists couldn’t raise the funding for further research. This is the future we’re sleepwalking into, courtesy of the Inflation Reduction Act’s well-intentioned but flawed drug pricing policies. The IRA empowers Medicare to negotiate lower prices for certain medications. Officials recently announced the final prices of the first 10 drugs selected for negotiation. But in healthcare, simple solutions often spawn complex problems. And it’s the most vulnerable — particularly Black Americans — who…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – Amazon announced on October 3 that it’s hiring for 250,000 full-time, part-time, and seasonal roles across the U.S., including 8,000 positions in Tennessee and 3,000 in Memphis. Just in time for the holidays, Amazon is creating new seasonal positions with flexible schedules, and the opportunity to work during its busiest time of year. Some of the seasonal roles may also transition into regular, full-time employment after the holidays. According to Amazon, workers will be getting at least an additional $1.50 per hour starting this month, which will bring their average base wage to more than $22…
Toni Vaz, actress and activist who will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2025, has died at the age of 101. Vaz died at the Motion Picture Fund campus in Woodland Hills, Calif on Oct. 4, per Deadline. Vaz grew up in New York City with her four siblings and her parents, who immigrated from Barbados, Variety reported. As she grew older and decided to pursue her acting career, Vaz moved to Hollywood and landed a gig as an extra in the 1959 film Tarzan, the Ape Man. The New York native continued to find more roles in the following years,…
(Black PR Wire) The pandemic has severely impacted Black-owned businesses, with 41%shutting down, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. These businesses arecrucial to our communities, offering jobs and preserving culture. They need our support nowmore than ever. Entrepreneur Nehemiah Davis is leading an initiative to support these businesses. Known forhis business expertise and online presence with 632K Instagram followers, Davis has organizedflash mobs to rescue struggling Black-owned enterprises. His latest focus is The Sistah Shop, aBlack women-owned retail destination in Atlanta’s Atlantic Station featuring over 100 Blackwomen-owned brands. Owner Aisha Taylor Issah was ready to close the doors.…
Vice President Kamala Harris’s dramatic entry into the presidential race in July—including selecting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate—put a new twist on the already gendered nature of the election. A woman was now at the top of the ticket. Instead of Donald Trump’s and JD Vance’s misogynous manhood solely driving the media narrative, there was now a new story line: not only was a Black, south Asian woman the nominee, there also was a counternarrative: the egalitarian expression of manhood embodied by Walz and Doug Emhoff. From the GOP convention theme song, “It’s a Man’s World,” to…