By Richard Prince WASHINGTON, DC — Simeon Booker, for 50 years was Washington bureau chief for Jet and Ebony magazines and at 99 the dean of black journalists, died Sunday at an assisted-living community in Solomons, Md. He had recently been hospitalized for pneumonia, said his wife, Carol McCabe Booker, Emily Langer reported for the Washington Post. “Few reporters risked more to chronicle the civil rights movement than Booker,” Langer wrote. “He was the first full-time black reporter for The Washington Post, serving on the newspaper’s staff for two years before joining the Johnson Publishing Co. to write for Jet,…
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By Jenna AmatulliX Former President Barack Obama is the most admired man in the United States and has been for the past 10 years, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday. The poll found that 17 percent of respondents declared Obama as the man they most admired, with President Donald Trump in second place with 14 percent. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was named the most admired woman with 9 percent of respondents, just surpassing the 7 percent who chose former first lady Michelle Obama. MICHAEL BROCHSTEIN/SOPA IMAGES VIA GETTY IMAGES A quarter of respondents did not name a man…
ATLANTA — Local television news anchor Amanda Davis has died after she was hospitalized earlier Wednesday due to a “massive stroke,” Atlanta’s CBS News affiliate WGCL-TV reports. According a family friend, Davis was at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Tuesday, headed to San Antonio following the death of her father, when the medical episode happened. WGCL-TV reports Davis was taken to the hospital, where she underwent treatment. By 9:45 p.m., the station confirmed that she had died at the hospital. A statement on the station’s website earlier in the evening stated “family is asking for privacy at this difficult time.” Davis, who had been a television…
WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump signed Republicans’ massive $1.5 trillion tax overhaul into law on Friday, cementing the biggest legislative victory of his first year in office, and also approved a short-term spending bill that averts a possible government shutdown. Trump said he wanted to sign the tax bill before leaving Washington on Friday for his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, rather than stage a more formal ceremony in January, so he could keep his promise to finish work before Christmas. “I didn’t want you folks to say I wasn’t keeping my promise. I’m keeping my promise,”…
By Eleanor Goldberg An increasing number of new laws across the United States make it a crime to be homeless. But these laws don’t actually manage to get people off the streets ― they just perpetuate the cycle of homelessness, experts say. Homelessness has reached such crisis levels that a United Nations expert sent to investigate poverty and inequality in the U.S. included the criminalization of homelessness in an extensive report released last Friday. After spending two weeks meeting with communities facing some of the most dire circumstances, Philip Alston, the U.N. special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, concluded…
NASHVILLE, TN — On Saturday December 9th, the 9th Annual Pink Christmas Party was held at Rock Tha Bellz Event Center in Madison. The party was truly a festive and fun evening for all that attended. The guest enjoyed tasty hors d’oeuvres and cocktails. Entertainment was provided by DJ Baby Drew. Pink Christmas hosts this event annually to provide a relaxing an enjoyable evening for breast cancer survivors, their families and caregivers. The Silent Auction at this years event was definitely a popular place to shop. The items in the auction were donated from local as well as national merchants.…
MLS COMMISSIONER DON GARBER MAKES FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON In an announcement Wednesday afternoon, MLS confirmed Nashville as the first expansion city for the next round of MLS expansion. “We are thrilled about what this means for the city of Nashville and our soccer community,” said Nashville SC CEO Court Jeske. “Our ownership has done an exceptional job in their pursuit of MLS. Nashville SC will represent the city’s pro soccer movement as we prepare for MLS, and Nashville’s passionate soccer fans will continue at the heart of this incredible movement.” For the announcement, many prominent Nashvillians took the stage including…
Greetings, My name is Stephen Huff and I was diagnosed with lung cancer on June 1, 2017. I have lived a fairly normal life up to this point. The first 28 years of my life consisted of healthy eating, good exercise, and never smoking. But it was about 2 years ago (2015), I began having some mild shortness of breath, coupled with a mild cough. Being a former professional athlete, now turned coach, I attributed these symptoms to allergies and just simply being out of shape. Fast forward to January, 2017 (2 years later) Driving home from work, I noticed…
NASHVILLE, TN — The Tau Lambda Chapter Education Foundation, Inc. hosted its 37th Annual Founders Day Luncheon on Saturday, December 2, 2017. Held at the Nashville Airport Marriott, the occasion was also a celebration of the 111th anniversary of the founding of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., established at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY on December 4, 1906. Dr. Damon A. Williams, founder of the Center for Strategic Diversity Leadership & Social Impact, and a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. was the keynote speaker for the event. Dr. Williams is recognized as one of the nation’s experts in…
NASHVILLE, TN — The legendary Fisk Jubilee singers are a part of the stellar list of entertainers scheduled to perform at the Jack Daniel’s Music City Midnight: New Year’s Eve in Nashville (#NashvilleNYE). GRAMMY-winner Keith Urban will headline for a second year in a row, the Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp announced today. Urban will lead a diverse lineup that includes CMA New Artist of the Year Maren Morris, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Cheap Trick, 2017 country music breakout artist Carly Pearce, R&B artist Jonny P, along with the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The event takes place at the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park is free and…