Black-owned firms are twice as likely to be rejected for loans. Is this discrimination?
According to data recently made available from the US Federal Reserve, more than half of companies that have black owners were turned
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Black men
From student to teacher, one Detroit man’s effort to give young black men a positive role model
Love and respect are what defines the relationship between Quan Neloms and Carl Brownlee, two mentors on a mission. But
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More black men are embracing yoga to ease emotional stress
When he was sick from cancer, Baba Groden told his wife, Sherri Doucette, that once he got better he wanted
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A Call To Older Black Men: It’s Time To Fight For Youth
Just a few weeks ago, 24 African-American teenage boys from a local high school in my Baton Rouge, La. community
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Dad who needs transplant to save his life urges black and Asian people to be organ donors
A father in need of a lifesaving kidney transplant is urging more people from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds
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Now is the Time for Black Men to Get Serious about Their Health
ommunity activist, Andre Lee Ellis has experienced the highs and lows of health. He’s learned first-hand the importance of diet,
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How Anxiety affects African Americans
*Mental health advocates have been shedding light on PTSD, depression, and other mental health conditions for African Americans, but the
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Racism Is Killing Black Men, Even in Health Care
In November, Bernard Tyson, the CEO of Kaiser Permanente, died unexpectedly in his sleep. He was 60. Tyson was a singular
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A genetic mutation is associated with increased risk of heart failure in black people, study finds
An underdiagnosed genetic mutation in people of African descent carries an increased risk for heart failure, according to a study.
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Faith made Harriet Tubman fearless as she rescued slaves
Millions of people voted in an online poll in 2015 to have the face of Harriet Tubman on the US$20 bill. But
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More obesity among black men who attend church often
Black men who attend church almost daily are nearly three times more likely to have obesity than those who never
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Black men still face the highest risk of being killed by police
Five years after Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Missouri, launched a national conversation about race and police brutality, black men
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Dope Black Dads: the podcast that honours black fathers
Marvyn Harrison felt that no one was discussing what it means to be a black father. So he launched a
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Black man, check yourself! by Ian Hughes
BLACK men are twice as likely to be struck by prostate cancer than White men, but thousands are still oblivious to
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Why abused black men are staying silent
Male survivors of childhood sexual abuse within the black community are being let down by the government, the head of
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