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NEWPORT NEWS, Va.

Chief Machinist’s Mate Gilbert Laguerre, from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) engineering department, returns the salutes of Ford’s chiefs mess as he is piped ashore. Ford is currently undergoing its post-shakedown availability at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding. […]

National News

NCNW Hosts National GirlTech Town Hall and Forum

     With a vision to drive more Black females into the fields of STEM, Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, the newly-elected president and CEO of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), recently lead a major National Town Hall with a special focus on Black millennial women and career development at the NCNW headquarters, located in Washington, D.C. […]

National News

‘Love Boat’ link helps Blues City Cultural Center turn 40

“Our true mission is art for a better way of life,” said Cox. “When we see the character of women come alive as they are creating the dolls, and we see the effect our work has on the lives of homeless people and women, we know that they are given a little ray of hope. We need some help. Catch the vision. Believe in what we see and what we do.” […]

National News

Chevrolet and NNPA Discover the Unexpected Journalism Fellowship Launches its Fourth Year!

     Each year since 2016, General Motors’ Chevrolet brand has partnered with the NNPA, a trade association that represents more than 200 African American-owned media companies across the country. The Discover the Unexpected Journalism Fellowship provides a $10,000 scholarship, $7,500 stipend and the road trip of a lifetime to between six and eight students selected for the honor. […]

National News

Changing the game: Ice Cube’s battle to buy regional sports networks

     Now entering its third season, Ice Cube is looking to take the next step in not only raising the profile of his professional basketball brand, but his personal profile as a Black business mogul. In early April, with his FOX Sports contract having expired at the conclusion of the 2018 BIG3 campaign, the league inked a new deal to have games televised on the CBS network. However, armed with a high-profile group of investors with deep pockets of their own, Ice Cube has a much bigger vision. But reaching that goal won’t come without challenges, or a fight. […]