Author: Carma Henry

     RALEIGH, N.C. – In spring 2018, American DBE Magazine published a special edition featuring the minority contractors and suppliers who designed, built and coordinated construction of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

     The B.T.W. High School Foundation, Inc. (“the Foundation”) awarded 22 scholarships and two grants, valued at $27,500, as B.T.W recently concluded its 2018 Annual Awards Ceremony.

Alonzo Taylor Jr., a 14-year-old, was recently arrested at a movie theater in Kansas merely because of wearing sagging pants. Taylor believes the manager treated him harshly because he is Black.

A Tribute To Teachers

     HIV-related heart disease is a leading cause of death among people living with HIV—even when they are on consistent, effective HIV treatment. Researchers are learning that this complication is likely brought on by chronic inflammation from the virus itself and other factors. What is less understood is why HIV seems to take a greater toll on the hearts of women.

The American Way of War: Evolution stops here

The war tree

In Iran and North Korea, China holds some cards

School Shooters and CIA Torturers, all together now?

     In Georgia, Stacy Abrams made history recently by being elected the first Black female nominee of a major political party for governor. In Miami, another Yale graduate, Dotie Joseph, is part of that new wave of Black female candidates taking the country by storm this 2018 election cycle.