Local News

Sisters Investing Seriously Investment Club Celebrates 25 years

     Formed in 1998, Sisters Investing Seriously Investment Club has been in existence for 25 years. During this time, the club has grown to as many as 28 members. The study tool used to gain financial knowledge and establish a foundation to build upon was “Starting and Running a Profitable Investment Club,” by Thomas E. Ohara and Kenneth S. Janke, Sr.  This was the Official Guide from The National Association of Investment Clubs.  Currently the membership consists of 16 partners of which 15 are original members. As noted, SIS members are extremely excited to have reached a twenty-five-year milestone! […]

Health

Washington Doctors Accused Of Improper COVID Treatments

     Three Washington state doctors have been accused of improper COVID treatments. The charges range from unprofessional conduct and improper prescription of medicine to making false and misleading statements. Death has been the result. Now the Silent Majority Foundation based in Pasco has joined with Turner and three other doctors to file a lawsuit […]

Opinions

Republican Congresswomen Trade Reproductive Rights

  While this title may appear insensitive or provocative, it’s  not meant to evoke any such sentiments. Rather, it’s intended to convey the serious disconnect between women fighting to maintain control over their  reproductive rights as well as medical care. And it’s an attempt to shed light on the harsh reality that Republican Congresswomen wanting to appear masculine and stoic have traded women’s reproductive rights for their male colleagues’ testosterone. Or could it be an actual  body part that rhymes with denticles? […]

Opinions

Bridging the Nation’s Digital Divide for the Next Generation

     It’s important for Black college students to have a grasp on digital skills even before they set foot on an HBCU campus, but the “digital divide” is likely to have already set them back. Nationwide, only 65 percent of Hispanics and 71 percent of Blacks have internet service of any kind in their homes, compared to 80 percent of whites. The “digital divide” for Black Americans is equally pronounced in urban and rural areas. Urban whites are more than twice as likely to have high speed internet than urban Blacks. In the rural South, the same split is 77 percent to 62 percent. […]