Atlanta Dream get burned by Sun 86-78
Before today’s game, Atlanta Dream head coach Tanisha Wright stressed a continued sense of accountability and consistency. She expressly mentioned caring for the basketball and playing hard and focused every time the team steps on the floor. The team is responding, but today’s ask against one of the WNBA’s best was insurmountable. As the game […]
Refreshing Atlanta
Chevrolet DTU/Atlanta Voice intern Robertney Harlan made her first visit to The World of Coca-Cola this week. As a newcomer to Atlanta she wondered what the significance of the worldwide brand was to the city of Atlanta.
Sneaker Doodle Co. wants to bridge gap for customers
Welcome to the world of a brand new Black-owned family business, Sneaker Doodle Co. founder Elizabeth Akinbode said Sneaker Doodle is an interactive retailer and surrounded by creativity and fun. Sneaker Doodle, according to Akinbode, was created because she saw an opportunity to bridge the gap in the lack of human interaction since the pandemic.
NexCubed focusses on HBCU’s growth and success
This week, the UNCF Summit for Black Higher Education was held in Atlanta. Over the years, the summit has provided a space for hundreds of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and PBI (predominantly Black institutions) leaders, practitioners, advocates, stakeholders, or anyone who is interested in learning more about higher education. With many of the […]
CUT!: Georgia’s billion-dollar film industry is at a standstill
The strike between SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP began Friday, July 14 and according to SAG-AFTRA Atlanta Local President Eric Goins, who is also a member of the negotiating committee, this is just the beginning. “When I say union, you say strong,” Goins yelled into a microphone. “When I say Union, you say power.”
Florida Board of Education approves new Black history standards that critics call ‘a big step backward’
(CNN) — The Florida Board of Education approved a new set of standards for how Black history should be taught in the state’s public schools, sparking criticism from education and civil rights advocates who said students should be allowed to learn the “full truth” of American history. The curriculum was approved at the board’s meeting Wednesday […]
Florida Decides to Teach That Our Ancestors Benefitted From Being Enslaved
Florida has taken yet another stride against teaching the full scope of Black history in statewide public schools — and it’s sparking criticism from advocates and families both state and nationwide. The new standards, posted on July 19 to the Florida Department of Education website, approved require public schools to teach that enslaved people “developed skills […]
Atlanta Public Schools’ Back-to-School Bash returns this Saturday
Atlanta Public Schools will host its annual back-to-school bash inside the Georgia World Congress Center this Saturday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. The event is open to APS students and their families, who will receive free backpacks, school supplies and educational resources in preparation for the 2023-24 academic year. Supplies are limited to one […]
Tupac Shakur Murder: Police took items from home of witness to shooting, warrant shows
(CNN) — Property records show that a house searched in connection with the investigation into Tupac Shakur’s killing belongs to the wife of a self-proclaimed witness to the rapper’s shooting. The search warrant, obtained by CNN, names Duane Keith Davis and shows police were looking for “items that tend to show evidence of motive and/or the identity of […]
Dean Obeidallah: RFK Jr.’s latest conspiracy theory is the last straw
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. baselessly suggested that Covid might have been engineered to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people.
