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On April 17, 2024, exactly 100 days ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, Nielsen’s Gracenote released its latest Virtual Medal Table (VMT) forecast for the 2024 Games. Considering available results data from key global and continental competitions since the 2021 Summer Games, Gracenote has projected gold, silver and bronze medal counts for participating countries […]
UTICA, N.Y. — Laila Edwards has become the first Black woman to play for the U.S. women’s national team at a world championship. Edwards, 20, became the first Black woman to play for Team USA in November, when she played in the 2023-24 Rivalry Series against Canada. Now a member of the 23-player roster at […]
Footnotes [1] Carole Marks, “Black Workers and the Great Migration North,” Phylon 46, no. 2(2nd Qtr., 1985), 149. [2] Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration (New York: Random House, 2010), 161. [3] Marks, “Black Workers and the Great Migration North,” 148. [4] Marks, “Black Workers and the […]
Dear Editor: February is Black History Month. Proportionately, there are as many great Black citizens as there are White or Asian. Those of us in the High Country do not have to search outside our own territory to find such people. They are living among us now and some have passed on. As a representative […]
Our commentary is from New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow, whose new HBO documentary “South to Black Power” is now streaming on Max: At the end of the Civil War, three Southern states (Louisiana, South Carolina and Mississippi) were majority Black, and others were very close to being so. And during Reconstruction, the 14th […]
For the United States, this war represents an opportunity to achieve its goals, which are far from supporting Ukraine. At stake is geo-economic rivalry with Russia. For example, in the Black Sea region. ‘Responsible statecraft’ writes: U.S. officials view the war in Ukraine as a way of achieving geopolitical objectives in the Black Sea, an […]
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U.S. officials view the war in Ukraine as a way of achieving geopolitical objectives in the Black Sea, an energy-rich region that connects Russia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. At two recent Senate hearings, State Department officials portrayed the war as a means . . .
The 5-LP box set ‘Queen of Rock n’ Roll’ celebrates 50 years of Tina Turner’s solo career. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File) Those people who run and push and scream for Black Friday deals are out of control! Oh, wait, they are running and pushing and screaming for records? Never mind, that’s fine. Another Record Store […]
Scott’s comments on ‘Great Society’ sparks debate on Black Americans
Black Hot Fire Network
November 21, 2023
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the only Black candidate running for the Republican presidential nomination, has sparked a debate around former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s “Great Society” and the impact it has had on Black Americans. During the second GOP presidential debate Wednesday, Scott criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for his state’s education policies, which require […]