https://hunewsservice.com Your Neighborhood. Your Nation. Your News! Mon, 03 Mar 2025 04:23:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://hunewsservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-407787_352128264798897_1461219382_n-1-32x32.jpg https://hunewsservice.com 32 32 https://hunewsservice.com/elections/election-2018/african-american-voter-turnout/ Tue, 06 Nov 2018 21:56:39 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=7220 With this year’s midterm elections, lots of people are talking about why voting maters. Howard University News Service’s Brittany Hunt has more on how African-Americans are utilizing their right to vote.]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/many-still-nervous-after-failed-repeal-of-obamacare/ Thu, 30 Mar 2017 11:41:35 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/many-still-nervous-after-failed-repeal-of-obamacare/ Health Care African-American families, one of the big beneficiaries of Obamacare, were pleased that the Republican bill to kill the health care plan failed, but they are now nervous that Republicans and Donald Trump are planning to renew their efforts. WASHINGTON – With President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers signaling that they may make another attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, commonly called Obamacare, supporters of the landmark healthcare legislation have had little time to enjoy the earlier failure of the GOP bill. “We dodged a major bullet, but there’s quite a lot to be worried about,” said Marjorie]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/black-churches-being-pushed-out-of-nations-capital/ Mon, 17 Oct 2016 22:07:38 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/black-churches-being-pushed-out-of-nations-capital/ https://hunewsservice.com/multimedia/video/u-s-lacking-diverse-teaching-corps/ Sun, 13 Dec 2015 15:45:45 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/u-s-lacking-diverse-teaching-corps/ https://hunewsservice.com/multimedia/video/keeping-up-with-kim/ Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:24:10 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/keeping-up-with-kim/ Howard University Student Redifines Diversity Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) traditionally have student bodies that are at least 90% African American.  As the U.S. becomes more diverse, HBCUs are following suit.  Howard University News Service reporter Jasmine Turner has the story of a Howard student who stands out in more ways than one.    ]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/new-national-museum-allows-african-americans-to-trace-roots-2/ Tue, 01 Dec 2015 16:26:50 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/new-national-museum-allows-african-americans-to-trace-roots-2/ The Freedmen’s Bureau Project provides access to former slave records Thom Reed, senior marketing manager at FamilySearch International, addresses an audience about the launch of the Freedmen's Bureau Project. Photo credit: google.com/images WASHINGTON — Thom Reed sits in front of a computer day after day in Salt Lake City, Utah, researching name after name of former slaves, names that date back to just before the 13th Amendment that ended slavery. It is a late weekday evening, and Reed is drowsy as he flicks through each name, searching for a glimmer of where his ancestors may have come from, as well]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/new-national-museum-allows-african-americans-to-trace-roots/ Tue, 01 Dec 2015 15:55:11 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/new-national-museum-allows-african-americans-to-trace-roots/ The Freedmen’s Bureau Project gives access to millions of records. Thom Reed, senior marketing manager at FamilySearch International, speaks to an audience about the launch of the Freedmen's Bureau Project. Photo credit:google.com/images WASHINGTON — Thom Reed sits in front of a computer day after day in Salt Lake City, Utah, researching name after name of former slaves, names that date back to just before the 13th Amendment that ended slavery. It is a late weekday evening, and Reed is drowsy as he flicks through each name, searching for a glimmer of where his ancestors may have come from, as well]]>