WASHINGTON, August 22, 2025 / PRNewswire/ – A coalition of Southern mayors, facilitated by Ohio River South, is calling on the Trump Administration to reverse course on proposed budget cuts and a potential reorganization within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that could dismantle key HIV and STI prevention programs and jeopardize national progress toward ending the HIV epidemic. In a joint letter sent this week to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the mayors raise alarms about the possible elimination of the CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention, along with reduced…
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All of Atlanta’s 11 football-playing high schools are scheduled to kick off their grid seasons this weekend. Four of these schools will commence play this Thursday (August 14th); The Business Engineering Science Tech (BEST) Academy Eagles travel to Ellenwood, Georgia in DeKalb County to face Utopian Academy for the Arts at 7 pm; Douglass’s Astros journey to Cumming, Georgia to face West Forsyth at 7:30 pm and KIPP’s Atlanta Collegiate Warriors are in Fairburn, Georgia facing Landmark Christian at Lakewood Stadium. Two other teams also have Thursday night tilts. The…
By Dr. Bruce E. Twyman When the United States released a list of countries targeted for a travel ban it included foreign nationals from places like Afghanistan, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Iran, Somalia, Libya and Eritrea; mostly affecting Africa and the Middle East. But how did Haiti end up on this list? The statement released by Homeland Security cited safety concerns. Traveling to Haiti right now could be a concern due to current instability but accepting refugees fleeing the nation should have remained a priority. The man charged in…
Back in 1999, Howard University (DC) Press released “ the Black Seminole Legacy and North American Politics” written by Dr. Bruce Edward Twyman. The Cincinnati, Ohio native and veteran of the US Air National Guard called Atlanta home for several year in the mid- to- late 1980s where he benefitted educationally via studies at Clark-Atlanta University which resulted in his obtaining both a masters and doctorate degree in African-American studies and political science. His best-selling and much acclaimed work on the effect the “afro-Seminoles” as they came be known, had…
“Momentum for Nate Jester’s Council District 11 Campaign Continues to Grow” Atlanta, Georgia – July 10, 2025 – Nate Jester, a Marine Corps veteran, Harvard-educated attorney, small business owner and Southwest Atlanta native announced today his campaign for Atlanta City Council District 11 raised over 116,000 dollars in its first two months powered by over 300 individual contributors. A proud product of Atlanta Public Schools, Jester is a Mays High graduate who launched his campaign to bring bold, new, accountable leadership to District 11. His early fundraising success follows major…
As the local television, radio and newspaper advertising depicts, they are “the few, the proud” and if things work out November 4th, former U. S. Marine Nate Jester could become the newest member of the Atlanta City Council, and Jester’s military accolades didn’t stop there. The scholar-graduate of southwest Atlanta’s Benjamin E. Mays High School decided the Naval Academy at Annapolis would be his next step. Four years later and with the coveted nomination for enrollment from 5th district Congressmember John Lewis, Jester spent five years wearing a sailor’s cap.…
