✕ Sybil Wilkes is back with What We Need To Know, delivering stories that touch our families, our wallets and our pursuit of justice, along with a reminder that excellence still makes headlines. Here is what you need to know today.
Source: VioletaStoimenova / Getty On Martha’s Vineyard, a spare bedroom could be both a business strategy and an act of hospitality. For generations, Black homeowners have turned their properties into places where visitors could stay, families could reunite, and entrepreneurs could earn a living. These arrangements helped make summers on the island accessible to more Black Americans while establishing economic opportunities for the people who called it home. The history […]
Source: Ganna Kaercher / Getty October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. While breast cancer predominantly impacts women, today we’re going to discuss the rare but very real impact of male breast cancer. While it’s true that women make up the majority of new breast cancer cases, Susan G. Komen estimates that men make up 1% of new breast cancer diagnoses every year. The risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer […]
✕ Sybil Wilkes is back with What We Need To Know, delivering a packed edition of “What We Need to Know” this Tuesday. The segment covered politics, money, sports, and history that matter to Black America. Here’s the rundown.
✕ Sybil Wilkes is back with What We Need To Know, with a fast-moving rundown of the stories shaping the week. The segment covered a deadly storm, a federal probe into major networks, a fuel debate on Capitol Hill, and a tribute to one of Black America’s sharpest voices.
✕ Sybil Wilkes is back with What We Need To Know, from the high-stakes midterm elections and life-saving breast cancer awareness updates, to approaching health coverage deadlines, HBCU homecoming season, and practical steps toward building household wealth before the holidays.
Source: Stephane Cardinale – Corbis / Getty Halle Berry is continuing to push back against what she describes as her ex-husband Olivier Martinez’s “outrageous, false, and misleading” abuse claims in his recent petition seeking sole custody of their son, Maceo. As previously reported, the legal dispute escalated after Martinez accused the Hollywood actress of being violent toward their 13-year-old son during an alleged Sept. 26 incident. He claimed Berry “physically […]
Universal History Archive / Scott Olson / Getty It’s still hard to wrap our heads around the mysterious circumstances in the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells, even more so with it officially being ruled a drowning despite an autopsy that suggests otherwise. Even more surprising, his premature passing has now become linked to the family legacy of late civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King Jr. His daughter, Bernice King, recently […]
✕ From the polling place to the courtroom to the front door of a new home, Sybil Wilkes is back with What We Need To Know, covering stories that reach directly into Black communities across the country. Here is a closer look at each headline.
