NewsOne Featured Video CLOSE Source: Julia Beverly / Getty Atlanta’s flourishing hip-hop community endured a huge loss with the passing of producer and songwriter Rico Wade over the weekend. Wade was one part of Organized Noize and hip hop collective, Dungeon Family, whose influence will live on through his beats and lyrics. Keep reading to […]
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Atlanta Police Fired Black Woman After Daughter Criticized Cops, Wrongful Termination Lawsuit Claims
NewsOne Featured Video Source: Virojt Changyencham / Getty Rhonda Frost, the former Deputy Director of Public Affairs with the Atlanta Police Department, is suing Mayor Andre Dickens and Chief of Police Darin Schierbaum for wrongful termination. Inside her suit filed on March 18, Frost, who served as deputy director from 2019 to 2023, claimed that […]
Read MoreAtlanta’s Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund Proved To Be Successful For Black Mothers, New Report Finds
NewsOne Featured Video In Atlanta, the Georgia Resilience and Opportunity Fund (GRO) runs the In Her Hands program, offering young Black women monthly stipends averaging $850. This initiative forms part of a wider array of guaranteed income programs across the country, aiming to alleviate financial strain and meet basic needs. Introduced in 2022, the program […]
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