19 JUN 2024 · In this episode, Cheryl Smith, Brigitte Jones and Julia Ann Dudley Najieb recap on the breaking news concerning former president, Donald Trump in Detroit, followed by the U.S. Military covert operation concerning an anti-VAX social media campaign in the Philippines. Thereafter the news hosts will talk about Juneteenth and several related stories:     White Juneteenth scholarship recipients in Texas draw outrage     '40 Acres and a Lie' details a broken promise of reparations ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With news publishers, Cheryl Smith, Julia Ann Dudley Najieb and Brigitte Jones, get the latest breaking, political and other news from a Black perspective, new episodes live on Tuesdays: 2:00 PM PST/4:00CST/5:00ST.  Encores at 10:00 PM PST/12:00AM CST/1:00AM EST.  Listen on demand here or watch shows live here.

11 JUN 2024 · In this episode of BHN Radio Talk Show with Cheryl Smith, Julia Ann Dudley Najieb and Brigitte Jones recap on the breaking news concerning Dr. Tony Evans who is stepping down from his senior pastoral duties at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship (OCBF) in Dallas, Texas, after reportedly falling short “due to sin.” Next news, according to PEW research, Black Americans hold on to conspiracy theories due to the trauma they suffer being Black and the deliberate attacks against them historically. Meanwhile a city in the Chicago suburbs is being sued for giving 193 Black residents each $25,000.00 for slavery reparations. This week's BHN Spotlight focuses on superstar gymnast, Simone Biles, and track-star sprinter, Sha'Carri Richardson, who have qualified for the Olympics. The final story addresses the high suicide rate among Black Men.

5 JUN 2024 · In this episode, Cheryl Smith, Brigitte Jones and Julia Ann Dudley Najieb discuss the breaking news regarding Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee who is the democratic Chief Deputy Whip for the U.S. House of Representatives; she is just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The news publisher team also discuss the latest breaking news regarding the historic first in American history for a criminal case against a former or sitting U.S. president where, 12 New York State Supreme Court jurors unanimously agreed to convict former president, Donald Trump on 34 felony counts. The jurors said they unanimously agreed that Trump falsified business records to conceal a $130,000 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels to influence the outcome of the 2016 election.    This weeks BHN Spotlight focuses on the month of June, as Black Music Month; music enthusiasts and professionals around the nation celebrate the contributions, legacies, and icons of music’s past, present and future.  Black Music Month began in 1979 when Kenny Gamble, Ed Wright, and Dyana Williams developed the idea to set aside a month dedicated to celebrating the impact of black music. In other news, Simone Biles won a record ninth all-around title at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Fort Worth, Texas, earning her an automatic berth in the U.S. Olympic trials ahead of the Paris Games. Biles, the 37-time world and Olympic medalist, also won national titles on all four apparatuses at the U.S. Championships.

31 MAY 2024 · It’s an historic first in American history for a criminal case against a former or sitting U.S. president where, 12 New York State Supreme Court jurors unanimously agreed to convict former president, Dondald Trump today.   The jurors said they unanimously agreed that Trump falsified business records to conceal a $130,000 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels to influence the outcome of the 2016 election.   The decided this verdict in roughly 10 hours.

29 MAY 2024 · In this episode, Brigitte Jones and Julia Dudley Najieb discuss the breaking news regarding the vicious storms hitting Texas and the Midwest.   NOAA National Weather Service forecasters at the Climate Prediction Center predict above-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin this year. NOAA’s outlook for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which spans from June 1 to November 30, predicts an 85% chance of an above-normal season, a 10% chance of a near-normal season and a 5% chance of a below-normal season. While many American towns claim to have held the earliest celebrations of the holiday, U.S. officials declared Waterloo, New York the “birthplace” of Memorial Day. Historians say residents closed businesses, flew flags at half-staff, and held a ceremony to remember local Civil War soldiers on May 5, 1866 — three years after the bloody conflict ended. In Blight’s 2001 book Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory, the event unfolded at a former planter’s racetrack where Confederates held captured Union soldiers during the last year of the war. Over 250 prisoners died, most of them from disease, and were buried in unmarked graves. Black Charlestonians decided to give them a proper burial by reorganizing the graves and erecting a fence around them, TIME cites from the book. They named the burial site “Martyrs of the Race Course.” Then came May 1, when thousands of Black residents and schoolchildren showed up to sing patriotic songs, listen to religious sermons and speeches, and hold picnics in honor of the fallen Union troops. Black Union regiments concluded the event by marching around the graves. According to Blight, nearly 10,000 people, mostly Black, attended the massive tribute. This week's BHN Spotlight focuses on five women-veteran basketball players who are hopping it up.  With only 144 available roster spots currently in the WNBA, it’s one of the hardest leagues to find a place in. That just means every player is extremely elite, and the competition to stick around is fierce. Meanwhile, Julia and Brigitte discuss the latest news with the Biden-Harris Administration who announced a new record in Federal funding and investments in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) totaling more than $16 billion from Fiscal Years (FY) 2021 through current available data for FY 2024. This new reported total is up from the previously announced over $7 billion, and captures significant additional actions already undertaken.  The two publishers also discuss the latest concerning the 2024 Presidential Campaign. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With news publishers, Cheryl Smith, Julia Ann Dudley Najieb and Brigitte Jones, get the latest breaking, political and other news from a Black perspective, new episodes live on Tuesdays: 2:00 PM PST/4:00CST/5:00ST.  Encores at 10:00 PM PST/12:00AM CST/1:00AM EST.  Listen on demand here or watch shows live here.

22 MAY 2024 · In this episode, Cheryl Smith, Brigitte Jones and Julia Dudley Najieb talk in-depth about the purposeful insults that started from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), as she was the catalyst to the angry exchange between her and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and her and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). The insulting incidents happened Thursday night, May 16, 2024 during a chaotic House Oversight Committee meeting where members were supposed to be addressing a contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Merrick Garland that was advanced by a party-line vote. The hearing seem to veer off topic several times due to the insulting comments and crazy theatrics by members of opposite parties; however, members of the party behaving badly happened to be of the Republican Party. From not following rules of the committee, to bringing up irrelevant topics, the messy committee hearing was far from a democratic process of what the American public would expect from their representatives. The next news story acknowledges the death of Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, who was killed by a sheriff’s deputy in Florida on May 3.While responding to a disturbance call at an apartment complex at Fort Walton Beach, Fla., a deputy for the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office shot Fortson six times after the Airman opened his apartment door while holding his legally-owned handgun at his side, pointing downwards. Meanwhile, Sean “Diddy” Combs has apologized on the Instagram platform, but is it sincere enough? The news publishers discuss their view points.Stevie Wonder who just turned 74 on May 23, 2024, is now a Ghanaian citizen. A man of many talents, he is known not just for his soothing deep voice but also for his innovations that shaped the genre of R&B. Over the years, he has released over 20 studio albums — winning awards from around the world. Let us celebrate the birthday of the legend with some trivia from his life. Finally the news publishers discussed President Biden’s reelection campaign which launched a $14 million ad campaign for May to focus on reaching Black, Latino, and Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander voters. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------With news publishers, Cheryl Smith, Julia Ann Dudley Najieb and Brigitte Jones, get the latest breaking, political and other news from a Black perspective, new episodes live on Tuesdays: 2:00 PM PST/4:00CST/5:00ST. Encores at 10:00 PM PST/12:00AM CST/1:00AM EST. Listen https://www.bhnnow.com/podcast or https://www.bhnnow.com/radio

15 MAY 2024 · In this episode, Cheryl Smith, Brigitte Jones and Julia Dudley Najieb talk in-depth about the Florida A&M University (FAMU) incident regarding the $237 million donation to the university from Batterson Farms Corporation CEO, Gregory Gerami, that was not a donation after all. The three news publishers reveal the fallacies that the board members missed in the vetting process. They also review what should be FAMU's next steps moving forward. In the latter part of the program, the recent geomagnetic storms, tornado outbreaks and Northern Lights---aurora borealis---are explained in detail by experts to give the audience a better understanding of the changes happening on earth and to the atmosphere. ----------------------------------- With news publishers, Cheryl Smith, Julia Ann Dudley Najieb and Brigitte Jones, get the latest breaking, political and other news from a Black perspective, new episodes live on Tuesdays: 2:00pPST/4:00CST/5:00ST.  Encores at 10:00pPST/12:00AMCST/1:00AMEST.

8 MAY 2024 · In the beginning of this episode, the news publishers focus on the storms happening in the Midwest and southwest of the United States.   In more breaking news, A map that the Louisiana legislature drew after the 2020 census – which included only one majority-Black district in a state where roughly one-third of the population is African American – was ruled a likely violation of the Voting Rights Act by a different federal court last year.  The news publisher hosts discuss this action.   In more news, students at Morehouse College, a Black institution, are demanding the university rescind the invitation for President Biden to be the commencement speaker at the graduation May 19, 2024 due to the US involvement in providing arms to Israel for the war on Gaza.   The following spotlight news item focuses on the history of Black jockeys in the horse racing industry.  At the first Kentucky Derby, in 1875, 13 of 15 jockeys were African American. Between 1890 and 1899, Black jockeys won six Derbies, one Preakness Stakes, and three Belmont Stakes.  They were slowly phased out by 1903 due to the Jim Crow laws in the United Staes.   The final news item reviews why African countries can never resolve their debt crisis because the system is rigged against them.  Many African countries stay poor by design.

1 MAY 2024 · In this episode of BHN Talk Radio Show, Cheryl Smith, Julia Ann Dudley Najieb and Brigitte Jones discuss the DEA's reclassifying marijuana, which would change the the $34 billion cannabis industry.       Since 1971, marijuana has been in the same category as heroin, methamphetamines and LSD, according to https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-administration-plans-reclassify-marijuana-easing-restrictions-na-rcna149424s. Each substance under the Schedule I classification is defined as a drug with no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. Schedule III substances include Tylenol with codeine, steroids and testosterone.       By rescheduling cannabis, the drug would now be studied and researched to identify concrete medical benefits, opening the door for pharmaceutical companies to get involved with the sale and distribution of medical marijuana in states where it is legal.       Next, the news team talks about the The National Park Service grant to Michigan for its Green Book project. The National Park Service awarded $23.4 million this month to 39 projects in 16 states and the District of Columbia as part of the https://www.nps.gov/subjects/historicpreservationfund/index.htm’s https://www.nps.gov/subjects/historicpreservationfund/african-american-civil-rights.htm, which focuses on the preservation of sites and stories directly associated with the struggle of African Americans to gain equal rights.       "Since 2016, the National Park Service has provided over $126 million through this program to document, preserve, and recognize the places and stories associated with the struggle for civil rights of African Americans,” said National Park Service Director Chuck Sams. 

24 APR 2024 · In this episode of the BHN Talk Radio Show, April 23, 2024 with Cheryl Smith, Julia Ann Dudley Najieb and Brigitte Jones, the breaking news starts with Rev. Frederick Haynes III who has stepped down from the organization Rainbow Push; less than a year ago, the organization’s founder and CEO, longtime civil and human rights activist, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, announced his retirement and named Dr. Haynes as his successor. The 22 year-old https://olympics.com/en/athletes/naveen-daries has been an inspirational figure for aspiring young South African https://olympics.com/en/sports/artistic-gymnastics/ for the better part of the last seven years making history at the https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-2020 and the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed will be named the president of the National African American Mayors Association, according to Reed’s chief of staff. In a post on X early on Monday, Chip Hill, who serves as Reed’s chief of staff, said Reed would be named president of the national organization this week. He also noted that Reed is the only mayor in Alabama to serve on the board of trustees for the U.S. Council of Mayors. Reed has previously served as both the secretary and the vice president of the African American Mayors Association.  A campaigning Nigerian chess champion has played the game non-stop for 60 hours to break the world record.Tunde Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1m (£800,000) for children's education across Africa through the marathon attempt that began in New York City's Times Square on Wednesday. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With news publishers, Cheryl Smith, Julia Ann Dudley Najieb and Brigitte Jones, get the latest breaking, political and other news from a Black perspective, new episodes live on Tuesdays: 2:00 PM PST/4:00CST/5:00ST. Encores at 10:00 PM PST/12:00AM CST/1:00AM EST. Listen https://www.bhnnow.com/podcast or https://www.bhnnow.com/radio