School leadership’s problem with a student’s voice was not a problem for the Black female mayor By Jayme S. Ganey President and founder of University Preparatory Charter School for Young Men, Joseph Munno, denied Jaissan Lovett, the school’s first Black male valedictorian, the opportunity to speak at his graduation. Lovett was given no explanation but…
Lancaster, PA — Sean Williams, a 27-year old Black man from Lancaster, Pennsylvania says he feels traumatized after being hit by a stun gun fired by a police officer even though he was unarmed and already sitting down. He has filed a federal lawsuit, but the police officer who did that won’t be fired or…
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO, NNPA) Amid the rush to comprehend the ramifications of a full-scale international trade war initiated by the errant and backward tariff policies of the Trump Administration, there are results of the tariffs that need to be challenged by Black America. The financial sustainability of the Black…
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – On June 28, 2018, we received information regarding negative comments posted online by one of our prosecutors. At that time, we took immediate steps to initiate a personnel investigation. The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office does not condone hate, discrimination or incitement of violence. Our community and the entire criminal…
The 3,273 graduates in the San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) Class of 2018 earned a total of $8,101,934 in scholarships, which included $1,043,000 in military academy scholarships. A full 100 percent of Middle College High School’s 65 graduates earned scholarships, averaging more than $10,000 per student. Cajon High School and Arroyo Valley High…
By Kay Coles James (President, The Heritage Foundation) I’m sure President Obama’s heart was in the right place. A few years ago, his Department of Education, in conjunction with the Department of Justice, studied school discipline data and came to a troubling conclusion: African American students in the 2011-12 school year had been suspended or…
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Executive Chef, Joe Eidem, has been selected for induction into the American Academy of Chefs, Culinary Hall of Fame for 2018. This is the highest honor bestowed by the American Academy of Chefs (AAC). Chef Eidem earned this award for his continued support of the culinary profession, the American Culinary Federation…
DeSoto, TX — Destiny Brannon, a high school student from Texas who delivered a controversial valedictory speech during her graduation ceremony, has been stripped of her valedictorian status and will no longer receive the college scholarship that she was promised. The high school claims it is because of miscalculations of her ranking as a student,…
By Tess Eyrich RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — Private prison stocks soared in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s 2016 election. Given his tough stance on immigration as a candidate, it’s easy to understand why. According to political scientist Loren Collingwood, Trump’s proclivity for anti-immigrant rhetoric served as a signal to investors that the U.S. detainee…
The Law Office of Sharon J. Brunner and The Law Office of James S. Terrell The Law Office of Sharon J. Brunner and The Law Office of James S. Terrell urge the public to come together to voice your concerns to the San Bernardino County Grand Jury. The San Bernardino County Grand Jury oversees all…
The U.S. attorney general attributed the guidelines to “unnecessary or improper rulemaking.” Kaitlyn D’Onofrio On July 3rd — the day before America was gearing up to celebrate Independence Day — Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III was busy rescinding guidance intended to protect minorities. In a statement Sessions called the documents “unnecessary, outdated, inconsistent with…
By Brian Depew, briand@cfra.org, Center for Rural Affairs The Center for Rural Affairs first examined consolidation in the banking industry in “Where Have All the Bankers Gone?”, a 1978 report. We have long understood the critical link between credit, who has access, who doesn’t, and how it shapes communities. That’s why a recent report in…
(LOS ANGELES) – The federal government announced today that it has rescinded policy guidance issued by the Obama administration to foster diversity in elementary and secondary schools and on college campuses. Please attribute the following statement to Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund): “Feeding his…
By Sommer Brokaw and Susan McFarland July 7 (UPI) — Elon Musk on Saturday said SpaceX engineers are hours away from finishing a “tiny kid-sized submarine” that could be used to extract a soccer team trapped inside a Thailand cave. The 12 boys and their coach had gone into the cave on an excursion after…
The project is breaking down barriers to breastfeeding resources and education. By Casey Leins, Staff Write For many women in Brooklyn, New York, the ability to breastfeed doesn’t seem like a reality, according to Francesca Stephen-Alexis, a 37-year-old mother of two. “I think a lot of women, especially in my area, see breastfeeding as a…
Most people know that when you look for a house, you want a place with “good bones.” In other words, if the structure of the home is in good shape, most people feel they can fix up the rest. If a home doesn’t have good bones, the rest of it doesn’t matter. The same can…
After a nearly two-decade partnership, Governor Rick Scott and Florida Medicaid officials are denying renewal of an HIV care contract with AHF’s Positive Healthcare— a respected non-profit which has been providing critical health insurance coverage for people living with HIV in Florida since 1999 and forcing HIV patients to use for-profit companies that don’t currently…
A confirmed case of virulent Newcastle disease was found in northwest Riverside County on June 30. The disease affects birds and can cause serious illness or death in an entire chicken flock in a single day. The Riverside County location is close to other occurrences of the disease in southwest San Bernardino County. At this…
By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) – The Black church, among the most prosperous institutions in America, has long led movements for the spiritual, social and civic uplift of Black people. When the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, he had just launched the Poor People’s Movement, which quickly fizzled…
Rev. Dr. Chris Davies Program Manager, Congregational Assessment, Support and Advancement My grandmother taught me how to be a Christian, and told me about marching for abortion rights prior to Roe v. Wade. She shared stories with me about how her advocacy for women’s rights connected to her faith. She reached into her charismatic roots…
By Lou Yeboah “Because warning comes before destruction and you have been warned, says the Lord!” I want you to know that when Noah and Lot warned their respective people of God’s coming judgment and destruction, the people would not listen. Instead they treated Noah and Lot as “extremists.” Then the destruction that did come…
By Susan McFarland July 10 (UPI) — Divers on Tuesday rescued the final four boys and their coach from a deep cave in Thailand, where they’d been for more than two weeks. Thai navy SEALs, who’d led the operation, made the announcement on its Facebook page Tuesday. “Today, the boar’s pack will be reunited again,”…
By Susan McFarland July 10 (UPI) — The Senate on Tuesday began discussions about Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s appointee to replace Anthony Kennedy on the U.S. Supreme Court, even before he arrived on Capitol Hill. Trump announced Kavanaugh late Monday as his much-anticipated choice to fill the vacancy. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell opened…
Sacramento, CA – On June 21, 2018, the United States Supreme Court issued its long-anticipated decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. In this case, the Court was asked to revisit the issue of sales and use tax remittance by out-of-state retailers. In two earlier decisions, the Court had held that an out-of-state retailer’s obligation…