WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Juvenile arrest rates have fallen sharply in recent years, but black youth are disproportionately sent to adult court by judges at some of the highest percentages seen in 30 years, according to a joint report from the Campaign for Youth Justice (CFYJ) and the National Association of Social Workers…
Event date: Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018 Live sheep shearing and yarn spinning – how wool clothing gets made – has changed little over the centuries and will be on full display at Sheep to Shawl at the San Bernardino County Museum on Saturday, Sept. 29, from noon to 4 p.m. To make a piece of…
Hackers can use your wireless router to extract information, and there’s not much you can do to stop them By Holly Ober Computer scientists at the University of California, Riverside, have discovered a vulnerability in all modern Wi-Fi routers that cannot be fixed. Associate Professor Zhiyun Qian and doctoral student Weiteng Chen, both from UCR’s…
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA President and CEO Washington, DC — No one questions the fact that for the past six decades, African Americans have overwhelmingly supported and voted for Democratic Party candidates for the United States Congress. In the upcoming 2018 midterm elections, African Americans by the millions will once again cast the…
Education defies FLRA finding to push anti-union agenda undermining mission WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Three U.S. Senators are calling on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to stop denying workplace rights and protections to nearly 4,000 Department of Education employees who are represented by the American Federation of Government Employees. The union representing nearly 4,000…
By The Los Angeles Sentinel Southern California Edison (SCE) volunteers and children recently gathered at Monroe Middle School in Inglewood to help the Social Justice Learning Institute (SJLI) build a school garden that teaches the connection between food science and the food people eat. SCE’s Networkers’ business resource group also presented a $5,000 grant from…
SB 1041 Will Help To Promptly Diagnose & Treat Children SACRAMENTO – Legislation authored by Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) to help ensure that children at risk of lead exposure receive blood lead screening tests was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown. Earning bipartisan support in the Legislature prior to being signed into law,…
Co-published by Fast Company Much of the recent gathering in San Francisco involved corporate and government backslapping — noble but too easily mocked. By Judith Lewis Mernit Amid the swell of protesters demanding California put an end to oil, and a police force growing irritated with their monotonous chanting (“I’m going to be singing that…
By Greg Dill At a family reunion, my Aunt Abby and Uncle Glen got into a squabble over the best way to get their Medicare benefits. Uncle Glen is an Original Medicare man, and has been for a decade or so. Aunt Abby prefers Medicare Advantage, which is similar to a health plan she had…
SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) today announced that California’s adolescent birth rate (ABR) continues to decline. A new state report indicates a record low of 15.7 births per 1,000 females between the ages of 15 and 19. Those numbers reflect an 11 percent decline between 2015 and 2016. Declining rates can…
Glendale, Calif., (September 24, 2018) – At only one-year-old, Princesse has had quite a few challenges since birth. Princesse, whose legal name is Lofeka Assia, was born in Kinshasa via an emergency c-section and has been in and out of the hospital since then due to a cleft palate and a significant heart defect. She…
Nationwide — Many sanitary pads (or sanitary napkins) are made of plastic materials that can complicate embryonic development and lead to organ damage. Even more, the fiber in these absorbent pads can cause cervical cancer, and can even result in difficult menstruation periods for women. Sadly, many Black women continue to use these toxic pads…
Nationwide — Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among African-American women. Even worse, studies have confirmed that Black women are more than twice as likely to die from it than their white counterparts. Many factors contribute to this including genetics, lack of adequate health education in Black communities, poor diets, and the use…
By Fred L. Jones, Jr. The last time Ready For The World performed in Tulsa was 2014 New Years with Tony Toni Tone and Black Street. We talked to Willie Tripplet one of the founding members of the group he stated: “We met each other competing against each other in high school, we would always…
Los Angeles, CA – What: AC Bilbrew Library, African American Resource Center presents Charles Wright. Why: Charles Wright, Legendary soul singer of the (“Express Yourself”) fame, and author of the book “UP from Where We’ve Come”, is showing his dedication to education by offering scholarships to deserving students. in need of…
Everyone is invited to RivCo Recycles Day in the Resource Garden at the Riverside County Department of Waste Resources (14310 Frederick Street, Moreno Valley) on Saturday (11/10) 10 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. In honor of America Recycles Day, Riverside County is celebrating all the ways you can reduce, reuse and recycle with demonstrations,…
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Heatwave, BT Express, Meli’sa Morgan, The Dazz Band and Minister/Award-Winning Entertainer Clifton Davis Join Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight, George Clinton and More January 20-27, 2019 From Ft. Lauderdale to the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Half Moon Cay Ft. Lauderdale, Fla (September 25, 2018) — The 2019 Soul Train Cruise adds five legendary entertainers to…
Noel Andersen UCC & CWS Grassroots Coordinator for Immigrants’ Rights Our sacred texts remind us to welcome the sojourner in our midst and to love our neighbor as ourselves. Yet our government is enacting horrific policies designed to separate families and terrorize those fleeing persecution, violence and poverty. I was recently part of a United…
By: Lou Yeboah I want you to know that as followers of Jesus Christ, we are to be constantly aware that the devil is out to destroy us. Revelation tells us Satan has declared all-out war on God’s saints. [Revelation 12:12]. While many Christians slumber at this midnight hour, just as Jesus predicted, the devil…
The look of astonishment could be seen over and over on the faces of Indians Springs High School (ISHS) students walking through the new Performing Arts Center during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 18. Nearby, architect John Sergio Fisher had a similar look of delight on his face. “This venue is a beacon for the…
By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor Our nation, these United States, is founded on the principles of racism and patriarchy. They are reflected in our very constitution, where enslaved persons were counted as a fraction of a person and only men of property were allowed the right to vote. The filthy inequality at the foundation…
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor In 2013, then Biscayne Park Police Chief Raimundo Atesiano informed community leaders of the Biscayne Park Police Department’s perfect clearance record for solving crimes: It was 100 percent. According to Atesiano, his police department near Miami was perfect at solving burglaries. On September 21st, it was revealed in…
By Marshall A. Latimore Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms welcomed a panel of service providers, advocates, and government officials to City Hall to discuss labor exploitation, sexual exploitation and ways to address human trafficking on Sept. 18. The meeting marked the beginning of the city’s response to the anti-trafficking challenge presented by the Pathways to Freedom…
