Year: 2018

By Iqbal Pittalwala Barish, the Linde Professor of Physics, Emeritus, at Caltech, shared the Nobel Prize with fellow Caltech physicist Kip Thorne and MIT physicist Rainer Weiss. The prize recognized their “decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.” On Sept. 14, 2015, LIGO, or the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, detected…

By Charlene Crowell For years, and particularly in recent months, major news outlets have heralded the nation’s robust economic recovery. From rising corporate profits, to lower unemployment, or rising stock prices on Wall Street, many consumers might conclude that financial stability not only returned after the Great Recession but continues to climb. But for people…

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Contributor Katherine Johnson, who hand-crunched the numbers for America’s first manned space flight – a feat that finally got its Big Screen acknowledgement just two years ago, turned 100 on Sunday, August 26, 2018. “[On Sunday], we celebrate Alpha Kappa Alpha’s own, Katherine Johnson. She’s credited with crunching the…

R&B Singer J Rome Releases His Long Awaited New Single and Music Video “4U” Los Angeles, CA (BlackNews.com) — R&B artist J Rome, releases his new single and music video “4 U” which is available on all digital platforms now. The silky soul vocalist is best known for winning ABC’s singing talent show “Duets”, singing…

Pastors Asked to ‘Call the Nation to Its Conscience’ Sunday, September 2nd, has been declared as “Social Justice Sunday” in Black Churches across the United States. “Social Justice Sunday” will serve as the kick-off to the “Call to Conscience – Forward to Action” event to be held September 5th and 6th in Washington DC. “Historically…

Velda Love Minister for Racial Justice I mourn the loss of Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon. She departed August 8, 2018. Dr. Cannon was the first African-American woman ordained in the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America in 1974 and in 1983 became the first African-American to earn the Doctor of Philosophy…

By: Lou  Yeboah God’s Warning to a Doomed Generation – “The Greatest Prophecy in the Bible”—soon to be fulfilled. You see, Jesus made a promise. He said, “I will come again.” [Matthew 24:36], “But of that day and hour knoweth no man; not the angels of heaven, but My Father only.” But He says we…

By Barrington M. Salmon, Contributing Writer, Black Press USA Prisoners in at least 17 states across the country went on strike this week to declare that the way they’re being treated by guards and prison officials is no longer acceptable. The strike, which began on August 21 is scheduled to end on Sept 9. The…

By Danielle Haynes Aug. 28 (UPI) — Independent researchers from George Washington University on Tuesday said the death toll from Hurricane Maria was more than double the 1,427 people the Puerto Rican government calculated. The study, a collaboration between GWU’s Milken Institute School of Public Health and the University of Puerto Rico Graduate School of…

Arrowhead  United  Way  is joining forces with San Bernardino County Superintendent  of  Schools  and         Cal State University San Bernardino     to  support  the “San Bernardino  Countywide Vision2Read” Reading Rally 2018. This event  could  no t be  possible  without volunteers like you! Please join us and become part of the experience…