By Danielle Haynes June 5 (UPI) — Women are more likely than men to take on student debt to attend college and hold nearly two-thirds of the $1.4 trillion in outstanding student loans in the United States, a report released Tuesday by the American Association of University Women indicates. The organization analyzed data from 2008,…
Largest public-sector unions unite to preserve workers’ right to representation WASHINGTON, June 5, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Federation of Government Employees has gained a powerful new ally in our fight against the Trump administration’s efforts to deny federal workers their legal right to representation at the worksite. The nation’s two largest public employee unions…
By Elizabeth Shim June 5 (UPI) — The senior North Korean official who met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday may have proposed the construction of a casino, according to a South Korean press report. Newspaper Donga Ilbo reported Tuesday Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the…
Sacramento –AB 2293 by Assemblymember Eloise Reyes (D-San Bernardino) passed out of the Assembly and now moves on to the State Senate. The bill would reduce some of the barriers faced by formerly incarcerated individuals trying to attain Emergency Medical Technician licenses, to work as firefighters or in emergency services. In 2017, over 4,500…
AMAC They’ve gone “fruit crazy” in Japan, says the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC], noting that a pair of Yubari melons recently sold at auction for nearly $30,000. Yubari is a region in the Hokkaido province of Japan well known for the rare, sweet taste of its melons. The high roller who paid the…
AMAC Two preteen girls went for a dip in Lobdell Lake in Genesee County, Michigan recently and as they waded into the water they felt a strange object underfoot – a practice bomb from World War I, according to the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC]. Parents were keeping a watchful eye and cautioned the…
The Supreme Court made it clear that you cannot target people based on religion or sexual orientation — but left the future of similar cases in limbo. By Kaitlyn D’Onofrio June 04, 2018 The United States Supreme Court ruled on Monday morning in favor of a baker hailing from Colorado who refused to bake a…
ELDER AND DEPENDENT ADULT ABUSE HURTS…DON’T IGNORE IT….CALL What is elder or dependent adult abuse? Abuse of an elder or dependent adult means: *Physical Abuse *Neglect, *Financial Abuse * Abandonment *Isolation *Abduction or Other treatment resulting in physical harm or mental suffering OR The deprivation by a care provider of goods or services necessary to…
Washington, D.C. – As Walmart’s 2018 shareholders meeting comes to an end today with an approximate 16,000-Associate celebration featuring celebrities, performances, and fanfare, Making Change at Walmart (MCAW) has released the following worker testimonies, telling the worker stories Walmart doesn’t want heard—stories about low, stagnant wages; inadequate health care; unfair corporate scheduling practices; and other…
The Starbucks boycott continues!!! We estimate that Starbucks hast lost more than $100 million in lost business, store closures, diversity training cost, paying employees for not working, consultants fees, media buys, and especially in brand damage. Bloomberg estimates the closing of Starbucks stores today alone is $17 million. On our Facebook page, viewed by more…
By Daniel Uria June 5 (UPI) — Lava from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano destroyed more homes Tuesday, including the residence of Hawai’i County Mayor Harry Kim, emergency officials said. Kim’s second home in Vacationland was added to 117 homes destroyed by lava as of the latest official count, a number Hawai’i County Civil Defense spokeswoman Janet…
By Lauren Poteat (NNPA Newswire Contributor) This year, an unprecedented number of Black women have made history running for political offices across the country. According to blackwomeninpolitics.com, a comprehensive database that lists women of color running for political offices in 2018, currently, over 600 Black female candidates are running for offices nationwide. In an election…
San Bernardino League of Women Voters held its annual Citizens of Achievement Awards program on Sunday, May 20, 2018 in Highland, Ca at the East Valley Water District Corporate Office. Dr. Reginald Woods, President of the Inland Empire Concerned African American Churches (IECAAC) and Sr. Pastor for Life Changing Ministries was among the honorees awarded…
By Judith Lewis Mernit If you’ve ever lived on the street or in your car, or have suffered any other kind of itinerant existence, you will know there’s more to feeding yourself than not starving. There is, for instance, the question of whether the food you manage to scare up is fresh, clean and, in…
By Dakin Andone, CNN The federal government has placed thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children in the homes of sponsors, but last year it couldn’t account for nearly 1,500 of them. Steven Wagner, a top official with the Department of Health and Human Services, disclosed the number to a Senate subcommittee last month while discussing the…
ESSA/NNPA AUSTIN – Commissioner of Education Mike Morath today announced three specific actions in response to online testing issues that occurred during the April and May administrations of the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR®). The Commissioner’s actions include: Test results for students impacted by online testing issues will be taken into account…
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – The Black Faculty, Staff and Student Association at Cal State San Bernardino will honor black students in the 25th annual Black Graduation on June 2, from 10 a.m. to noon, in Coussoulis Arena. The ceremony is a cultural recognition for graduating black students, and a great opportunity for family and friends…
By John Coleman RIVERSIDE, CA- The Kansas Ave SDA Church observed it’s 25th Annual Armed Forces Day Armed Forces Day is a day to pay tribute to the men and women who serve the United States Armed Forces. Armed Forces Day, is traditionally celebrated the third Saturday in May as part of Armed Forces Week. …
By Richard Harris Perhaps 5,000 people died in Puerto Rico in 2017 for reasons related to September’s Hurricane Maria, according to a study that dismisses the official death toll of 64 as “a substantial underestimate.” A research team led by scientists at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health didn’t simply attempt to count…
Over the years, California has collected enough taxes to fully fund education, fix our water issues, and repair our roads – but has chosen to redirect the funds for other priorities. According to the Governor, this year California is collecting more taxes than expenditures, with billions leftover in reserves. At what point is enough taxes…
By Mark Hedin, Ethnic Media Services Proposition 68 on the June 5 ballot promises to modernize California’s parks and water systems in unprecedented ways. The measure, which requires only a simple majority vote to pass, would have the state borrow $4.1 billion for a long list of recreation, conservation and restoration projects involving parks, water-related…
SAN BERNARDINO, CA—The Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino (LASSB) and the Superior Court of San Bernardino County will join together to officially launch the Caregivers Accessing Justice (CAJ) project on Tuesday, June 5, at 12:00 p.m., in Department S37, located at the San Bernardino Justice Center. The CAJ project, offered by LASSB, provides legal…
By Manny Otiko | California Black Media The California legislature has taken concrete steps to try to address officer police shootings. Assembly Budget Subcommittee 5 on Public Safety has announced it will create a unit of the Department of Justice (DOJ) designated to investigate officer shootings. The committee also allocated $9.7 million to fund the…
The Riverside County Registrar of Voters today announced the release of a new remote accessible vote-by-mail system for voters with disabilities. The system allows voters with disabilities to access and mark their ballot in a screen-readable format using their personal computers. Voters using this system will log-in online and download their ballot to a computer,…
SB 1288 Supported by Broad Coalition of Labor and Patient Advocates SACRAMENTO – Legislation authored by Senator Connie M. Leyva (D-Chino) that will protect patient safety and reinforce nurse staffing ratio requirements passed from the California State Senate earlier today. In order to enhance hospital patient safety, Senate Bill 1288 would require the California Department…
