Sacramento – Last Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the 2019-2020 California state budget that makes historic investments in California’s future including funding for early childhood education, homelessness prevention, higher education access, largest investment in K-14 education in California’s history, expansion of Cal-EITC Working Families Tax Credit and $19.2 billion in reserves, the largest of any…
SACRAMENTO – The California Employment Training Panel executive director Stewart Knox today issued the following statement in honor of chairperson Barry Broad’s tenure with the panel. Broad has served on the Employment Training Panel since 2002 and was appointed chairperson by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. in 2011. Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Broad to the…
Formerly Secret Operation by District Attorney and Sheriff Stomps on Constitutional Rights SANTA ANA — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, and the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP today filed an appeal to a court ruling on its lawsuit against Orange County’s District Attorney and Sheriff, whose…
By Charlene Crowell Nearly 90 years ago, Kelly Miller (1863-1939), a Black sociologist and mathematician, said, “The Negro is up against the white man’s standard, without the white man’s opportunity.” As the first Black man to enroll as a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University in 1908, Miller also authored a book entitled Race Adjustment,…
UC Riverside-led study is the first to find an association between thirdhand smoke and gene expression in humans Iqbal Pittalwala Thirdhand smoke can damage epithelial cells in the respiratory system by stressing cells and causing them to fight for survival, a research team led by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has found. The…
By Pat Tucker Wilson Flanked by his five-year-old daughter, Karem Greene was one of many parents who spent the afternoon at the Weekly Family YMCA on Stella Link, for a free water safety event. “I wanted to make sure she is water safe. I wanted to get a sense of where she is with water…
Chronic inflammation is associated with such diseases as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, and can harm people in numerous other ways, from painful joints to dental problems and aging skin. It can even disturb your slumber, since inflammation can impact the breathing airways during sleep, resulting in sleep apnea among other potential issues, says Dr….
by James D. Veltmeyer, MD Do you know that America faces a physician shortage of up to 100,000 by the year 2030, according to the American Association of American Medical Colleges? Are you aware that the majority of physicians would not recommend medicine as a career? Almost two-thirds are pessimistic about the future of their…
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Live Natural, the company formally known as Alpha RX Plus which has successfully helped men control erectile dysfunction for 7 years, now has a new product on the market for women called Eve’s Alpha8. JR Scroggins, CEO of the company, says that he is proud as an African American owned company to…
Research ReA man named Johnny Lee Gaddy recently shared with peonage researcher, Dr. Antoinette Harrell, that in 1957 he witnessed African American children being literally fed to the hogs that were on the campus of the infamous Arthur G. Dozier Reform School in the Florida Panhandle. In addition, a 1923 article in Times Magazine reported…
Washington, D.C. – In response to the Department of Justice confirming today that the decision has been made to print the 2020 Decennial Census questionnaire without a citizenship question, and that the printer has been instructed to begin the printing process, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under…
By Precinct Reporter News Ford Theatres presents visionary vocalist and bassist Meshell Ndegeocello who performs songs from her GRAMMY®-nominated album Ventriloquism, as well as a selection of her favorites, on Saturday, July 13 at 8:00 pm as part of its IGNITE @ the FORD! series. Musically, Ventriloquism has the hallmarks of all of Ndegeocello’s work…
Broadcast followed by exclusive performances from Grammy-nominated artist Brian McKnight, Raheem DeVaughn and Avant SiriusXM announced today that its Heart & Soul and Kirk Franklin’s Praise channels will broadcast live from the 2019 Essence Festival in New Orleans over the Fourth of July weekend on Friday, July 5 through Sunday, July 7. This year marks…
WHAT: Montclair Place invites the community to a Family Movie Night featuring “Incredibles 2.” Held at the shopping center Wednesday, July 17th, the movie is FREE and open to the public. There will also be entertainment 15 minutes before the movie, as well as gift bags filled with valuable coupons. Participating Montclair Place eateries will…
By Wave Wire Services SOUTH LOS ANGELES — A local post office has been rededicated in honor of the late Grammy-winning soul singer Marvin Gaye. “Marvin Gaye’s music has transcended generations and gave the ‘70s and ‘80s a sound,” said U.S. Rep. Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, who introduced House Resolution 1496 to name the post…
By Defender News Service Mary J. Blige seems to be winning in every way. Days after she honored her damn self at the BET Awards, Lionsgate announced that the Grammy-award-winning singer turned Oscar-nominated actress has signed a first look deal with Lionsgate. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Blige will develop and produce series through her…
By: Lou Yeboah Oration delivered by abolitionist Frederick Douglass in Rochester, N.Y. on July 5, 1852, entitled “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro”. “Fellow-citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here to-day? What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? Are…
By A.R. Shaw Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell believes Black people in America do not deserve reparations because Barack Obama was elected president. On June 18, Republican Sen. McConnell revealed his thoughts on reparation one day before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on reparations. The hearing will include journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, who wrote the 2014…
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