Security guard allegedly used racial slur while attempting to tase man walking thru Costco parking lot

By VictorValleyNews VICTORVILLE, Calif.  (VVNG.com) — A private security guard patrolling the Victorville Costco is under fire after he allegedly attempted to tase a man as he yelled a racial slur at him for simply walking through the parking lot, officials said. It happened just before 7:00 AM on Monday, June 15, 2020, in the…

Video shows Malcolm Harsch of Victorville was not lynched, but hanged himself

By BRIAN ROKOS | brokos@scng.com | The Press-Enterprise A Black man whose hanging death in Victorville on May 31 prompted concerns that he had been lynched actually died by suicide, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said Friday, June 19. Sheriff’s officials played for reporters a video from a nearby vacant building that showed Malcolm…

Survey: Americans’ biggest coronavirus financial regret is not having enough emergency savings

James Royal The coronavirus pandemic has hit Americans hard, and a new Bankrate survey says Americans’ top financial regret is not having enough emergency savings to withstand the crisis. The survey shows that of Americans with financial regrets, the biggest regret is a lack of emergency savings, which was noted by 23 percent of respondents….

Publisher’s Corner

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Supporting Black-Owned Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship

Deadline to Apply for Forgivable Paycheck Protection Program Loans Fast Approaching By: Michael Vallante, U.S. Small Business Administration’s Associate Administrator for the Office of Field Operations, overseeing the 68 district offices and nine Regional Administrators; and Regional Administrator for Region IX, overseeing the agency’s programs and services in California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii and Guam With…

Immigration Advocates Hail Supreme Court Ruling On Daca, But Push For Comprehensive Immigration Reform

by Sunita Sohrabji | Jun 19, 2020 | Immigrant Rights Immigration advocates hailed the Supreme Court’s surprise 5-4 ruling affirming DACA June 18, but pushed for comprehensive immigration reform. The court ruled that the Trump Administration improperly revoked the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which currently offers more than 700,000 undocumented youth — also…

Aguilar Announces $450,000 in Need-Based Scholarship Funding for Loma Linda University Health

San Bernardino, CA – Today, Rep. Pete Aguilar announced that Loma Linda University Health has received $450,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students program. The program promotes diversity among health care professionals by providing financial aid to financially-disadvantaged students. “Loma Linda University Health is one of the country’s…

The Sword of The Black Press

The 40-Year-Old Gantt Report, Authored by Trailblazing Journalist/Entrepreneur Lucius Gantt, is One of the Longest-Running Newspaper Columns in America. In an Exclusive Florida Courier Newspaper Interview, He Tells Readers Why He’s ‘Stayed Black.’ By the Florida Courier Staff Never heard of Lucius Gantt? Here’s a sample of why he’s been considered one of America’s most…

“Why?”

By: Lou Yeboah Why do they hate us so much?  Why do white people despise blacks? Why is it that they find it easy to look at us with disgust and undermine our humanity? In pondering and crying out to God for answers, this is what I heard in my spirit: “If the world hates…

D. L. Hughley Diagnosed with COVID-19 after Collapsing on Stage

Comedian, actor and syndicated radio host D.L. Hughley announced he has tested positive for coronavirus after collapsing onstage while performing in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday night, according to multiple reports. While performing Friday night at Zanies Comedy Club before a sold-out crowd, Hughley, 57, suddenly struggled to speak before going limp. His manager rushed to…

Trump Administration Withholding $14 Billion in Critical Coronavirus Funding

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia With more than 2.3 million confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in America and a staggering 122,000 deaths, Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Patty Murray (D-Washington) say President Donald Trump is sitting on about $14 billion in funding for virus testing and…

PFAW Applauds Senate Democrats for Standing Firm on Police Reform

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Following today’s procedural vote in the Senate, in which Democrats stopped the advancement of a sham Republican police reform bill,  PFAW President Ben Jealous and Senior Director of Outreach and Public Engagement Diallo Brooks released the following statements: “We’re happy to see that a majority of Senate Democrats stood up and said ‘No’…