CRA must help address systemic racial barriers and inequality, and it must benefit LMI and families of color NNPA NEWSWIRE — The CRA is a civil rights law designed to expand financial opportunity. The law requires banks to meet the credit needs of the communities in which they are chartered. The CRA was created to…
NNPA NEWSWIRE — While researchers of a new report released on Tuesday, Sept. 15, said it’s hard to summarize the enormity of the harm Burge and his underlings inflicted their victims, and what Anderson did, they did piece together a critical and comprehensive study on tainted cases that have only underscored why Americans – particularly…
Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media This November’s general election is set to be historic, not just because of the presidential race at a time when the American electorate is unusually polarized. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous changes have been made to the voting process. Mail-in ballots are available for all California voters…
Tanu Henry | California Black Media When Dr. Andrea Goings launched her mobile medical service, offering at-home doctor visits and virtual consultation sessions via video in 2016 in the Los Angeles area, she did not know that just four years later her business model would be more the norm than not. Goings, an…
NEW YORK, September 29, 2020 – Strategic Heights Media has signed actress Crystal Renee’ Hayslett, to its roster and will handle the overall public relations efforts and media strategy for the multifaceted star. Crystal Renee’ Hayslett is a Tennessee native who moved to Atlanta in 2010 to pursue her music and acting career. By 2011,…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW) is offering $1.6 million in competitive grants to local public agencies, colleges, universities and organizations that offer on-the-water training to the public. The deadline to apply for the Aquatic Center Education Program is Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 at noon. Funded by the U.S. Coast Guard…
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The NNPA considers our ongoing partnership with API to be strategically and vitally important across the United States given the 2020 realities of electrical energy shortages in states like California and in others where the demand for energy is increasing,” said NNPA President and CEO, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. By Stacy…
By SUNITA SOHRABJI/EMS Contributing Editor Low-income people around the world are grappling with the syndemic of COVID and climate change, simultaneously battling poor health and environmental injustice with few resources. In the U.S., numerous studies note that Blacks and Latinx people are three times as likely as their white counterparts to become infected with COVID….
Grand Terrace, CA – Rep. Pete Aguilar announced that AmPac Business Capital of Grand Terrace has received $375,000 from the US Department of Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund for the AmPac Business Loan program. The program provides loans of up to $100,000 for Inland Empire small businesses to be used for hiring employees,…
NNPA NEWSWIRE — And true to its roots, the revitalized United States Postal Service (USPS) knew how to make a buck. The reorganization legislation called for the phasing out of the post office’s direct government subsidies by 1983. The post office has been operating without any taxpayer money since then. In fact, as recent as…
Mercury policyholders who have been displaced or forced to evacuate and need living expenses reimbursement or need to file a claim for covered losses due to blazes burning in NorCal should contact Mercury at (800) 503-3724 LOS ANGELES, Calif. (September 29, 2020) – The red flag fire warnings have sparked fierce fires in Northern…
By Lou Yeboah Hear me and hear me good! Not once in recorded history has the world been brought together into any sort of international unity. Until Now! Many governments have attempted global domination. They all have conquered great chunks of territory, but none have ultimately succeeded in forging a one-world government. Until now! And…
Amy Johnson Minister for Sexuality Education and Justice We had just spent the last ten days in smoke quarantine, unable to go outside because the air quality from nearby wildfires had made the very air, we needed to breathe, toxic. Even before the smoke invaded, it had become harder and harder to breathe as the…
On September 24th the Federal Trade Commission teamed up with Ethnic Media Services and numerous newspaper platforms to discuss the on-going scams going on for many consumers. Sandy Close from Ethnic Media services moderated the meeting and there were a few key topics of discussion that were highlights during the call. Online Shopping Scams are…
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NNPA NEWSWIRE — Throughout her cancer diagnosis and treatment, Ruth Bader Ginsburg fought to the end with unwavering faith in our democracy and its ideals, and that’s how she’ll be remembered, Obama expressed in a written statement. “But she also left instructions for how she wanted her legacy to be honored,” observed President Barack By…
Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media This year’s wildfire season has already been out of the ordinary. About 3.3 million acres have burned across vast tracts of California, Oregon and Washington. The areas surrounding those places have also been affected by dangerous levels of smoke over the last few weeks. Although the skies in the…
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Forty-five fanned the flames of fear and uncertainty about COVID-19 with false comments about the virus. First, he said it was going to go away, and that it was no more severe than the flu. Then he suggested a drug, hydroxychloroquine, that has proven to be ineffective. Then he “jokingly” suggested Lysol…
BY BARBARA FEDER OSTROV As schools throughout California tiptoe toward reopening, decisions about whether to routinely test teachers, staff and even students for the COVID-19 virus are proving controversial – and potentially costly. In addition to prevention measures like mandatory masks, handwashing and social distancing on campus, regular testing of school employees could help prevent…
Historical Travels via San Bernardino County Museum and Victor Valley Museum on Facebook Travel back in time with the San Bernardino County Museum and Victor Valley Museum as we virtually venture across the Old Spanish Trail Oct. 2-4, 2020. The trail has been called the most arduous and difficult route in the United States, covers…
Protesting for racial injustice is now widely accepted across many sports leagues, but many of the same owners, franchises and corporate sponsors who are supporting players’ protests today are still weaponizing their power to silence Black athletes who protested racial injustice in the past. There’s no better example of this corporate double standard than Nike….
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In the age of COVID, film festival directors are finding creative ways to screen movies for audiences without gathering large groups at indoor venues. Hence the 2020 ABFF Online Edition. For those who tuned in, the array of films for the 24th festival by black artists was vast. These movies will do…
by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton September 21, 2020 Following the revelation that former George Washington University professor Jessica Krug had been lying for years about being Black, another white academic revealed that she, too, has been posing as a person of color. In an essay published on Medium.com entitled, “A First Step,” CV Vitolo-Haddad confessed…
LOS ANGELES, September 20, 2020 — The American Red Cross Los Angeles Region’s evacuation point at Palmdale High School (2137 E. Ave. R, Palmdale, 93550) is ready to assist those seeking refuge from the Bobcat Fire and the new evacuation orders released by Unified Incident Command Teams. Residents impacted by the Bobcat Fire in need…