By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The United States Senate has confirmed Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The 55 to 44 vote makes Brooks-LaSure the first Black woman to lead CMS in its nearly six-decade history. The agency oversees Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s…
BY BEN CHRISTOPHER For Californians who are insufficiently compelled by civic duty and self-preservation to get vaccinated, Gov. Gavin Newsom is offering another reason to get the jab: cold, hard cash. Thursday, Newsom announced a $116.5 million “Vax for the Win” program, the largest inoculation lottery program in the country. The money will be split…
Valid Monday May 31, 2021 through Friday June 04, 2021 This advisory is in effect through Friday. South Coast AQMD will issue an update if additional information becomes available. High temperatures are expected to persist over the next several days throughout the South Coast Air Basin and the Coachella Valley, increasing the likelihood of poor…
May 27, 2021 – While the tax filing deadline has passed, an estimated 500,000 working families in California are still eligible to apply for the $220 million in tax credits available to them from the State of California through the California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC) and Golden State Stimulus (GSS). United Ways of California…
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Separate from the state conducting an ongoing civil review of the Vallejo Police Department’s (VPD) policies and practices, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced in early May that his office will conduct another investigation into an officer-involved shooting death in the East Bay town. Bonta said the California…
What was Lucille saying to me and others when she stated, “You better be nice to the people on your way up because they will be the same people you meet on the way down?” I learned that when I walk down my own yellow brick road that my road is a marathon not a…
By Michael “Ice-Blue” Harris Method Man has taken his acting career very seriously ever since landing his first major role on HBO’s “OZ” in 2001 and has built up quite a resume over the years with roles in such shows as “The Wire,” “Luke Cage” and most recently Starz’s “Power Book II: Ghost.” The Wu-Tang…
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 1, 2021 – Rebuilding Together, a leading national nonprofit providing essential home repairs and revitalizing communities, today announced a national initiative with Wells Fargo. The effort will focus on addressing urgent housing challenges through critical housing repairs that help provide safe, healthy and accessible homes for everyone. The Wells Fargo Builds℠ program…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent More than a half-century after the death of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., many of America’s youth are still in the dark about the life and legacy of the nation’s foremost civil rights leader. Brainly, the world’s largest online learning platform, recently surveyed more than 1,700…
By Marnita Coleman, Special to the AFRO My parents were raised in the same county in North Carolina but met in Baltimore in the late 1950s. We became an urban family of seven with deep roots to our kinfolk in the south. My grandparents were farmers and sharecroppers who birthed 24 children collectively. During summer…
By: Lou Yeboah God will not mourn, nor have mercy, on those who reject, ignore, and mock His Word and His warnings. [Ezekiel 7:9]. “The time has come for me to act. I will not hold back; I will not have pity, nor will I relent. You will be judged according to your conduct and…
Velda Love Minister of Racial Justice Some of the church folks in the crowd were confused, looked around and asked Jesus, “When did we see you hungry, thirsty, and imprisoned? And you say you were beaten, shot, and hung? When did we see you treated like an animal, and less than human?” Matthew 22:35-40 (The…
By 2UrbanGirls, Contributing Writer INGLEWOOD — An Inglewood police officer has been caught on camera disabling a citizen’s video camera while that person was being detained at a local business. Video footage has emerged showing Officer David Ramirez approaching two men in the parking lot of Kenny’s BBQ on Prairie Avenue. One of the men…
By Michael “Ice-Blue” Harris Kimora Lee Simmons has fired back after Def Jam Records founder and hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons filed a lawsuit against his ex-wife and her new husband Tim Leissner. The record executive is suing the pair, claiming they stole stock shares from his Celsius Energy Drink company to pay for attorney fees…
The San Bernardino City Unified School District’s new Superintendent, Harry “Doc” Ervin, the transformational leader hired in March by the Board of Education to steer San Bernardino County’s largest school district into continued excellence, officially took the helm today, June 1. A lifelong educator with a proven track record of educational leadership, Ervin’s priorities include…
The San Bernardino County Library has partnered with our Regional Parks to offer Summer Reading Performers in the Park. Performers vary each day and a variety of family-friendly shows are in the line-up. Each show begins at 4 p.m., but arrive early for pre-show fun. Participants of the Summer Reading Program will receive a lanyard…
The base fare for a bus ride on Los Angeles Metro is $1.75. A ride from Oakland to San Francisco on BART, the San Francisco-Bay Area rapid transit system can cost upwards of $3.70 one way. Not bad, right? But the best bang for your buck out there may be the deal that hundreds of…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia None of it made sense to Gina Barilone. She spent her days working as an administrative coordinator for the Johns Hopkins Institution and many evenings basking in the glow of love with her children and closest friends. On most weekends, Barilone could be found on…
Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media May 31-June 1, 2021, marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the deadliest acts of racial violence in American history. The Black community in Tulsa, known as the Greenwood District, which has been referred to as the “Black Wall Street,” was decimated by a heavily…