Day: June 22, 2021

By S.E. Williams/Black Voice News Research has shown again and again that teachers of color not only help close the achievement gaps of students of color but they are also highly rated by students of all races, noted the Learning Policy Institute. The San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools recognizes the important potential additional teachers…

BY MANUELA TOBIAS   For the third time during the pandemic, California legislators have pushed off a huge, looming question to the last minute: Will the state shield tenants from eviction? The answer, most likely, is yes, but for how long and under what terms is still up in the air. Several lawmakers told CalMatters…

By BRIAN ROKOS | brokos@scng.com | The Press-Enterprise A San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy is under criminal investigation after a videotape of an arrest in Victorville showed him twice kicking a pursuit suspect in the head as the suspect appeared to be surrendering. “This incident raises concerns. I expect my deputies to remain professional while…

By: Lou Yeboah Total chaos and destruction will erupt, says the Lord. [1 Thessalonians 5:3].  “The sound grew, and I even heard crashing sounds. Seconds later, I saw people running from the tsunami wave shouting ‘Tsunami Waves! It took only seconds, not minutes, after hearing the thunderous sounds and then the waves hit us. It…

Traci Blackmon On December 31, 1862, both enslaved and free Blacks Americans gathered together in churches, and homes across the country to await the turning of midnight to another day, a new day when the Emancipation Proclamation became the law of the land. That evening wait is still commemorated in many Black Churches annually in…

By Michael “Ice-Blue” Harris Pharrell Williams is creating an equal playing field for children in the Norfolk, Virginia, community and will be opening a private school in the Ghent neighborhood there this fall. The super producer and his nonprofit YELLOW are making the school available for low-income families and have christened the building Yellowhab. The…

By Terry Shropshire She’s baaaaaaack! Tyler Perry announced on Twitter on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, that the iconic Madea character, who has grossed more than $1 billion at the box office in 11 films, will make a comeback in 2022 with the 12th movie, A Madea Homecoming. Contrary to what Perry promised in 2019 when…

By Cindy Loose, Contributing Writer (khn.org) — The day Dr. Elizabeth Dawson was diagnosed with covid-19 in October, she awoke feeling as if she had a bad hangover. Four months later she tested negative for the virus, but her symptoms have only worsened. Dawson is among what one doctor called “waves and waves” of “long-haul”…