NNPA NEWSWIRE — One of the most recent acts of insurance company greed happened with UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest insurance provider. Just recently, the insurance giant announced it would no longer cover patients’ nonurgent visits to the emergency room retroactively. Yes, you read that correctly. An American insurance company is no longer going to cover…
Heart attacks are scary, period. They are scary for those who are having one and scary for those who are watching. Of course, eating right and exercise helps diminish your heart attack risk, but do you know what to do if and when one strikes? If you think you’re having a heart attack. For women,…
Activists in Harris County, Texas, mobilize to make the once-every-decade redistricting process more fair to communities of color and low income neighborhoods. by Jenny Manrique Every time Myrtala Tristan recounts her experiences during devastating Hurricane Harvey, she relives the scenes of relentless rain that turned her neighborhood’s streets into rivers, and her home into a…
The global security foundation’s board of directors awards grants to 16 organizations working to stop nuclear threats WASHINGTON, DC – The global security foundation Ploughshares Fund announced that its board of directors awarded $1,190,000 in new grants to 16 organizations working to reduce and eliminate nuclear weapons, prevent conflict in regions where nuclear weapons exist,…
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – A violent insurrection engulfed the U.S. Capitol just six months ago. One United States Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died and other Capitol police are still healing. Investigators are still going through video and social media documenting the attempt to disrupt congressional affirmation of President Joe Biden’s victory. Just six months ago. But…
Gail Fry Contributor As previously reported by The San Bernardino American News, years of corruption, struggles for power, lawsuits by and settlements paid to disgruntled employees, investigations, audit by the State Controller’s Office, and disputes between directors leading to ongoing litigation, West Valley Water District (WVWD) ratepayers are plagued with struggling to pay the bill…
Tanu Henry | California Black Media A group of influential California Democratic leaders held a press conference July 2 to pledge their support for Gov. Gavin Newsom against what they are calling the “Republican Recall,” and to remind Californians, from their point of view, what the state will lose if that effort succeeds. “This recall…
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The vaccine is here to prevent severe illness and death from the virus,” said Sami Gallegos, press secretary for the state’s COVID-19 task force. “Just because California is open, does not mean that COVID-19 has disappeared.” Although California businesses are open Lisa Olivia Fitch | Our Weekly News Only 45.5 percent of…
Tree Equity Score (TES ) identifies the cities that can gain the most significant health, economic and climate benefits by increasing tree canopy in places of high need WASHINGTON, DC – American Forests, the nation’s oldest national conservation organization, last week released its first nationwide tally of Tree Equity Scores (TES), which document that Black…
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Since 2015, more than 400,000 people have been treated in emergency rooms because of a violent interaction with police or security guards, according to the report that The Marshall Project published in conjunction with NBC News. “But there’s almost no nationwide data on the nature or circumstances of their injuries,” the report’s…
Pacific High School’s Digital Design and Communications Academy, part of the San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD), is certified Linked Learning Gold. It’s one of only five Linked Learning pathways statewide to achieve Gold Certification. Linked Learning approaches high school courses as an opportunity to prepare students for both college and a career. While…
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This month, we are again making progress on one significant front in the fight against poverty. American families will begin receiving monthly Child Tax Credit checks on July 15; thanks to an expansion of the popular program in the American Rescue Plan (ARP), that was signed into law by President Biden in…
Discriminatory Barriers Are Blocking Thousands of Seniors, Immigrants, and People with Disabilities from Applying for Emergency Rent Assistance [LOS ANGELES, CA] — With few California applicants having received rent relief help from the state and millions behind on rent, housing rights and community advocates have filed a complaint calling on the CA Department of Fair…
Starting June 1, California Women, Infants and Children (WIC) families saw a temporary increase in their monthly WIC fruits and vegetables benefit to $35 for each qualifying family member. Ordinarily, children ages one to five receive $9 per month, and, pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women receive $11 per month. Funding from the American Rescue Plan…
Sacramento – The Legislature voted to extend the COVID eviction moratorium and Rent Relief Plan extension, action which will prevent mass evictions as the existing moratorium was set to expire on June 30th. Assembly Bill 832 jointly authored by Assembly Majority Leader Eloise Reyes (D-San Bernardino) extends the current eviction moratorium until September 30th,…
By Sentinel News Service Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert has been named the 2020-21 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year, the NBA announced today. This marks the third NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award for Gobert, who also earned the honor in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons. The 7-1 French native is the…
WHO: Current Minnesota Vikings and former San Bernardino High RB Alexander Mattison has teamed up with NFL Play 60 to host his version of a Friday Night Lights Youth Football Camp and Combine for youth grades 1st – 12th. Alexander will return to his hometown of San Bernardino to teach fundamental football skills to local youth…
By S. E. Williams | Black Voice News The Black Economic Development Fund (BEDF), managed by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), a nonprofit community development financial institution, has reached its $250 million goal for capital to invest in Black-led banks, anchor institutions, businesses, and real estate developers and is now preparing to roll out…
By: Lou Yeboah “Woe unto thee, Chorazin! Woe unto thee, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, in sackcloth and ashes. I tell you; it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at judgment than for you.” [Matthew 11:21-24]. “The fifth angel…
Jessica Quinn In recent months, the term “Critical Race Theory” has flashed in news headlines, trended in social media, and been repeated in state legislatures across the country. So far this year, 21 states have either banned Critical Race Theory from public schools or have introduced legislation to do so. All this attention begs the…
By Keith Burbank, Bay City News Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong met virtually with U.S. President Joseph Biden for an announcement Wednesday about federal funding for violence reduction and violence intervention in the U.S. The announcement comes as rising violence has plagued many U.S. cities during the pandemic, including Oakland and a tendency for violence…
By Joy Franklin for Men’s Health Network With his usual directness and humility, former Kansas senator and Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole, 97, announced in February that he is suffering from lung cancer. It was the second time he had announced a cancer diagnosis, but less exceptional than the first time. In 1991, his office…
Emily Oster, PhD1,2; Rebecca Jack, MPP1; Clare Halloran, PhD1; John Schoof1; Diana McLeod1,5; Haisheng Yang, PhD1,3; Julie Roche4; Dennis Roche4 In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across the United States began transitioning to virtual learning during spring 2020. However, schools’ learning modes varied during the 2020–21 school year across states as schools transitioned at…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga One of the greatest and continuing challenges of our lives, in both ordinary and extraordinary times is to know how to live a good life and then to actually live it in a conscious, committed and determined way. Such a practice proves itself difficult in the absence of a guiding philosophy…
KAROL G BICHOTA TOUR Global superstar, Karol G will make her highly anticipated return to the stage following the announcement of her upcoming, “Bichota Tour,” presented by Smirnoff®, produced by AEG Presents and booked by UTA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4 MICROSOFT THEATER LOS ANGELES, CA – SOLD OUT 2nd show added FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2021 TOYOTA…
