Day: February 8, 2022
Black America deserves its fair share of the American Dream
Affordable rentals shrinking, growing mortgage denials block homeownership By Charlene Crowell NNPA Newswire Columnist Regardless of locale, profession, or income, every family needs and deserves a home. But for many – especially Black Americans and other people of color — finding and maintaining affordable housing is increasingly difficult. New research documents not only escalating rental…
Black Women’s Tireless But Practical Pursuit of Reparations
Ashley D. Farmer In a moment when lawmakers are actively outlawing Black history in schools, it is important to think about how the past can help us make sense of the present and chart a course for a better future. Examining reparations—a concept that asks us to look at the past wrongs, learn from them,…
California will reward volunteering college students with aid — but spend half the money on overhead
BY MIKHAIL ZINSHTEYN A new California program to financially reward college students for volunteering has drawn national attention — but less than half of its budgeted money is going to actual student aid. The California Volunteers College Corps program, backed by $159 million in mostly state money, promises to award up to $10,000 to 6,668…
How History Will Be Made Again: Black History Month and the Supreme Court
By Ben Jealous February is Black history month. The news we are making and witnessing right now reflects all the contradictions of our history—American history. The history of Black people in this country is a story not just of oppression—but of overcoming. It is a story of both savage inequality and hard-won progress. It…
Unmistakable Connections between Fatherlessness and Violence: Solutions Need to Be Implemented Nationwide
By Franklyn M. Malone As one looks out across America, there are community safety issues that are proliferating across the nation, and there is much concern for personal safety. So far in 2022, there have been hundreds of individual and mass murders nationwide, and an uptick in car jackings, robberies and violent crimes. But, what…
National Gun Violence Experts Map Path Toward Ending Scourge and Building Public Health Ecosystem in Communities
by Malik Russell February 7, 2022— The day after President Joe Biden met with New York City Mayor Eric Adams to unveil a new plan to reduce gun violence, Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott participated in a panel discussion with national experts on gun and community violence that highlighted solutions that address violence as a…
M o o n f a l l
By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic The title spills the beans. In this sci-fi yarn, the filmmakers weren’t happy enough with a natural disaster: the moon hurtling towards earth. They had to add an outrageous AI storyline that makes what could have been a worthy, mildly plausible, catastrophic and action-filled movie a joke. …
Idris Elba On How He Found ‘The One’
Actor, filmmaker and producer Idris Elba, was named “Sexiest Man Alive” of 2018 by PEOPLE. Ever since his breakthrough role in America as drug kingpin Russell “Stringer” Bell on HBO’s hit series The Wire, he’s been making women swoon. Now his commanding portrayal of memorable characters like the gatekeeper of Asgard, Heimdall, in Marvel’s Thor…
Calling All Stargazers! Museum Cosmic Nights Dates Return for 2022
The San Bernardino County Museum announces the 2022 dates for the popular Cosmic Nights, astronomy-themed evening events in partnership with the San Bernardino Valley Amateur Astronomers (SBVAA), and at the Victor Valley Museum, the museum’s branch in Apple Valley, in partnership with the High Desert Astronomical Society (HiDAS). San Bernardino County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree…
“Until Death Do Us Part!”
By Lou Yeboah Understand that nothing – no calling or circumstance, no adversity or advancement, no pain or promotion, no status or station – escapes the brush strokes of My love for you. My love bleeds into every fabric and fiber of your being. There is nowhere you can escape My love. My love for…
WITNESS FOR JUSTICE Issue #1085 Redemption Stories
Tracy Blackmon Hear this, elders; pay attention, everyone in the land! Has anything like this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your ancestors? Tell it to your children, and have your children tell their children, and their children tell their children. –Joel 1:2-3 CEB One of the gifts of scripture is…
Coca-Cola, Its Egregious History and Intersection with the Martin Luther King Holiday..continued from 2/03/22
Coke and Martin Luther King Fast forward now to 1964 and Atlanta native Martin Luther King. It is true that Coca-Cola’s Robert Woodruff was instrumental in making sure Atlanta honored Dr. King when, in 1964, he became the first and only Atlanta citizen to be honored with the Nobel Peace Prize. “There was some division…
The Association of Black Cardiologists Announces “We Are The Faces of Black Maternal Health™” National Awareness Campaign during Black History and Heart Month
PRNewswire WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC), in media partnership with OWN Digital, LLC, launches “We Are The Faces of Black Maternal HealthTM” social media campaign which emphasizes, “Maternal Health is a critical matter for everyone.” Throughout February, videos featuring a unique perspective from ABC members including leading cardiologists…