Solomon O. Smith | California Black Media For the first time in history, a Black woman, Sedalia Sanders, was honored by the League of California Cities Past Presidents Council with its 2022 Past Presidents Lifetime Achievement Award. Sanders has had a lifetime of firsts, pushing boundaries in local politics. As a past president of the…
Black Information Network | The Chicago Defender College Board has introduced a pilot program that’s bringing African American Studies Advanced Placement (AP) courses to high schools across the country for the first time ever. According to Education Week, College Board collaborated with academic and cultural institutions along with Black communities on the local and national…
OCR found during its investigation the following regarding Clean Sweep. This evidence included multiple witness statements to OCR from District- and school-level administrators and school employees whose job duties provided them with personal knowledge of the district’s disciplinary practices and data. Based on their personal knowledge and professional experience with the district, these witnesses credibly…
By Ben Jealous, president of People For the American Way Just when you thought far-right attacks on public education couldn’t get any more absurd, we hear about something new. For the first time in almost 15 years, Sarasota schools this fall are turning down hundreds of free dictionaries from the local Rotary Club. Why? Because…
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a budget trailer bill approving $5 Million in funding to the California State University at Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) to house the California Black Women’s Think Tank. The California Black Women’s Collective (CBWC) Empowerment Institute will be a founding partner in the development…
California is home to over 2.4 million union workers, accounting for 15.9 percent of wage and salary workers in the state WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Representative Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) in reintroducing the Nationwide Right to Unionize Act, legislation that would support the right…
Gaslight – manipulation of a person causing them to question their perception of reality San Bernardino County’s Board of Supervisors are being neither fair nor honest by presenting Measure D to county voters. Voters have already spoken on this issue! In November 2020, voters overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the county charter (Measure K) which…
SACRAMENTO – Senator Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) successfully secured $2 million of funding in California’s 2022-2023 budget for the City of Gardena. “Small businesses are the backbone of our economy,” said Senator Steven Bradford. “California’s millions of small businesses are critical to the state’s recovering economy. In fact, those with fewer than one hundred employees comprise…
‘Gut-wrenching, eye-opening, and inspiring Veils – is a scrapbook, a dream book-a record of women’s work’ – DCTheatreScene.com HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 12, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) has teamed with Restoration Stage (Washington, D.C.) to bring the popular musical “Veils” to the Los Angeles area for a short…
New York, NY) This afternoon, Monday, September 12, The Shubert Organization, Inc. (Shubert) officially dedicated and revealed the newly renamed James Earl Jones Theatre (138 West 48th Street), formerly the Cort Theatre, in honor of the iconic multi-award-winning American actor. The dedication ceremony follows a $47 million restoration and expansion of the building. The official…
Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media Almost as quickly as it began, the music industry may have seen the end of the infamous Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) rapper referred to as “FN Meka”, a computer-generated character being widely condemned for appropriating Black culture and saying the N-word. The A.I. rapper was developed by Anthony Martini…
KALEE BURNS, LIANA FOX AND DANIELLE WILSON Child poverty, calculated by the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), fell to its lowest recorded level in 2021, declining 46% from 9.7% in 2020 to 5.2% in 2021, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released today. In contrast, when calculated by the official poverty measure, child poverty declined only…
By Lou Yeboah Brings God’s punishment. Attracts God’s wrath. Damns you in hell. In all your getting, get an understanding. God has promised in [Leviticus 26:14-20] that disobedience will always be punished. The Scripture is so abundantly clear, I do not need to add commentary beyond what the Scripture plainly teaches: For Jesus said in…
Angel Luis Rivera-Agosto Today many rejoice in the new air that is breathed in Colombia. Winds of Peace are blowing—winds of common welfare, of “vivir sabroso” (“living joyfully with dignity”)—as proposed by the Petro-Márquez election campaign—and of seeking new avenues of development and justice for this beloved country. However, the road has not been easy….
By Solomon O. Smith, California Black Media The #BlackDocsBelong campaign held a rally in Pasadena last Friday calling on Black medical doctors to join their movement dedicated to keeping and growing the ranks of Black physicians. “We actively support and advocate for Black trainees and physicians facing workplace discrimination,” states the website of Black Doc…
DATE: August 31, 2022, NOTICE: Suspension of Clean SWEEP Program SUMMARY: The Sheriff’s Department has suspended the Clean SWEEP program, because of an investigation being conducted by the Department of Justice (DOJ). Clean SWEEP is a disciplinary program designed to address minor offences in the school setting through non-criminal procedures, with a focus to keep…
By BlackPressUSA FEMA will also visit Howard University for series of events to kick off National Preparedness Month and announce the new campaign WASHINGTON, D.C. – As National Preparedness Month begins this September, FEMA and the Ad Council have released new Ready Campaign Public Service Announcements (PSAs), developed specifically to target Black and African American…
Manny Otiko | California Black Media The COVID-19 virus was discovered in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. To date, over 90 million cases have been recorded and more than 1 million Americans have died from the disease. After more than two years, COVID-19 doesn’t look like it’s going away. President Joe Biden’s positive test last…
Maxim Elramsisy | California Black Media On the last night of this year’s legislative session last week, the State Assembly rejected Senate Bill (SB) 918, authored by state Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge). The bill — written to strengthen restrictions on concealed firearm permits – was one of several bills the Legislature did not…
By Ben Jealous Nelson Mandela once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” I love that sentiment. I also know that when student loan debt is tying you down, changing the world can feel out of reach. That’s why the White House’s new plan for student loan debt…
Access Books Donated Thousands of Books to Make the On-Campus Library Possible For 20 years, Cypress Elementary School has been missing something on its campus that most other schools take for granted—a school library. All that changes this year, as Cypress is set to open its own on-campus library. Cypress has dedicated an otherwise empty…
The western United States is experiencing extreme heat that will continue through Wednesday, September 7. Across the state, temperatures are 10 to 20 degrees hotter than normal, with temperatures expected to climb this weekend. Extreme heat endangers vulnerable Californians, including our elderly and those with health concerns. State agencies and departments have gathered resources and…
Solomon O. Smith | California Black Media California has announced a new policy that will phase out the sale of gas-operated vehicles in 2035, thirteen years from now. But that ambitious effort to protect the environment leaves some unanswered questions. The order was formalized into policy by the California Air Resources Board, a state organization…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent According to an analysis by the Tax Foundation, as many as 13 states will consider President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness a taxable event, levying as much as $1,100 in taxes to some borrowers who receive a $10,000 break. When announcing plans to forgive as much…
By Treva Reid As a small business owner, I know that small businesses are truly the lifeblood of our community. With the recent closures of corporate retailers like Walgreens and Walmart in East Oakland last year, many residents were left with limited options to access fresh produce. Thankfully, our mom-and-pop neighborhood grocers stepped up to…
