By Sunita Sohrabji Success a tribute to grassroots Latino community organizers Imperial County, a rural region in Southern California along the Mexico border, has one of the best vaccination rates against Covid-19 in the nation, despite being one of the state’s poorest regions. The largely Latino population — who work primarily in agriculture — came…
On Thursday, July 21, Accessity and Saffron & Sage will host an online webinar from 11 a.m. to noon to discuss mental health, wellness, and burnout while navigating entrepreneurship, explore common mental health challenges and demonstrate how small business owners can use different self-care strategies to cope when overwhelmed. The Navigating Mental Health & Entrepreneurship…
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and co-counsel Bradley Gage have been retained by the family of 23-year-old Robert Adams. Adams was shot in the back multiple times after being confronted by undercover police officers in an unmarked car in a parking lot on Saturday. A witness alleges…
By Bill Ellis, Jr. | The Akron Reporter (Akron, OH) – Hundreds of protestors filled Downtown Akron demanding justice for a 25-year-old motorist who was fatally shot by Akron police during a traffic stop/chase. “Jayland was a sweet young man. He never caused any trouble,” said Lajuana Walker-Dawkins, Jayland’s aunt and the representative who spoke…
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media A report released by the California Department of Justice (DOJ) last month revealed that hate crimes targeting Black people in the state “remain the most prevalent” violations regarding a recent increase in violence motivated by race. On June 28, State Attorney General Rob Bonta hosted a press conference…
Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media California is the winner of the 2022 Frank Newman Award for State Innovation. The nation’s preeminent education award for innovation, it recognizes a state for enacting reforms or implementing programs that go beyond marginal or incremental changes to improve student outcomes on a large scale. According to…
By Sam P.K. Collins | Word In Black | Sacramento Observer Earlier this year, the District branch of the NAACP launched a campaign urging D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) and the D.C. Council to reduce children’s exposure to lead, whether they’re at home or in school. Since the turn of the century, based upon the…
Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media A recent federal appeals court decision opens the door for the state and several California cities to pass laws requiring landlords to pay one month’s rent to a tenant after they’ve been evicted. The law, AB 1482, authored by former Assemblymember David Chiu, who represented the 17th District…
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Those seeking to deny basic rights rarely stop halfway. States are already proposing to legally sanction trips to other states for abortions. The enactment of these laws—which I believe to be blatantly unconstitutional, but do not trust the current Supreme Court to agree—would force women to choose between living in certain states…
By Charlene Crowell, NNPA Newswire Contributor Many Consumers Pay More for Rent Than Others Do for Mortgages This summer, temperatures are not the only thing rising above normal. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the nation’s consumer price index (CPI) at the end of May was the largest since December 1981, more than…
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor The sons of two NBA Hall of Famers, Scotty Pippen and Shaquille O’Neal, will play together on the Los Angeles Lakers’ summer league team. Shareef O’Neal, 22, is the son of Shaquille O’Neal, 50. His father played in the NBA from 1992 to 2010. Scotty Pippen, Jr., 21,…
CORONA, CA – Close to 200 sanitation workers employed by Waste Management at facilities in Chino and Corona have voted unanimously to authorize a strike against the company. This step follows multiple contract bargaining sessions with the company since the workers’ contract expired in April. Little progress has been made in addressing worker concerns, including…
Highland, CA (July 6, 2022) — The Pines Modern Steakhouse at Yaamava’ Resort & Casino at San Manuel has been honored again for its outstanding wine program in Wine Spectator’s 2022 Restaurant Awards, which celebrate the world’s best restaurants for wine. “I want to congratulate all 3,169 restaurants that earned one of Wine Spectator’s three…
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor One of the most successful R&B singers over the last three decades, Robert Kelly, was sentenced to thirty years in prison on June 29 in Chicago. Kelly was sentenced to three decades behind bars for racketeering and sex trafficking. Testimony at trial included a sexual relationship he had…
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor From striking down Roe v. Wade and weakening environmental protections and threatening to strike Times v. Sullivan, Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas has a lot to say lately. In the week after the Supreme Court took away a constitutional right for the first time in history, Thomas,…
July 11, 2022, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement responding to the latest power outages in Texas: “It might shock people to discover that the state of Texas has fallen into the same green energy dependency cycle which has captured California. At least that is what the agency…
By Lou Yeboah Get yourself together, repent at once, and act as you did at first, or else I will surely come and remove your lampstand out of its place- [Revelation 2:5]. I will come in and sweep your house clean, says the Lord. Repent while it is still daybreak! Listen, as God through Pilate…
Elizabeth Dilley The end of June always brings a slew of decisions from the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS). This year, several such decisions overturned decades of precedent in a number of areas. The right to privacy regarding abortion in Roe v. Wade was overturned on slim legal reasoning. The EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse…
Governor Newsom signs legislation so irresponsible gun makers can be sued for the carnage their products cause New law bolsters California’s nation-leading gun safety policies credited with cutting gun death rate by half SACRAMENTO – Taking new steps to further hold the gun industry accountable, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday allowing the state, local…
“You can’t just have the vaccine in stock and wait for people to show up. That’s why we reach out to let people know their children can be vaccinated at any time when our clinics are open.” (Redlands, Calif.) Dr. Albert Arteaga, MD, CEO of LaSalle Medical Associates, says that all LaSalle clinics have started…
The summer wedding season is upon us, and this joyous next step in life shouldn’t be taken without the safety and security of having quality, affordable health insurance for you and your partner. We are in the midst of Covered California’s special enrollment period and getting married is one of the ways Californians can qualify…
by Jack Benjamin Nearly 2,000 advertisers and the US Government itself, have advertised on misinformation websites that claim the 2020 Presidential Election was “stolen”, research has revealed. Analysis from misinformation watchdog NewsGuard showed 1,975 brands, as well as multiple US government agencies and prestigious universities, have advertised on 166 unique, known misinformation websites that spread…
OLD WESTBURY, NY (07/12/2022)– New York Institute of Technology welcomes newly enrolled students for the fall 2022 semester, including Mozaiah Tibbs from Rancho Cucamonga. Tibbs will study Interior Design. About New York Institute of Technology New York Institute of Technology’s six schools and colleges offer undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs in in-demand disciplines including…
Edward Henderson | California Black Media Around 23 million California residents will receive “inflation relief” checks of up to $1,050 soon. The aid is included in the new budget deal reached by state lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday, June 26th. “California’s budget addresses the state’s most pressing needs, and prioritizes getting dollars back…
James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D. | Houston Forward Times Will the January 6th hearings result in men and women going to prison? If I had to guess, I would probably say no. Will these hearings change the minds of some people about what happened on January 6th? My answer to that question would be yes….
