December 12, 2022 — Many hallmarks of the holiday season, including Christmas trees, holiday decorations, and festive meals, present potential fire hazards that contribute to an annual increase in U.S. home fires at this time of year. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Christmas Day and Christmas Eve are among the leading days…
Singer Songwriter Amoré The Songstress strikes again with her second Female R&B Artist of the Year award. Previously she won in 2010 and now in 2022 she has claimed the award for a second time. Amoré thanked fans and the awards committee for voting for her as she was escorted by her youngest son Jaron…
By Lou K. Coleman-Yeboah Something is about to happen. Alert the people of impending danger. Cry out like a mother who has lost her child. Blow the Shofar! Chaos and crisis are breeding grounds for revolution, the rise of despotic leaders, and totalitarian governments. The Great Reset: Think about COVID-19, the lockdowns, the economic crashes,…
Erica Poellot This week, the US Department of Justice is expected to rule on litigation against Safehouse, which seeks to establish overdose prevention centers (OPCs) in Philadelphia, a city deeply wounded by the overdose crisis. Despite rising overdose rates among Black and Indigenous communities, and in regions with limited harm reduction resources, only two OPCs…
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Many African American and other BIPOC news outlets are independently owned. Furthermore, these news outlets have developed and grown their audiences because mainstream media publications excluded the perspectives of minority voices. The Black Press built our own news outlets to support our own voices. As a result, this legislation would only further…
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. Grand Marshals for the 2023 San Bernardino MLK Parade and Extravaganza are James Ramos, California State Assemblymember; Joe Baca, Jr., San Bernardino County Supervisor, Fifth District; Helen Tran, San Bernardino City Mayor-Elect; and our new African American Chief of Police for the City of San Bernardino Darren L Goodman. The parade celebrates…
By Sunita Sohrabji “Test and treat, and you can beat COVID!” As Californians brace for a winter surge of COVID infections, that’s the message of Dr. Rita Nguyen, speaking at an online news conference on behalf of the California Department of Public Health’s COVID 19 Treatments Task Force. Her message was echoed by four frontline…
By Ben Jealous If you haven’t watched Sen. Raphael Warnock’s speech on the night of his reelection in Georgia on December 6, stop everything you’re doing, and watch it now. Then tell your kids to watch it. And your neighbors. What you’ll see is 20 minutes that will leave you with a deep feeling of…
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans will be conducting its last meeting of 2022 on Wednesday, Dec. 14, and Thursday, Dec. 15, at Oakland City Hall Chambers located at 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza adjacent to 14th Street. The start time…
By Akil Bello and Harry Feder | The AFRO College admissions is undergoing a sea change. The pandemic accelerated the already fast-moving trend of colleges reconsidering the value of SAT and ACT scores in the admission process. Many colleges have stopped considering test scores at all (test blind/free) or have allowed students to decide whether…
Remembering the Role Race Played in the Capitol Insurrection Shaun R. Harper Diverse (Issues in Higher Education) Jan 6, 2022 The January 6, 2021 insurrection was about unsubstantiated claims of a stolen presidential election, rioters overtaking and vandalizing one of our nation’s most heavily secured buildings, threats to congresspersons who were inside the Capitol that…
The Neighbors United Political Action Committee(NUPAC.) based in Fontana, California sponsored their annual fundraiser that raises money in support of African-American Democrats, who seek local offices. They were founded in August 2019, and have raised over $30,000 these past two years. Every month each member deposits $25 into a bank account, in an effort to…
By Ellen Turner Santa Claus made his first appearance for the season at the tree lighting ceremony December 1st in Fontana. Naughty or Nice the Miss Black Awareness Pageant contestants finalists all talked to Santa and told him what their Christmas wish were. “I overheard the contestants telling Santa that they wished everyone would come…
By Sylvester Brown Jr. | St. Louis American | Word In Black (WIB) – Dr. Jameca Woody Cooper is a licensed psychologist with a practice, Emergence Psychological Services, in Clayton. She’s the director of Webster University’s psychology program and is the director of the school’s Applied Educational Psychology program. All-in-all, Cooper has been in the…
Valeria Howard-Cunningham| Special to California Black Media Partners Los Angeles City Councilmember Bob Blumenfield claims that I torture animals. Blumenfield, the author of a motion that will ban rodeo and equestrian events in Los Angeles, says in plain English in a new ordinance in front of the City Council that I and people like me…
McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media Steve Prudholme traveled from Malibu to South Bend, Ind. for ten days last month to cheer on his daughter, Sophia, and her Notre Dame Fighting Irish women’s soccer teammates in the NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship. The younger Prudholme’s squad won three matches before being defeated, but her dad returned…
By Peter White An estimated five billion people will watch the World Cup soccer matches, according to FIFA, the International Federation of Association Football. That’s more than half the world’s population. And despite a slew of political scandals that have overshadowed this year’s games, they remain unique among global venues when it comes to leveling…
by Dwight Brown Film critic It’s a miscalculation. This film is built around a former slave seen in a horrific photo whose back bore the scars of whippings and evil vestiges of slavery. Reimagining his life is a noble endeavor, but this is the wrong execution. Aside from a brief interview and the short news…
By Lou K. Coleman-Yeboah Danger is lurking around the corner in disguise. The signs of the times are evident. This is critically needed information from Christ to you about the end times. I encourage you to read it, reread it, and read it again. Study it, think about it, and pray over it, being convinced…
Elizabeth Dilley In Advent’s season of expectant waiting, this year I’m naturally thinking about babies. Jesus’ incarnation as a baby born to Mary. Happy, squalling babies who squirm in their parents’ arms. Tiny, born-too-soon babies who can’t endure too much touch each day. Babies born to a mama who’s sick or a dad who’s overeager…
Maxim Elramsisy | California Black Media A poll of Black women and Latinas across California sponsored by Black Women Organized for Political Action (BWOPA) and Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE)® found that 77% are experiencing some form of discrimination due to “personal characteristics,” including race or ethnicity, assumptions about income or education, and/or physical…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent A comprehensive new report asserted that American authorities have traditionally trained police officers on the cheap, noting that more than 71% of agencies devote less than 5% of their total budget to recruit training. Issued by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), the report found that…
BAFFOUR ANKOMAH 09/02/2021 New African Magazine Finally, Donald J. Trump has been put out to pasture. The “end of the error” came on 20 January when Joseph Robinette Biden Jnr was sworn in as the 46th US President. But this was an inauguration like nothing else before it. In addition to the social distancing for…