Year: 2022

By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic Marcus and Drew are like Cain and Abel. Two brothers both loving and jealous. In the bible, only Cain survived. Should one of them be worried?  Producer (Sons of Anarchy), writer (Luke Cage), director (Things Never Said) Charles Murray’s home turf is television. The limitations of his…

In her first public sighting since the tragic death of her son Ian Alexander Jr., Regina King was sighted on set filming a biopic on Shirley Chisholm in her hometown of Cincinnati. The 50-year-old Oscar winner is channeling her grief to portray the first African-American congresswoman and presidential candidate who passed away in 2005 at…

A picture or video is worth a thousand words. There are no secrets in the social media world. Singer/Songwriter Ciara ran into some fans recently and the fans posted a video on TikTok as they called each other beautiful and it went viral. The proud mother of three, looked very pregnant, and followers/fans called out…

By Lou Yeboah Well, Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida, says the Lord.  For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.  I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at…

Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media A day after the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans decided who would be eligible for compensation, the nine-member panel approved a framework for calculating how much should be paid — and for which offenses — to individuals who are Black descendants of…

Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media Over the last two months, Gov. Gavin Newsom has met with some of the state’s counties to promote CARE Court. CARE Court – the acronym stands for Community, Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment – is a mental health framework the state created to help people who are suffering from…

Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media The Sacramento Police Department (Sac PD) has made two arrests in the mass shooting that happened in the early hours of April 3 in downtown Sacramento. Brothers, Dandre Martin, 26, and Smiley Martin, 27, are in SAC PD custody. Dandre Martin was booked Monday for felony assault and…

By Lauren Victoria Burke Last year, Senate Republicans serving on the Senate Judiciary Committee moved the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. This week, starting on March 21, those same Republicans suddenly had problems with Jackson’s sentencing decisions…

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Madeleine Albright, the first female secretary of state who remained a close friend with fellow secretaries, Colin Powell (the first Black secretary of state) and Condoleezza Rice (the first Black woman secretary of state), has died at 84. Albright’s first notable foray into the U.S. political…

Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced California awarded $38 million in grants to 12 community-based organizations working to combat homelessness among youths and young adults in the state. The governor’s office says the grants are part of a $14 billion ongoing commitment to end homelessness in the state….

Tanu Henry | California Black Media Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed an $11 billion relief package to assist Californians struggling with the skyrocketing costs of gas, food and other commodities. The plan includes a mix of direct payments to individuals; suspension of public transportation fares tax rebates; and support for state, county and municipal…

Tanu Henry | California Black Media California’s junior United States Sen. Alex Padilla says he is as excited as he is honored to be serving on the Senate Committee on the Judiciary as he and his colleagues conduct hearings to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the United States Supreme…

There is going to be something you don’t like with pretty much every job, but with these jobs, it’s worse. In 2020, suicide was among the top 9 leading causes of death for people ages 10-64. While suicide was the second leading cause of death for people ages 10-14 and 25-34, according to the CDC….

Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith have been in the spotlight a lot lately, and it’s not always been in a good way. The latest news involves Will storming the Oscars stage at the 2022 94th Oscar Awards and slapping Chris Rock making a joke about his wife. That moment is the one everyone is…

By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic “Before you leave, teach someone to drive.” That advice from a former boss at an auto shop best expresses blues legend Buddy Guy’s destiny. This is not the definitive Buddy Guy bio/doc. That distinction goes to Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away, which appeared on…