Black history has taught us that Big Tobacco is not an ally

By: Phillip Gardiner, Co-Chair, African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council This Black History Month, I have a simple message for nonprofit organizations in the United States: If you have accepted money from the tobacco industry, send it back. For hundreds of years, from enslaved people working on tobacco plantations to today’s menthol smokers, Black people…

Memphis Police Murder Case Puts Spotlight on California Legislation

Charlene Muhammad | California Black Media There was no “protect and serve.” Just an out of control and outside-the-bounds-of-their-authority attack on an unarmed Black man, said Sen. Seven Bradford (D-Gardena). Bradford was referring to the beating death of Black motorist Tyre Nichols in Memphis. The Memphis Police Department has terminated the five officers involved in…

The 14th Annual Closing the Gap Scholarship Tournament Event Held at the Green Valley Ranch Resort & Casino in Henderson, Nevada

George T. French, Jr., Ph.D. President of Clark Atlanta University, and Clifton L. Harris, Publisher of the San Bernardino American News attend the Annual William E. Shack Jr. Clark University Fundraiser in Henderson, NV.  In its 14th year, this year’s event was held at the Green Valley Ranch Resort & Casino. The event was titled…

SBCUSD Board Of Education Unanimously Appoints Mauricio Arellano As New Superintendent

Mauricio Arellano will take over as Superintendent of the San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) on April 17, 2023, following a unanimous vote of the Board of Education in their meeting Tuesday. Arellano is the current Superintendent of the Redlands Unified School District. SBCUSD’s current rotation of Administrators in Charge will continue until Arellano…

San Francisco Committee Recommends Massive Reparations Payout for Black Residents

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia ‘Centuries of devastation and destruction of Black lives, Black bodies, and Black communities should be met with centuries of restoration’ Each Black inhabitant of San Francisco, including those arrested during the racist war on drugs, should receive a one-time, lump-sum payment of $5 million from…

Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee Introduces Anti-White Supremacy Bill, then Schools Republican Boebert on Hate

The text of the bill reads as follows: “A person commits a white supremacy inspired hate crime when white supremacist ideology has motivated the planning, development, preparation, or perpetration of actions that constituted a crime or were undertaken in furtherance of activity that, if effectuated, would have constituted a crime.” By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA…

The SANS Institute Reopens HBCU Cyber Academy Application Window to Address Growing Need for Cybersecurity Professionals

By BlackPressUSA Bethesda, MD – The SANS Institute is proud to announce the reopening of the HBCU Cyber Academy application window from February 1, 2023 to March 1, 2023. The HBCU Cyber Academy is a unique opportunity for students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to gain hands-on cybersecurity training and real-world experience, free…

D.C. Business Encounters Discrimination in Quest to Help Ukraine

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Davis said her group had installed “living containers and living facilities” that provided families with things like furniture and bunk beds, as well as generators. “We installed electrical systems and other mandatory features,” she stated. As the war’s anniversary approaches, though, it appears that American impulses have also kicked in. By Stacy…

Reparations Task Force: Freedmen’s Bureau Essential for Compensating Slave Descendants

Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media The members of the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans are preparing the pretext for recommending a modern-day Freedmen’s Bureau that will be critical for compensating descendants of enslaved Blacks for the injustices of slavery and Jim Crow discrimination they suffered. Task…

Lawmakers Push Bill to Grant Prisoners Right to Vote

Maxim Elramsisy | California Black Media Last week, Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles) the chair of the Assembly’s Committee on Elections introduced Assembly Constitutional Amendment 4 (ACA-4). The legislation proposes amending the California Constitution to allow felons serving time in state and federal prisons to vote. Proposition 17, approved in 2020 by California voters, enabled…

Assembly Majority Leader Reyes Sworn-in for Fourth Term at Community-Based Ceremony in Fontana

(FONTANA)— Assembly Majority Leader Eloise Gómez Reyes marked the start of the 2023-24 legislative cycle at her Community Swearing-in Ceremony on Saturday, February 11 at the Steelworkers’ Auditorium in Fontana. California Attorney General Rob Bonta administered the oath of office and former State Senator Connie Leyva, now with KVCR, acted as the Master of Ceremonies….

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Announces Expansion Of Business Portfolio With Rebranding Of Combs Enterprises To ‘Combs Global’

— The Mogul Is Approaching 30 Years Of  Dominance Across Music, Entertainment, Media, Fashion, And Spirits — –Combs Global Introduces A New Visual Identity, Website, Social Channels And Global Brand Communications – LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14 2023 /PRNewswire/ — After three decades of entrepreneurial success across his renowned brands and a historic last year including…

Reps. Pappas & Calvert Introduce HEARTS Act to Prioritize Non-Animal Testing Methods in NIH Research

Washington, D.C. (February 14, 2023) – On a day devoted to matters of the heart, Congressmembers Chris Pappas (NH-1) and Ken Calvert (CA-42) announce the re-introduction of the HEARTS Act (Humane and Existing Alternatives in Research and Testing Sciences Act) of 2023 legislation that encourages the use and development of humane, and effective alternatives to…

55th San Bernardino County Black History Month Parade and Expo “SOUNDS OF MUSIC” is a Fantastic Voyage!

Saturday February 25th. The parade starts at 10:00 on Citrus and Summit Avenue and proceeds to the Home Depot parking lot on Sierra Lakes parkway where the Expo begins. This year’s Grand Marshal, founder of the R&B group “Lakeside”, Captain Mark Woods Jr.  and his lovely wife and  Soul Train dancer Sharon Hill Woods. Soul…