55th San Bernardino County Black Awareness Month Parade and Expo, Saturday February 25th, 10am on Citrus Ave. north of the 210 followed by the Expo on the Home Depot parking lot on Sierra Lakes parkway. This is a photo opportunity for young and old to have a picture taken with First Black Fire Captain in…
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…
By Svante Myrick It’s been a few weeks since a mess started boiling over in Florida with the rollout of the new AP African American Studies course, and no one involved is looking good: not the state Department of Education, not the College Board, and definitely not Gov. Ron DeSantis, who blasted the course publicly…
Edward Henderson | California Black Media Last week, Assemblymember Corey A. Jackson (D-Riverside) introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 742, legislation that would prohibit the use of police canines for arrests, apprehensions and crowd control. The use of police canines, supporters of the legislation say, is a throwback to the darkest days of legal slavery, Jim Crow…
By Charlene Crowell Amid still-rising interest rates, most families remain financially challenged to make household needs fit into their budgets. For Black Americans whose wealth amounts to 25 cents for every $1 of white family wealth, according to the St. Louis Federal Reserve, the challenge is especially daunting. So, it is particularly encouraging to…
By Mark Hedin As the United States experiences an escalating wave of hate crimes, particularly victimizing Asian Americans, ACT Against Hate Alliance brought together some heavy hitters from law enforcement to discuss strategies for combatting this alarming trend. “The core mission of the ACT Against Hate Alliance is to identify the root causes behind hate…
Paul Cobb | Special to California Black Media Partners As the publisher of the Oakland Post, I am disappointed with recent mainstream media coverage and editorials trying to make tabloid news out of the appointment of Assemblymember Mia Bonta (D-Oakland) to be chair of the California Assembly Budget Subcommittee #5 on Public Safety. Bonta a…
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Samual Nathaniel Brown said he is not surprised that Assemblymember Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City) picked up the baton to carry on the fight to eradicate the phrase “involuntary servitude except as a punishment to crime” from California’s Constitution. Brown, who contributed to writing Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 3,…
by Dwight Brown film critic for DwightBrownInk.com and NNPA News Wire The thrill is gone. The Marvel Universe shoots a blank. A tiny one. Arguably, the itty-bitty Ant-Man and The Wasp aren’t the most impressive superheroes. So, any new adventure for the self-promoting, mildly amusing Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), aka Ant-Man, and his sidekick/lover Hope…
By Lou K. Coleman-Yeboah As the celebration of “Black History Month” narrows to an end, let us remember as a chosen people of God, the things of God. Let us remember what He has done, how He has rescued us, how He has provided for us, and the way He has saved us. For the…
Erica Poellot It has been 7,349 days since I last used illicit opioids. Truthfully, at this point in my journey, I rarely count days anymore. A ritual that once held immense importance for me has given way to different ways of measuring the trajectory of healing in my life. However, this January 3rd, the annual…
Blackdoctor.org News Some people might think that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) only affects children but nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, studies show that approximately 3% of the adult population is affected by the condition. Worse yet, that number typically represents those who have been officially diagnosed. The numbers could be…
Blackdoctor.org News It’s been over 20 years since Anthony Anderson was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. “I had all the classic symptoms, excessive thirst, constantly going to the bathroom, etc. At one point I drank an absurd amount of water over a couple hours and I knew there was something going on,” Anderson recalls. At…
By Colleen Tressler FTC, Division of Consumer and Business Education February 21, 2023 The FTC recently sent 24 cease and desist letters to eye doctors after getting reports they may have violated the Contact Lens Rule by ignoring important rights of patients. That includes the requirement that eye doctors must give you a copy of…
Gail Fry – Contributor After a series of critical grand jury reports about the San Bernardino County Children & Family Services, the 2022 Grand Jury Report, obtained by The San Bernardino American News, concluded San Bernardino County Children & Family Services is too broken to fix strongly recommending the department be abolished, and a new…
General Contractor’s Expertise in Public Safety and Education Facilities Converge with Campus Project Escondido, CA, February 21, 2023 – On January 20, 2023, Erickson-Hall Construction Co. joined more than 150 members of Crafton Hills College leadership, elected officials, fire chiefs, and other stakeholders to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Public Safety Training Center at Crafton…
D.C.- based filmmaker streams documentary short about civil rights icon WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Director Robin N. Hamilton re-releases the documentary about an extraordinary woman who went from picking cotton at age 6 to becoming an indomitable civil rights leader. Capturing a snapshot in time from her historic speech at the Democratic National…
By Peter White People don’t want to ride public transit for fear of being harassed like Esther Lee was on a New York subway October 21, 2021. Lee, 41, is a Korean American. She was insulted, spit on, and called “a f***g carrier.” She filmed 57-seconds of the ugly encounter on her cell phone. Nobody…
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Mu Xi Lambda Chapter, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Eta Nu Omega Chapter hosted the 35th Annual Oratorical Contest at the Riverside County Office of Education, Riverside, California on Saturday, February 18, 2023. Young scholars demonstrated their public speaking skills in three different categories: Grade School,…
TBT News Buzz Throughout his career, Jay-Z has made a variety of successful business moves that have proven lucrative for him. From investing in the spirits industry to the cannabis industry to streaming, the veteran rhymer lets his money do the talking. Hov recently took care of his biggest investment: his music catalog. The hip-hop…
THE FILIPINO AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Carter G. Woodson & Thomasite Pedagogy [Published 2003 in the Filipino American Herald. Black History is Our History by Freedom Allah Siyam] In February of 1926, the ‘Father of Black History’ Carter Godwin Woodson organized the first Negro History Week in Washington, D.C., which would later become national ‘Black History Month’…
By Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Scott Bronstein, CNN CNN-Authorities identified the gunman in the deadly mass shooting at Michigan State University as 43-year-old Anthony Dwayne McRae. Here’s what we know about him: MSU shooter pleaded guilty to firearm charge in 2019, court records show The gunman in the Michigan State University shooting previously pleaded…
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…
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…
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…