NNPA NEWSWIRE — Former President Trump also faces potential conspiracy and racketeering charges in Georgia, where Atlanta prosecutor Fani Willis has been working to secure an indictment against the MAGA leader there. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent In 1872, police in Washington, D.C., stopped President Ulysses S. Grant for speeding in…
The Associated Press, which has said it also will not pay for the check marks, still had them on its accounts at midday Sunday. Associated Press Twitter has removed the verification check mark on the main account of The New York Times, one of CEO Elon Musk’s most despised news organizations. The removal comes as…
by Barrington M. Salmon, Contributing Writer, Black Press USA Food security advocates, policymakers, and others had been warning of the dire consequences to those most in need if Congress chose to halt the extra allotments of SNAP benefits. Still, the Republican-led House let the COVID-era supplemental payments wind down at the end of February. Those…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The announcement came during a Black Media Roundtable hosted by HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge. Adjoa Asamoah, HUD’s senior advisor for Racial Equity; Melody Taylor, regional director for the Mid-Atlantic Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; Alanna McCargo, president of Ginnie Mae; and Erica Loewe, the…
Nearly half the world’s gold and one-third of all minerals are in Africa. Here’s a look at the resources African countries have By Al Jazeera Staff Beneath the surface of Africa lies a wealth of mineral resources of enormous value. In 2019, the continent produced almost 1 billion tonnes of minerals worth $406bn. According to…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent With the federal government spending a pittance of its advertising dollars with Black-owned media and President Biden demanding that agencies expand contracting opportunities for historically disadvantaged businesses, including those owned by women and people of color, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge has made a…
Federal and local agencies, community stakeholders, and ethnic media came together to raise public awareness and encourage people to report when they’ve been scammed. Katsumi Iwasaki is originally from Tokyo but has lived in the Bay Area for more than thirty years. After losing his partner of more than two decades to cancer, the soft-spoken…
BY KRISTEN HWANG For the second time in as many years, Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing for major reform of California’s mental health system, this time by overhauling the way counties spend mental health dollars and placing a bond measure before voters to build more psychiatric beds. County behavioral health advocates and local service providers…
Tanu Henry | California Black Media California Black Elected Officials React to Ridley-Thomas Conviction Last week after a jury found former Los Angeles City Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas guilty on corruption charges, California’s Black elected officials issued statements acknowledging Ridley-Thomas’s political leadership, many contributions to his constituents and his track record of unapologetically advocating for policies…
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF – April 3, 2023 – Time for Change Foundation (TFCF) is excited to announce their annual gala will be returning to Southern California on April 14 after being held as a virtual event for three years. “Unmasking the Future” will celebrate TFCF’s 21st anniversary with a star studded masquerade ball. The event…
Features Special Guests Including Marcus Miller, Stevie Wonder, Keb’ Mo’ March 31, 2023: Beloved singer/guitarist and “Son of the Soil” Jonathan Butler shares the first single and title track from his new album, Ubuntu, which will be available everywhere on April 28th via Artistry Music/Mack Avenue Music Group. The 11 track collection celebrates his South…
OPINION: Barbie Bassett has not been seen on air since she quoted Snoop Dogg on live television, but I’m sure she’s going to be fine because white people always are — even when they are being racist. I know the white tears are going to come out for this one. I am also fully aware…
By Lou K. Coleman Take Heed! DO NOT IGNORE THE WARNING! The Great Tribulation and World War 3 [Armageddon] is near. Understand, we are not going back to normal. We’re Not! The Great Tribulation and World War 3 is coming. The Trumpets, the Bowls, and the Seals. The Bible calls it the Seven Last Plague…
Rachel Hackenberg In my social media feed, there’s a funny video of an emu overreacting to a loud noise by running haphazardly around the pasture with panicked energy, its legs churning, its neck swinging in high alert. A voiceover for the emu shouts: “They’re coming for the eggs! They’re coming for the eggs!” I giggle…
By BlackPressUSA NEW YORK — Since 1996 the National Latino Officers Association (NLOA) has been at the forefront of advocating against issues that adversely affect our Latino and Black communities. Today, we respectfully request that New York’s governor and New York City councilmembers see the warning signs of a racially discriminatory policy: the menthol cigarette…
Low levels of trust in the medical system among African Americans stemming from a history of systemic racism has allowed misinformation about the pandemic to flourish. By Danielle Parenteau-Decker | Richmond Pulse Deliberately inaccurate information comes in many forms, much of it about the COVID-19 pandemic. It can create doubt, anger, unrest and fear. It…
By Latinovations Staff The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Latino children than in white children in the U.S. Among all U.S. 8-year-olds, 1 in 36 had autism in 2020, according to the CDC. But the rates rose faster for children of color than…
by TERRY SPENCER and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump flew from Florida on Monday aboard his private plane toward New York and his historic booking and arraignment on hush money charges. The nation’s largest city bolstered security and warned potential protesters it was “not a playground…