Month: April 2023

By Diana Lambert/EdSource California teachers could get a last-minute reprieve from a law that requires them to take additional courses to teach transitional kindergarten. Assembly Bill 1555, authored by Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva, would give transitional kindergarten teachers, hired after July 1, 2015, two more years to either take at least 24 units in early childhood…

By Peter White They imagined a world that didn’t exist yet and went about building it.  That was the common theme from three community organizers whose work proves that change really can happen through grassroots efforts, despite gridlocked legislatures, polarized politics and economic uncertainty. The three organizers, among six who recently received the James Irvine…

By BlackPressUSA Forbes Technology Council is an Invitation-Only Community for World-Class CIOs, CTOs and Technology Executives. Chicago, IL — Edwige Robinson, Senior Vice President of Network Engineering & Operations and Transformation of the Central Region at T-Mobile US has joined the Forbes Technology Council, an invitation-only community for world-class CIOs, CTOs, and technology executives. She…

Lawmakers seek answers and solutions to losses  By Charlene Crowell  April 6, 2023-In 2023, “March Madness” took on a new meaning. Traditionally known as the nation’s premier college basketball competition, this year that moniker could also describe the madness that sprang from the closure of two banks with combined assets of $322 billion that affected…

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Black workers prioritize their mental well-being more than any other racial group, according to a survey by the employment platform Oyster. The platform surveyed more than 2,500 desk-based – or so-called knowledge employees — and found that more than 58 % of Black workers globally chose…

By Bay City News The founder of a widely used money transfer application was stabbed to death in San Francisco early Tuesday morning. Bob Lee, 43, was identified by friends and co-workers on social media as the victim of the 2:35 a.m. stabbing, which occurred in the 300 block of Main Street. Lee was known…

By Ben Jealous If a public opinion poll done last month is right, more than half of you won’t know what I mean by the initials “ESG,” and fewer than one in 10 will understand what they mean for financial markets. But listening to some self-interested politicians, many of whom have ties to our dirtiest…

By Alejandro Lazo CalMatters In this economy, who has enough money for a down payment on a house? Despite a projected $25 billion budget deficit, the state of California does. At least for now. The California Housing Finance Agency is poised to launch a scaled-down version of its new shared equity home loan program on…

Peter Schurmann At the start of the COVID pandemic, amid the lockdowns, fear and isolation, San Francisco’s top Catholic leader called on congregants to gather en masse in front of City Hall. The move was a direct challenge to local authorities then working to slow the spread of the deadly virus. According to author Mary…

By Lou K. Coleman Do not weep or pray for them, and don’t beg Me to help them, for I will not listen to you. I tell you, even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, my heart would not go out to these people. Send them away from My presence! Let them…

Katie Adams I want to buy a big bouquet of flowers for every person who has scheduled a hard-to-schedule meeting. And name a boulevard for each person who keeps track of the action items and next steps on a big project. I want to celebrate the note takers. The Excel sheet makers. The calculate how…

Blackdoctor.org News A lot of people start their days with a cup of coffee but in many cases, they’ve added sweeteners and other accompaniments. However, there may be more benefits to skipping all of that and drinking your coffee as black as you can handle it.  Is Black Coffee Good For You? Generally, the answer…

By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Economists advising The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans have developed economic formulas that project the reparations owed to Black Californians who are descendants of people enslaved in the United States are likely to exceed $800 billion. Three of five harms were…

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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…