By Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper, AFRO CEO and Publisher Nearly 20 years ago, historian John William Templeton and engineer Frederick E. Jordan Sr. declared August as National Black Business Month to “drive the policy agenda affecting the 2.6 million African American businesses.” Today, according to the latest data, there are more than three million Black-…
This latest accounting demonstrates in detail how Thomas supposedly has profited surreptitiously from a significantly larger and more influential network of wealthy and well-connected patrons. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent (NNPA NEWSWIRE) – In what activist Sherrilyn Ifill called a crisis, more stunning revelations have surfaced over lavish gifts allegedly accepted…
McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media Five percent of the 225,231 Californians who lost their Medi-Cal coverage in June were African American. According to numbers from the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), around 14,000 Black Californians lost health insurance with the state’s safety net health care exchange because they didn’t turn in the…
SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond hosted a webinar featuring a variety of inspirational speakers who discussed the importance and journey of ethnic studies in California. The webinar provided an opportunity for local educational agencies (LEAs) to become acquainted with the benefits of ethnic studies and to be reacquainted with the Ethnic Studies Model…
“Seniors need to have an ongoing relationship with their healthcare provider,” says Dr. Albert Arteaga. SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the three leading causes of death for people 65 and older are heart disease, cancer and COVID-19. The CDC also notes that 23.3 percent of seniors are in…
By Lou K. Coleman The world can tell you to prepare for the storm that’s on the horizon and you immediately do whatever is necessary to make sure that you have prepared. But when Jesus sends warnings and tell you to prepare for what is about to come, you do nothing. Going about business as…
Brooks Berndt She started by herself. She started alone. She started with an action that many politically “astute” adults would readily dismiss as naïve and ineffectual. But on August 20, 2018, a 15-year-old named Greta Thunberg refused to attend the first day of school so that she could sit in front of the Swedish Parliament’s…
Antonio Ray Harvey| California Black Media The California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) celebrated the 5oth anniversary of hip hop on Aug. 14, with a tribute to the West Coast pioneers, leaders and innovators who shaped the genre. The Bring the Peace Movement, a Sacramento-based non-profit, organized the…
Agency says defendants used “Biden Loan Forgiveness” to lure students and collect millions of dollars in illegal junk fees The Federal Trade Commission has stopped scammers who the agency says facilitated an operation to prey on students seeking debt relief. The agency charges that the defendants pretended to be affiliated with the U.S. Department of…
By Charlene Crowell While the 1963 March on Washington brought more than 200,000 Americans to the nation’s capital in a historic call for jobs and economic justice, an event billed as a ‘continuation’ – not a commemoration will take place August 26 at the Lincoln Memorial. Co-sponsored by the National Action Network and the…
By Selen Ozturk At an Aug. 18 EMS briefing, teachers and education officials discussed three challenges K-12 students face as they head back to school: teacher shortages, polarized curricula and pandemic-era learning gaps. K-12 students returning to school this month face teacher shortages, pitched battles over curricula, and pandemic-era learning gaps, teachers and education officials…
By Oliver Darcy, CNN CNN — Facebook is shunning the news business in the US. The Meta-owned company has quietly made changes in recent months that have dramatically reduced referral traffic to media outlets, more than half a dozen publishers told me. The move has put considerable dents in the daily traffic publishers see, with…
Leonard X. Hernandez resigned from the post of County Chief Executive Officer effective today. County Chief Operating Officer Luther Snoke has been filling in for Hernandez while Hernandez has been on leave and will continue to do so. The Board of Supervisors will act to appoint an interim or permanent CEO shortly. “The Board of…
RIVERSIDE – The County of Riverside today proclaimed a local emergency because of the impacts from Tropical Storm Hilary. The proclamation will go before the Board of Supervisors at its next regularly scheduled board meeting on Aug. 29 for ratification. This emergency proclamation could help make the county eligible for potential federal and state…
An increasing number of studies show that in most cases, pain in your back does not indicate something physically wrong. Research suggests that chronic back pain isn’t actually the result of injury or illness. Instead, it could surprisingly be caused by our thoughts, feelings, and resulting behaviors. Read on to discover what doctors say is…
NNPA NEWSWIRE — With the suspension of Worrell, said Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried, DeSantis has pulled a veil over justice and imposed a reign of his own making. The voice of democracy has been stifled, replaced by a chorus of self-interest, and the repercussions of the governor’s power play extend beyond state lines….
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com A letter to big-box retailers like Target, Walmart and Giant Food, is currently circulating through social media, criticizing the stores for the rising use of self-checkout. It speaks on a common experience that shoppers encounter when leaving a store. Some retailers have associates positioned at store exits to…