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…
Saved In America Advisory Board Member and Parent Advocate Paul Foley, explains what every parent needs to know if a child is missing, runs away or has been trafficked. (February 13, 2023) – On Feb 17, 2018, we received a call from the Foster Home that our daughter was living in Bakersfield CA, stating that…
Jaivon Grant | California Black Media This week, the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) is celebrating Black History Month in Sacramento with its Annual Legislative Business Brunch, an event organized to honor Black-owned businesses across the state. The brunch is the first in a series of commemorative events — including a cultural showcase, film screening…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
(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….
