By Ashlee Banks Special to the AFRO President Joe Biden recently announced that due to the PACT Act, nearly 900 thousand veterans and survivors who were exposed to toxins while serving in the U.S. military have received disability benefits over the last two years. In Aug. 2022, Biden signed the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent (NNPA Newswire) — A petition calling for conservative Supreme Court justices and noted Donald Trump supporters Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas to recuse themselves from major cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack has amassed 102,837 signatures as of 4 p.m., May 24. Following…
By Megan Sayles AFRO Business Writer Despite Black people comprising nearly 14 percent of the U.S. population, they own just about 3 percent of the country’s businesses. In comparison, White entrepreneurs own 85 percent of companies– even though their share of the population is about 60 percent. Nevertheless, according to a Pew Research Center analysis,…
What: The Advancement of Blacks In Sports (ABIS) will hold its annual Champions & Legends Fundraising Weekend at the MGM National Harbor Hotel & Casino from May 31 to June 2. This three-day event will honor a distinguished list of special guests during its Champions & Legends Gala. In addition to the gala, the weekend…
WHAT: San Bernardino City Unified School District’s (SBCUSD) Pacific High School expects to graduate 270 students in the Class of 2024, with nearly half successfully completing a Career-Technical Education (CTE) Pathway and 34% completing at least one college course while in high school. WHO: Interview Opportunities (5:15–5:45 p.m.): Alexia Leon, Class of 2024 graduate, is…
The Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District has been recognized as the 2024 Organization of the Year by the Association for Environmental & Outdoor Education (AEOE), Ten Strands, and the California Environmental Literacy Initiative (CAELI): https://aeoe.org/news/13358474 . One-hundred guests celebrated the award, along with the career of retiring Public Affairs Manager Diana Ruiz on Sunday, May 19….
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People California-Hawaii State Conference (NAACP Cal/Hi State Conference) hosted its annual “Legislative Day” at the State Capitol and Capitol Annex Swing Space on May 20. The day of activities is organized to inspire members to participate in the political process…
By Sunita Sohrabji New federal standards for data collection could reflect the true diversity of the US. Disaggregated data could play a major role in resolving the US’s health care inequities, revealing information about diverse populations that have not previously been counted. Standards for federal data collection have not changed since 1997. But in a…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Francisco Sánchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded California small businesses of the June 24, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury caused by Tropical Storm Hilary in Riverside County that occurred Aug. 19…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Francisco Sánchez Jr., administrador asociado de la Oficina de Recuperación y Resiliencia ante Desastres (ODR&R, por sus siglas en inglés) de la Agencia Federal de Pequeños Negocios (SBA, por sus siglas en inglés), les recordó hoy a los pequeños negocios de California la fecha límite del 24 de junio de 2024 para…
Michelle Anderson, Director of Operations, National Road Safety Foundation Candace Lightner, Founder, We Save Lives Cookouts. Beach trips. Baseball games. Summer is almost here, a season everyone loves. But in a town in Connecticut, this July will be a solemn time for the family and friends of a 15-year-old girl who was killed one year…
The risk of (H5N1) bird flu to people in the U.S. is currently low, but CDC is preparing for the possibility of increased risk to human health In April 2024, avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection was detected in a U.S. farm worker in Texas during an ongoing multistate outbreak in dairy cows. As of…
By Ashlee Banks Special to the AFRO U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, has filed a trademark application to own the rights to the phrase “bleach blonde bad-built butch body.” “Well I know people just think I play a lawyer on TV, but I am one in real life with a background in business,” Crockett told…
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA – The San Bernardino County Fire Protection District (SBCFPD) is deploying a new bulldozer and trailer specifically designed for fire suppression, enhancing the District’s capability to combat wildfires and ensure the safety of the communities within San Bernardino County. The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians awarded County Fire a grant…
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Last week, the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) shared the results of its California vs Hate campaign, including its online reporting tool and telephone hotline, one year after their launch. The California Vs Hate digital platform is the state’s first-ever multilingual resource to tackle the surge in hate…
By Lou K. Coleman Planning for the future without planning for one’s eternal future. How crazy is that! Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. [James 4:14]. You can’t assume that you will even be…
Anissa Glaser-Bacon During the last weeks of April and early weeks of May, it felt as if our college campuses—most visibly at Columbia University but also elsewhere—were filled with activists, police, and violence. Demonstrations were attended by supporters and disrupted by police in the name of public safety. The New York City mayor warns of…
Kali Thorne Ladd, Chief Executive Officer, Children’s Institute For many working in the early childhood field, we understand the need to offer our youngest children nurturing and caring environments that stimulate learning and healthy development. The neuroscience of brain development helps us understand why. In the first year of life, 1 million neural connections are…
By Ashlee Banks Special to the AFRO U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, (D-Ga-4) and other members of Congress have launched the “Court Reform Now Task Force” to restore balance and fairness to the U.S. Supreme Court. U.S. Reps. Johnson stated that he, Jasmine Crockett, (D-Texas-30), Madeleine Dean, (D-Pa-4), and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), launched this task force…
LAS VEGAS (May 28, 2024) – Brightline West announces updates to field investigation work in Southern California and Nevada within the proposed rail corridor within Interstate 15 right-of-way. Field investigation work includes geotechnical borings and samplings, utility potholing and land surveying. Work will take place primarily during daytime hours, with some work at night to…
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA – The San Bernardino County Fire Protection District (SBCFPD) is deploying a new bulldozer and trailer specifically designed for fire suppression, enhancing the District’s capability to combat wildfires and ensure the safety of the communities within San Bernardino County. The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians awarded County Fire a grant…
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, May 28, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking information from the public on protocols that may be considered for inclusion in a new Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program, the main program of the Growing Climate Solutions Act. The input is being collected through a Request…
A flood destroyed the city’s water infrastructure in 2022, but there were known problems for years prior — and they could have been fixed. When Michael Regan, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, went to Jackson, Mississippi, in 2021, he was supposed to visit a school. But when he went to Wilkins Elementary on…