By Jennifer Porter Gore Word In Black Just weeks after daring to hope that Kamala Harris could defeat Donald Trump for the presidency, Black America is still mourning an emotionally devastating outcome. “I never thought an election could make me this sad, but I’ve been literally feeling like I’m living soulless and out of body…
Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media With an expansive plan to tackle homelessness across California, Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced an $827 million investment through the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) program. The funds will be allocated to 37 regions, benefiting 100 cities and counties statewide, including many communities where Black Californians…
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Following the non-partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) announcement last week that California faces a $2 Billion deficit next year, legislative leaders are urging restraint and committing to focus on issues important to working families. “The Assembly Budget Committee looks forward to crafting a budget that protects core programs,…
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Robinhood, the popular financial app, has partnered with Howard University as its first historically Black college and university (HBCU) participant for its Money Drills program, extending comprehensive financial education to student-athletes. The partnership, announced earlier this month at Howard’s campus, underscores the critical need to advance financial inclusion and build generational wealth within…
SAN BERNARDINO, CA—San Bernardino City Unified School District’s (SBCUSD) Cajon High School held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Nov. 6, 2024, for its new Dental Pathway, which will provide students with a path towards both college and a career. SBCUSD’s career pathways provide participating students with strong, high-quality academic instruction that is aligned with a…
Katie Dukes, Director of Early Childhood Policy, EdNC When babies are born, their brains contain billions of neurons. But how those neurons interact — and what they can do as babies grow through childhood into adulthood — is largely shaped by their experiences in the first 1,000 days of life. The architecture of the brain…
SACRAMENTO (November 21, 2024) – The Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) today approved the release of over $108 million in grant funding through the Cohort 4 Adult Reentry Grant (ARG). The ARG supports community-based organizations (CBO) to provide warm handoff, reentry, and rental assistance programs that support individuals released from state prison. The…
By SherRhonda Gibbs Morehouse College (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) SherRhonda Gibbs, Morehouse College; Eric Liguori, Florida State University; Michael H. Morris, University of Notre Dame, and Susana C. Santos, Florida State University (THE CONVERSATION) It’s never easy to create a successful business, but…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, released this statement following the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s latest action to supervise widely used payment apps provided by Big Tech and other nonbank companies and ensure they are held accountable for protecting personal data, responding to fraud,…
By Charlene Crowell For most consumers, buying a home is the single-largest investment of their lifetimes. But for Black America, home equity – the increase in market value from the time of purchase – is often the dominant, if not sole source of wealth-building. Home equity represents 65 percent of all Black wealth, according to…
Erica Poellot Last Sunday, the Harm Reduction Family Love Feast formally re-launched our monthly worship service and community meal for the first time since COVID shut down New York City in March of 2020. In the assembly hall of Judson Memorial Church, we gather to co-create sacred community, celebrate our shared call to be love…
By: Lou K Coleman You will be punished with eternal destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from His glorious power. The most severe consequence of delaying salvation. Eternal Separation from God. [2 Thessalonians 1:5-10]. You will be thrown into the Lake of Fire. Eternal Torment Forever and Ever [Revelation 14:9-11]. You will forever regret…
By Selen Ozturk As state ballot measures advancing health access are advancing nationwide, so are those restricting ballot access. As state ballot measures advancing health access are advancing nationwide, so are those restricting ballot access. In 2023 alone, 75 bills were introduced in state legislatures to make the ballot measure process harder for voters to…
By Selen Ozturk Dr. Sam Jamier, executive director of the New York Asian Film Festival, is having a trailblazing directorial debut with “Huntress on the Plains.” Dr. Sam Jamier, executive director of the New York Asian Film Festival, is having a trailblazing directorial debut with “Huntress on the Plains.” The film, currently in pre-production, is…
A common misconception about vitiligo is that it’s a “cosmetic” issue. In reality, vitiligo is an autoimmune disease that causes a loss of color in some areas of skin that is visible as white patches.1 A life-long disease that doesn’t go away, new patches of color loss can form suddenly and randomly.1 Prevalence of vitiligo…
By Laura Onyeneho Houston Defender Living paycheck to paycheck is a financial situation where an individual or family’s income barely covers essential living expenses such as housing, utilities, groceries and transportation. If one paycheck were to be missed, it would lead to significant financial strain and difficulty in meeting basic needs. This precarious financial situation…
By Ethnic Media Services Staff SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – In Santa Barbara, a coastal city of about 89,000 residents, the Black population has dwindled from a peak of 3.27% in 1970 to about 1.37% in 2024. In 2022, Healing Justice Santa Barbara, a nonprofit, and Page & Turnbull, an architecture firm, produced “Santa Barbara African…
California’s 2025-26 Budget: School Funding Expected to Increase by an Estimated $1.5 Billion Bo Tefu, Joe W. Bowers Jr. and Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media The California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) recently published its fiscal outlook for the 2025-26 budget, forecasting a $1.5 billion increase in the minimum guarantee for funding public schools…