By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent President Donald Trump’s latest maneuver, an executive order to cut U.S. aid to South Africa while extending refugee status to white South Africans, is yet another calculated exercise in race-baiting and historical revisionism. Trump claims that Afrikaners, the white descendants of Dutch and French settlers who…
By Special Press Release AFGE (American Federation of Government Employees) urges federal employees not to take the so-called “deferred resignation” offer being promoted by Elon Musk, because President Trump may not even have the authority to make such an offer, and federal workers who resign may not get paid. In the latest effort to dismantle…
Edward Henderson | California Black Media Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) has introduced two bills in the State Senate that could lower prescription drug prices for California residents. Senate Bill (SB) 40, or the Insulin Affordability Act — and accompanying legislation, SB 41, or Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Reform — comprise Wiener’s Prescription Drug Affordability…
In an effort to block deep cuts to institutions that perform lifesaving biomedical research on behalf of all Americans, the University of California today (February 10) submitted a declaration in support of the California Attorney General’s suit against the federal government in response to new guidance issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). …
By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III (TriceEdneyWire.com) – “I don’t know who you are and I don’t know why you like this guy (Trump). I think what you like about him; he appears to be strong and the rest of us are weak… That’s what he’s selling…Here’s what you’re buying…He’s a race-baiting, xenophobic religious bigot….
Solomon O. Smith | California Black Media In recent months, the Beverly Hills Police Department (BHPD) and Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD) have been hit with two lawsuits and numerous reports alleging racist incidents targeting Black residents. Last November, a formal complaint was filed on behalf of several students and two teachers — Bella…
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Two former members of the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans shared some of their experiences developing a 1,075-page report that detailed injustices suffered by African Americans during and after chattel slavery. Los Angeles-based clinical psychologist Dr. Cheryl Grills and Bay Area-based…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.) joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), and 10 other Western Democratic Senators to sound the alarm over threats to the removal of hazardous fuels on U.S. public lands. The Bureau of Land Management recently issued stop work orders to…
LOS ANGELES – Homeowners and renters who have incurred damage or losses from the Los Angeles County wildfires that began Jan. 7 have until Monday, March 10, 2025, to apply for FEMA Individual Assistance. The program provides financial and other assistance to eligible individuals and households to help meet their basic needs and supplement their…
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a genetic blood disorder that primarily affects Black American communities in the United States, though it can occur in any racial or ethnic group. Individuals with SCD often experience painful episodes, known as sickle cell crises, which can be debilitating and require emergency medical care. Unfortunately, many SCD patients face…
By: Lou K Coleman Come near, you nations, and listen; pay attention, you, people. Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, the world, and all that comes out of it! I want to tell you what the future holds. [Isaiah 24:1-17]. A great demonic flood is descending upon humankind. The devil knows…
Rebekah Choate Ever since Inauguration Day 2025, the flurry of executive orders coming from President Trump has felt like a firehose directly pointed at the faces of all those who rely on the US government for anything. Hiring freezes, funding freezes, firings, and targeted attacks on various marginalized groups are all meant to show that…
By Soror Beverly Haynes The Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, Gamma Omega Chapter, started the fall months with a bang as we celebrated our Rededication Ceremony. It was 83 years ago that eleven far-sighted women of business organized this Noble Sorority, that encompasses our great country from border to border. The month of October 2024…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Flu cases are surging across the United States, pushing hospitals to capacity and forcing school closures in multiple states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that at least 24 million people have been infected this season, with 310,000 hospitalizations and 13,000 deaths, including 57…
SACRAMENTO – Today, Senator Suzette Martinez Valladares ( R-Santa Clarita) joined Legislative Republicans to call on the U.S. Department of Energy to intervene against state and local efforts to ban natural gas, which drive up costs and limit consumer choice. In a letter sent to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Valladares urged the federal government to…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent (NNPA Newswire) – Donald Trump has spent a lifetime evading accountability. As a private citizen, authorities fined Trump for refusing to rent to Black tenants, he declared bankruptcy multiple times, he lost a $90 million civil judgment for sexual assault, and a jury convicted him on…
By Aria Brent AFRO Staff Writer While on the campaign trail, Donald Trump discussed his plans to dismantle the Department of Education (DOE) and with him officially being back in the oval office, his threat to do away with the government agency now has the chance to become a reality. And although the dissolution of…