AfroPoP is back this June: Season 17 opens with doc ‘Mother Suriname’ on Mon., June 9

Through narration and archival footage, the documentary Mother Suriname, from director Tessa Leuwsha, details the complex and often overlooked history of the former Dutch colony through the story of Leuwsha’s grandmother, Fancelyne Cummings, and other Surinamese women like her. Premiering on June 9, Mother Suriname will be followed by The Changing Same by Michèle Stephenson…

Despite Higher Covid Risk, Pregnant Women Are Now Ineligible for Vaccine

By Sunita Sohrabji UCSF infectious diseases specialist Dr. Peter Chin-Hong says the Department of Health and Human Services recommendations eliminating pregnant women and healthy children from Covid-19 vaccine eligibility is worrisome and not based on scientific data. Pregnant women are severely immunocompromised during gestation, but in the US they will no longer be eligible for…

“Most Favored Nation” Pricing Doesn’t Actually Put America First

By Larry Bucshon The White House just announced a sweeping plan that could ultimately cap U.S. drug prices at the lower levels seen in other developed countries.  Administration officials have good intentions. They’re trying to shake up the plainly unacceptable status quo, in which American “citizens pay massively higher prices than other nations pay for…

Chrisley’s Prison Confession: A White Man Finally Says What Black America’s Known

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent April D. Ryan Black Press USA Washington Bureau Chief & Senior White House Correspondent Just days after being pardoned by Donald Trump, reality TV star Todd Chrisley used his platform to call out the racism he witnessed firsthand in federal prison—shining a rare spotlight from within…

Archiving the Black Web Trains the Next Generation to Safeguard Digital Heritage

by Breanna Reeves Since returning to office in January, President Donald Trump has issued 152 executive orders, each chipping away at different federal programs, policies and laws that claim to “restore” America. As the Trump administration attributes dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives as an act of restoration, others attribute it to a mass erasure…

Assembly approves four Ramos bills as legislators work to meet critical deadline

Ramos measures range from preventing suicide on state bridges, to continuing local election oversight from FPPC to increasing safety on tribal lands SACRAMENTO— Assembly lawmakers approved four Ramos bills dealing with public safety, election oversight and the reburial of Native American human remains. The Ramos bills that will now head to the Senate are: AB…

Trump-Era Cuts, Truth Bans Fuel Growing Racial Divide in U.S. Education

By Stacy M. Brown Despite the promise of equal opportunity heralded by the Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, a new WalletHub report reveals that America’s educational system remains critically unequal—especially for Black students. The disparities, experts say, have only widened in recent years, worsened by former President Donald Trump’s dismantling…