By AFRO Managing Editor Recently, I was alerted by the Washington Association of Black Journalists (WABJ) of the firing of Washington Post opinion columnist, Karren Attiah. Her offense? A post to her personal Bluesky social media account quoting the words of the conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. With her firing, she joined a slew of now…
By McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media Gov. Gavin Newsom joined Democratic leaders and national influencers to rally support and funding for a November California ballot measure that seeks to redraw the state’s congressional maps, positioning it as a counter to Republican gerrymandering in Texas and other GOP-led states. Held on Sept. 16, the event…
Victorville, CA — The High Desert Black Worker Center (HDBWC) is thrilled to celebrate the grand opening of its new community training center, a bold step forward in the fight to eliminate poverty and promote economic justice. Guided by the California State Department of Industrial Relations, HDBWC is committed to expanding equitable access to quality…
By Edward Kissam The Trump Administration plans to end the National Agricultural Worker Survey, widely-recognized as providing the best and most up-to-date information on more than 2 million U.S. farmworkers and their families. The U.S. Department of Labor plans to discontinue the National Agricultural Worker Survey (NAWS) by September 27th. Loss of data from the…
Join The Inland Ivy Foundation, in partnership with Eta Nu Omega Chapter, for our Annual Fundraiser – a night of style, purpose, and community! This year’s theme is Fashion Forward, Future Ready, celebrating creativity while making a lasting difference. ️Your support helps us uplift local high school seniors, families, and adults right here in the…
The League of Women Voters, San Bernardino Area (LWVSB), celebrating its 70th Anniversary, will be honoring five individuals and two community organizations in the League’s annual award ceremony. The 50th ceremony is on Sunday, October 12, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Registration and Reception at 12:30 p.m. at the Sterling Natural Resource Center,…
SAN BERNARDINO, CA—Almost 500 Mt. Vernon Elementary School students laced up their sneakers on Sept. 18 for an unforgettable experience as the LA Galaxy brought their soccer camp directly to campus. The daylong clinic gave every student a chance to learn new skills, build teamwork and experience the joy of the game with one of…
By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) released new data on Sept. 18 indicating a continuous demand for support and resources through California (CA) vs Hate, the state’s multilingual statewide hotline and online portal. In 2024, 1,180 hate incidents were reported to the CA vs Hate telephone and…
California Assembly Fails to Bring Key Bi-Partisan ADA Reform Bill to Light By Victor Gomez, executive director, Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse California’s love affair with unmerited lawsuits targeted at small and minority small business owners is alive and well. So much so that the California Assembly failed to even schedule a hearing on Senate…
By Fred Redmond During the 2024 presidential campaign, now-Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought said he wanted to put federal workers “in trauma.” Project 2025 called union representation of government workers “incompatible with democracy” and recommended Congress make having a voice on a federal job illegal. Now, as president, Trump has…
Trump Administration tries to tie funding to sanctuary cities executive order by Charlene Crowell An effort to limit federal homeless funding to locales embracing Trump Administration policies on sanctuary cities has triggered a lawsuit from homeless advocates. Although a September 12 court order gave a temporary reprieve to homeless providers seeking to preserve vital services,…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The air in Washington has grown thick with a familiar tension, the kind that precedes the shuttering of government offices and the silencing of paychecks for thousands of workers. Yet at the heart of this looming shutdown lies something far greater than partisan brinkmanship: a ferocious…
By Black Montessori Education Fund Do you hope to ignite your young child’s love of learning and lay the foundation for a fulfilling future? The Montessori approach offers a joyful, secure, and nurturing environment where young children can thrive. At the Early Childhood level (ages 2 ½ – 6), children are encouraged to explore, collaborate,…
By Stacy M. Brown For more than five years, Dr. Olumuyiwa Bamgbade carried the weight of lies that he should never have borne. He is a Black doctor, a healer by training, acquitted of false accusations that Canadian authorities and media were eager to trumpet but too arrogant, too complicit, to retract. The silence after…
RIVERSIDE, CA — (Sept. 22, 2025) Riverside University Health System – Behavioral Health (RUHS-BH) is set to host its annual Recovery Happens celebration on Thursday, Sept. 25, at Fairmount Park, located at 2601 Fairmount Blvd. in Riverside. The free, family-friendly event runs from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and highlights hope, healing and community…
Brooks Berndt I am a recovering cynic. Perhaps I will always be one, but I am making progress—one day at a time. As a sign of progress, I am now able to mindfully observe the continual wrestling match between my cynical self and my hopeful self. For instance, my cynical self looks at our federal…
By Stacy M. Brown At 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan, where despair clings to the walls, federal officers placed handcuffs on the very people chosen to protect justice. Comptroller Brad Lander, state senators Julia Salazar, Jabari Brisport, and Gustavo Rivera, along with assembly members Emily Gallagher, Robert Carroll, Marcela Mitaynes, Jessica González-Rojas, Claire Valdez, Tony…
By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Incarcerated firefighters serving time in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation system are on edge as they await Gov. Gavin Newsom decision to sign or reject Assembly Bill (AB) 247. Authored by Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Ladera Heights), the bill was passed on Sept. 12 by the…
By Brea Harris At three months old, my son was kicked out of his daycare. I had spent my pregnancy navigating my city’s brutal child care landscape — posting on social media looking for nanny shares, adding my name to year-long waitlists, and wondering how I was going to pay the astronomical daycare fees. So,…
BlackPRcom Nationwide — The Allen Media Group free-streaming digital sports platform HBCU GO – the leading media provider for the nation’s 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) – is pleased to announce a new partnership with Procter & Gamble (P&G) as the presenting sponsor of select 2025 HBCU football Classics. This season, P&G will…
The second Inland Empire BSU Multi-Year High School Reunion was held recently, and the event turned out to be a huge success. The two day reunion included events in Ontario and Upland. The dinner was held on Saturday night in Ontario, followed by a fun filled day at Magnolia Park in the City of Upland. …
Nationwide — The Black and Missing Foundation, Inc. (BAMFI), in partnership with the Washington Association of Black Journalists (WABJ), today announced the release of The Media Guide for Reporting on Missing Persons, a comprehensive resource designed to address long-standing disparities in media coverage of missing persons cases, especially those involving people of color. The media…
By Glenn Gamboa | Associated Press NEW YORK — Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $70 million to the UNCF, as the nation’s largest private provider of scholarships to minority students works to raise $1 billion to strengthen all 37 of its Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Alabama is home to 14 HBCUs, which…
By Stacy M. Brown One could make the case that Democrats lost the 2024 election in part because they abandoned the Black Press—the voice of Black America. Black voters, the backbone of the party, walked away in numbers unseen in modern times. At the very moment when all Americans—Black, white, Latino, and others—are called to…