Edward Henderson | California Black Media Licensed marijuana store owners across California are backing a bill making its way through the State Legislature. Authored by Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco), Assembly Bill (AB) 564 seeks to suspend a pending tax increase on cannabis from 15% to 19%, which is scheduled to take effect on July…
By Stacy M. Brown The Trump administration is dismantling the very programs created to correct generations of systemic racism and economic exclusion—programs that helped level the playing field for Black, Latino, Indigenous, and women entrepreneurs. In a series of targeted assaults, Trump has moved to destroy the federal government’s most effective tools for uplifting historically…
By Stacy M. Brown In a dramatic and historic repudiation of Donald Trump’s mass pardons for Capitol rioters, one of the former president’s supporters has taken the extraordinary step of formally refusing his grant of clemency. Pamela Hemphill, a 71-year-old Idaho woman and one of more than 1,500 people pardoned by Trump earlier this year…
By April Ryan The Trump White House vows to appeal the three-judge panel of the United States Court of International Trade’s ruling that the proposed presidential tariffs exceed his legal authority. The May 28 ruling means neither President Trump nor his administration can arbitrarily invoke tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977….
“This year’s American Girl Tea Party will delight everyone from toddlers to grandparents,” says San Bernardino City Library Foundation Board president Cheryl Brown. SAN BERNARDINO, CA. — Toddlers, teens, parents, and grandparents are all invited to attend this year’s American Girl Tea Party on Saturday, June 14, from 10:00 am to 2 00 pm at…
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…
Tracy Howe A month ago, the US government announced they would enable Oak Flat to be transferred to Resolution Copper, a foreign owned mining company. The required environmental impact study would be released. Resolution Copper quickly notified the San Carlos Apache tribe they intended to start preliminary work within weeks. This was just one event…
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…
by Breanna Reeves Former U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra gave insights into the current state of HHS under the leadership of current HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during the annual Association of Health Care Journalists Conference in Los Angeles on May 30. Moderated by Joanne Kenen, the journalist in residence…
By April Ryan The shift in the federal response to stopping covid vaccines for certain segments of society and the increase in cases of measles and the uptick in COVID and flu at the beginning of the year has Americans pondering what we know or don’t know. Medical professionals are concerned there is something else…
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…
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…
By Maureen Samms-Vaughan As a parent, what can I do to support my child with a disability? Why is it important to focus on a child’s abilities? Every child with a disability has strengths. These may be in doing artwork, in their personality, or in their motor skills. Every child has strength. It’s more important…
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…
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…
By Stacy M. Brown Grammy-nominated singer Maysa Leak, one of the most distinctive and dynamic voices in soul and jazz, joined Black Press USA’s Let It Be Known during Black Music Appreciation Month for a candid and joyful conversation that traced her journey from Baltimore stages to global acclaim. Still radiating the same warmth that’s…
Erin who’s a 17 year old African American female student was viciously assaulted and body slammed face first unto the cement by a male San Bernardino police officer on May 21st around 2 pm. That video has now gone viral. Erin and her family is being represented by Attorney Toni Jaramilla and has enlisted civil…
Nationwide — Educator, author, and college planning activist, Mychal Wynn, founded the Georgia-based Foundation for Ensuring Access and Equity College Planning Cohort program in 2006 to expand college, career, and scholarship opportunities for students from under-resourced backgrounds and marginalized communities. Wynn recounts, “In 2006, when my wife and I were appointed as Education Ministry Leaders…
by Don Valentine Rucker Park has been a cornerstone of Black basketball history, a legendary proving ground for both amateur and professional talent. Credit Walt “Clyde” Frazier, the swag God himself, who draped himself in mink coats and fedoras, flossing before the word was even in our lexicon. Young hustlers like Pee Wee Kirkland would…
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Trump was in office when George Floyd was killed, and I would blame Trump for creating a negative environment for police-community relations. By April Ryan “The president’s been very clear he has no intentions of pardoning Derek Chauvin, and it’s not a request that we’re looking at,” confirms a senior staffer at…
By April Ryan The build-up for the Oval Office meeting between South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Donald Trump resulted in a spectacle of a Presidential show and tell. President Trump worked to support the alleged claims that thousands of white South African Farmers have been killed with nothing done to remedy the situation….
Black News.com Nationwide — George Floyd’s daughter, Gianna, is still facing bullying at her Texas middle school five years after her father’s death. Classmates use hateful words and false claims that echo attacks on her father’s legacy. Gianna, now 11, once stood on NBA star Stephen Jackson’s shoulders and proudly said, “Daddy changed the world.”…
Tanu T. Henry | California Black Media “I want to be crystal clear. Fast-tracking the Delta Conveyance Project (DCP) is a direct attack on our region’s environmental integrity, economic stability and public trust,” Assemblymember Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City) warned Gov. Newsom. Wilson, a member of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC), was speaking at a…
Rachel Hackenberg Evil is well worth our anger, our outrage, our fury, our deep indignation. Violence too is a worthy recipient of our defensiveness, our horror, our disquiet, our fear. To rage against the injustices of the world is an appropriate response of Christian faith. And yet… Carrying all…
