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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia  For African American men, prostate cancer is real. Health statistics paint disturbing trends, including that 60 percent of Black males are more likely to develop prostate cancer than any other race. Just as unsettling, African American men are twice as likely to die of prostate cancer than…

By Jordan Rau The U.S. military is devising major reductions in its medical corps, unnerving the system’s advocates who fear the cuts will hobble the armed forces’ ability to adequately care for health problems of military personnel at home and abroad. The move inside the military coincides with efforts by the Trump administration to privatize…

Stanford researchers found that black and Latino drivers were stopped more often than white drivers, based on less evidence of wrongdoing.   By Erik Ortiz Three years ago, an unmarked police car tailed Richard Jackson into an alley behind his home on Chicago’s West Side and pulled him over. Jackson, a black Navy veteran, had…

By Jacksonville Free Press Noted comedian, actor and REACH Media Syndicated Radio host, DL Hughley is bringing his own brand of comedy and commentary to TV One with his new nighttime talk show THE DL HUGHLEY SHOW, premiering Monday, March 18 at 11/10C PM. The show will air four nights a week, Monday through Thursday….

By: Lou Yeboah “What you’ve done to me is already done back to you….Celie: [holding a knife to Albert’s throat] I curse you. Until you do right by me; everything you think about is gonna crumble! [Sofia]: Don’t do it Miss Celie. Don’t trade places with what I been through. [Shug]: Come on Miss Celie…

State investigations raise concerns about human rights abuses in federal detention facilities. By Robin Urevich Stonewalling by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement prevented California’s attorney general from fully investigating immigration detention in the state as a 2017 law now requires, but it didn’t prevent the state auditor from slamming California cities for lax oversight of…

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By Mo Barnes The death of unarmed Black teen Michael Brown was a watershed moment in race relations in America. Brown was shot dead by former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson while his arms were raised. It led to the rallying cry from supporters of “Hands up, don’t shoot.” Now more than four years later,…

Special to California Black Media Partners This past week, we, the freedom-believing and fair-minded residents of Sacramento, California, were disappointed to our cores.  Our worst fears became reality. The Sacramento African-American community has been holding its collective breath, our fingers crossed, hanging on to the unlikely hope that either Ann Marie Schubert, our county district…

By Sharonica Nelson, Ed.D. Professor, Professional Education Consultant, Author Once students reach middle school, parents often become less engaged with their child’s academic environment. They don’t walk them in the school’s doors anymore, they don’t communicate as often with teachers, and they are less like to visit the school unless there is a special program…

California Black Media Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a “common sense” charter school transparency bill this week, striking agreement among a rare coalition of education reform advocates, labor leaders and traditional school educators. SB 126 is an application of the Ralph M. Brown Act, the California Public Records Act, the Political Reform Act and Government Code…

Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Paul Lamar Hunter was born in Racine, Wisconsin in 1970, the 19th of 21 natural children born to James and Louise Hunter. His childhood experiences included poverty, neglect, and tragedy. After the deaths of his father and brother Louise focused her energy on the homeless shelter she founded. Though the shelter was…

San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) is holding an Educator Recruitment Fair on Saturday, March 16, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Indian Springs High School. SBCUSD is hiring for all certificated positions, including speech and language pathologists, science and math teachers, special education educators, and substitute teachers. Applicants must bring copies of their…

By Tony Binns Homelessness and housing insecurity among college and university students is a national issue. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) estimates 58,000 college students are facing homelessness. For example, DePaul University estimates that 50 students are homeless or housing insecure in a given academic quarter on their campus.  Abraham Morris with…

By Joseph Serna A week after San Francisco Dist. Atty. George Gascon moved to wipe out thousands of marijuana convictions dating back decades, he announced Thursday his support for a bill that would clear old arrest and conviction records for defendants statewide. The measure is intended to open up a pathway to housing, education and…

By Juliet Mitchell “When… I was sick… you visited me.” Matthew 25:36 It’s not a happy subject to discuss, but it’s inevitable that human bodies will experience sickness, disease or break down. Since this is a fact of life, a part of the human condition, we are likely to be called upon to visit someone…

By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor Nearly half a million people die every year from complications from smoking. About a tenth of them never put a cigarette to their lips – they die from exposure to second-hand smoke. Death from tobacco is, according to the Centers for Disease Control, the leading cause of preventable death….

MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST POSITION AVAILABLE Young Visionaries Youth Leadership Academy is currently hiring for a Mental Health Specialist to deliver and coordinate services for our programs. Please see the description below. MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST                                          …