“I would consider closing the southern border a ‘profit-making operation,’” President Donald Trump said Friday in a tweet about the ongoing shutdown. By Nicholas Sakelaris Dec. 28 (UPI) — The federal government is advising employees who are not getting paid during the shutdown to negotiate their bills with their creditors. About 420,000 federal employees are…
This fall recognizes National Family Caregivers Month, an annual observance honoring family caregivers. This year’s awareness period is a potent one for young men By Joshua Garner It’s an interesting time to be a man in America. While the progressive and evolving tone of gender equity has focused on women’s rights and empowerment in recent…
Penn News Service • Robotic breast reconstruction A robot makes it possible for breast reconstruction surgery to be less invasive and less painful. Women who undergo a mastectomy to remove cancerous tissue or as a preventive measure because of a heightened genetic risk of breast cancer may choose reconstructive surgery. One option is to…
By Robert Preidt/Health Day Reporter THURSDAY, Dec. 27, 2018 (HealthDay News) — A drug used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may actually be harmful, a new study suggests. The high blood pressure drug prazosin is sometimes used to treat PTSD-related nightmares and insomnia that can increase suicide risk. But this small study suggests the…
By Aaron Gould Sheinin Dec. 28, 2018 — The FDA has approved a new vaccine to immunize children against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (also known as whooping cough), hepatitis B, polio, and an invasive disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b, sometimes known as Hib. The vaccine will be for children 6 weeks to 4 years…
By Nadine Matthews If you can’t find what you’re looking for, you should probably just make it yourself. That is the principle that Sonja Herbert was going by when she was looking for a community of Black women who were also Pilates enthusiasts and instructors. After teaching Pilates for 12 years and not seeing many…
By Ramzy Baroud | Dec 28, 2018 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics, US Foreign Policy Journal Bahia Amawai is a US citizen and Texas-based language specialist who helps autistic and speech-impaired children overcome their impairment. Despite the essential and noble nature of her work, she was fired by the Pflugerville Independent School District, which…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Katherine Jackson, the matriarch of the famed Jackson family, is reportedly gravely ill, with family members already fighting over her share of the late Michael Jackson’s estate. Outlets like Radar Online, the National Enquirer and even Atlanta Black Star have reported that Jackson, 88, is facing brain…
By ReShonda Tate Billingsley Oprah Winfrey made history as the first Black woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Golden Globes, but it was her impassioned call for “a brighter morning even in our darkest nights” that had the biggest impact. Democratic activists began buzzing about a 2020 presidential run because of her…
By The Los Angeles Sentinel Palmer recently shared “PIMP” with an intimate audience of NAACP voting members at the SAG/AFTRA Offices in Los Angeles. Following the screening, there was a Q&A moderated by Patrick Riley and Sidra Smith. In the film, Keke portrays a struggling pimp named Wednesday whose fortune changes after her girlfriend hits…
Tonya Pendleton, BlackAmericaWeb.com Tonya Forest and Keisha Whitaker won’t go into 2019 as a couple. Oscar-winning actor Forest filed for divorce from his wife of 22 years last Thursday, according to The Daily Mail. The couple has two grown daughters Sonnet, 22 and True, 20. Each of them has a child from a previous relationship….
EURweb.com Wendy Williams has responded to a report that her husband impregnated his mistress by sending the original source of the alleged rumor a legal warning. Blogger Love B. Scott was served with a cease & desist by the popular daytime talk show host after he first published quotes from a source who claimed Kevin…
Written by Barb Powell A shower. A decent meal. A place to do laundry. A place to feel less alone. All of this and more will be provided at The Ground Floor, a new day center for homeless youth opening in January in the basement of First Congregational UCC in Bellingham, Wash. The new center…
Bentley deBardelaben Executive Associate, JLCM Tis the season for love, light, and wonder … right? Most years, I am a huge fan of Christmastide. Like many, this enjoyment was formed in my childhood; particularly the year I believed that I saw Santa Claus traveling in his sleigh across the moonlit Ohio sky to deliver presents…
The Niro is the perfect vehicle for those seeking fuel economy, space, comfort, value and the latest tech advances, without sacrificing style. By Jeff Fortson of JeffCars.com Highlights: Brian Peterson was responsible for the interior layout of the Niro. This Niro is Peterson’s first major vehicle assignment. He’s one of two Black car designers working…
By Ann Hill-Bond Kwanzaa, a yearlong celebration that focuses on seven life principles called Nguzo Saba, was created by Dr. Maulana Karenga, a professor of Black Studies, in 1966 during a time of profound social change for African Americans. What Kwanzaa has become today is the actualization of Karenga’s vision of a celebration that would…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Led by Chairman L. Cedric Richmond (D-LA-02), and Congressional Black Caucus Diversity Task Force Co-Chairs, Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA-13) and G. K. Butterfield (D-NC-01) – The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) issued the following joint statement in response to a new report prepared for the Senate Select Committee…
By Clare Foran, CNN CNN Digital Expansion 2018 Clare Foran Updated 2:44 PM ET, Sun December 23, 2018 Washington (CNN)A partial government shutdown remains in effect after funding expired for roughly a quarter of the federal government when the clock struck midnight on Saturday — and it is not clear when it will end. Negotiations…
P.R. Lockhart Paul McCowns’s story of “banking while black” is the latest instance of 911 being called on people of color for no reason. Less than a month into a new job, Paul McCowns went to a bank in Brooklyn, Ohio, to cash his first paycheck. But instead of getting his money, he found himself…
During a sentencing hearing, Sullivan, a Howard University alum, chastised Trump’s former national security adviser for lying to FBI agents. by Sheryl Estrada U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan slammed Michael Flynn, a former lieutenant general, who served as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, for lying to federal investigators in their probe into Russian interference…
The UCR journey of Brandy Renee Taylor ’13 continues with an inaugural School of Business scholarship Sandra Baltazar Martínez sandrab.martinez@ucr.edu The two-day old baby needed a home. And foster parents. Soon after she was born, Children and Family Services took Brandy Renee Taylor and her 2-year-old sister away from her drug-addicted mother. Her grandmother stepped…
By Darielis Cruz Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. I was born in Moca, a small city in the Dominican Republic, and today I am a 21-year-old junior at Mercy College, in New Jersey. Thanks to the Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship, I studied In South Africa last summer, and it was a transformational experience for me….
A staff member at Tuscany Hills Elementary School in Lake Elsinore is suspected of having active tuberculosis, and Riverside County health officials are working with school representatives to identify students and staff who might have been exposed to the illness. Riverside County health officials will send out letters to the parents or guardians of students…
A service of the Communications Department of San Bernardino City Unified School District Employees of the San Bernardino City Unified School District’s Information Technology (IT) Department made hope happen for a family that lost everything in a fire over the weekend. The family, which does not want to be identified, has two children attending SBCUSD…
By Jeffery L. Boney Back in March of this year, the Forward Times wrote an eye-opening article entitled Banking In Houston: The New “Jim Crow” Is There More To Come?, where we highlighted a major federal racial discrimination lawsuit that had been filed against Capital One Bank. In a stunning ruling against the bank, a…
