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As part of its process for selecting new history/social science textbooks, the San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) invites all stakeholders to review the books and give input. The books are available for review now through September 14 at all Family Engagement Centers and high school libraries. The books are also available for review…

By Charlene Crowell Today’s increasingly competitive global economy requires and recruits those who are highly-skilled and knowledgeable. People understand and accept that higher education is a means to become employable, marketable, and competitive. It is equally true that the rising costs of higher education have now forced 44 million consumers to borrow $1.4 trillion in…

By Curtis Bunn, Urban News Service Two years and 40 attempts later, Kevin Rodgers’s hair care product had to pass a final test: His wife’s. Following another late-night session where he mixed a special blend of natural oils in the kitchen of his Atlanta home, the 49-year-old Rodgers waited expectantly as his wife Lorraine rubbed…

By Dr. Kevin Williams (Chief Medical Officer, Pfizer Rare Disease Unit) The “Ask Dr. Kevin” series is brought to you by Pfizer Rare Disease in collaboration with the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) to increase understanding of sickle cell disease. With National Sickle Cell Awareness Month just next month, I’ve been thinking a lot about…

The 2018 Inland Empire Senior Games is scheduled for September 21 through October 6, 2018. We have something for everyone…Tennis, 5k/10k Walk  or  Run, Hotshot,  Basketball,  Horseshoes,  Billiards,  Pickleball,  Swimming, and  Softball. If you are 50 years of age and better, you are encouraged  to compete!   This  event is  sponsored  by the City of…

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Aretha Franklin, arguably the greatest voice in music history, has died. The Queen of Soul was 76. “She will be so missed as a mother, sister, friend, cousin,” said longtime friend Roger Friedman, who also covered the Queen of Soul for decades and originally broke the story about…

October 6, 2018 Rainbow Promotions, LLC presents A Soulful Evening of Jazz and R&B Featuring the supremely skilled Jazz and R&B singer, songwriter, and producer,  Lalah Hathaway  Damien Escobar. This event will take place at the Redondo Performing Arts Center on Saturday, October 6th. Doors will open at 6:00pm. Cocktail Hour will take place from…

By: Lou Yeboah Listen, life is short, and we do not know what will happen tomorrow [James 4:13-14]. The Bible urges us to get right with God today [Luke 12:40]. God illustrated the importance of being prepared for His coming in [Matthew 25:1-13]. This message is a reminder, a word of warning or caution for those…

By Danielle Haynes Aug. 21 (UPI) — A jury in Virginia found former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort guilty on eight of the 18 counts he faced for bank fraud Tuesday. The verdict came after four days of deliberations during which the panel of six men and six women indicated it had difficulty reaching a…

By Danielle Haynes Aug. 21 (UPI) — President Donald Trump former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty Tuesday to paying two women to keep silent about affair allegations in order to influence the 2016 presidential election. Cohen appeared in court in New York City to enter the guilty plea on eight counts, which include five…

White man affirmative-action – the most often seen kind of affirmative action in America. By Keka Araujo Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross allegedly bamboozled $120 million dollars from his Wall Street buddies over the years during his tenure as the head of the private-equity company WL Ross & Co., according to a report from Forbes….

By Manny Otiko | California Black Media Progressives and some black activists have long complained about America’s bail system, which treats people with means differently from low-income people. Under the current cash bail system, people charged with a crime can sit in jail for months, and sometimes years, without seeing a judge simply because they…

August 11, 2018 John Rosales Shiny apples, carrot bags, pre-packaged peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, full containers of applesauce, sealed cartons of raisons, and unopened milk cartons. That’s what paraprofessional Lorraine Von Hess would see students tossing into the trash every day as she supervised lunch at Davies Middle School in the Hamilton Township of…

By David Sirota Co-published by Newsweek When someone untied a yacht owned by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s family, Fox News portrayed the episode as an illustration of uncouth anti-Trump sentiment. The yacht’s foreign flag, though, was an illustration of how an allegedly “America First” administration is chock-full of moguls who have eagerly stashed…

Tiffany Harris CAPITAL OUTLOOK  NNPA/ESSA Thirty-two outstanding young people in grades 6 through 10, from the Big Bend area, assembled at Bethel Family Life Center at 406 Bronough St. in Tallahassee for a variety of challenging, but interesting projects. The 2018 Summer STEM Camp was sponsored by BUC Technologies, LLC of Tallahassee. Major student sponsors…

By Latinovations Staff A young Democratic congressional candidate of Latino and Arab descent who is running against an incumbent in a traditionally Republican district, got a boost from his old boss, former President Barack Obama. Campa-Najjar, 29, is one of nearly 100 Democrats across the country who were endorsed Wednesday by Barack and Michelle Obama….

By Greg Dill Did you know viral hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver, causes more than 1 million deaths per year worldwide? That’s about the same number of deaths caused by tuberculosis and HIV combined. Fortunately, Medicare can help protect you from Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C, the most common types of viral hepatitis in…

The question that finally shut Kanye West up By Keka Araujo Kanye West’s guest appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Thursday night was nothing short of what people have come to expect from the self-proclaimed “provocative” rapper. Kimmel’s questions began as light-hearted banter, and West, who’s known for being loquacious, answered Kimmel’s questions in a reflective, calm…