The Riverside County Registrar of Voters office certified the results of the June 5 Consolidated Primary Election on June 25. An amendment to the certified election results was released today to include 108 ballots that were not included in the certified results issued Monday. The amended election results did not change the outcome of any…
By Manny Otiko | California Black Media The Supreme Court struck a major blow to the power of public sector unions yesterday. In a 5-4 decision, the justices ruled that public sector unions could not collect dues from non-union members. Before the decision, workers who did not decide to join a union were still charged…
Money will help fund 183 high-quality housing units and neighborhood upgrades at Arrowhead Grove SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – In a milestone decision on June 28, 2018, the state’s Strategic Growth Council (SGC) awarded San Bernardino $20 million through the California Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program – a first for the Inland Empire….
Nationwide — African American parents who want to teach their children about their heritage can now easily do so thanks to a new Black History card game now available at BlackHistoryCardGame.com. The game, designed for children in grades K-8, is a simple, but very effective “Guess Who?” card game that features 28 Black history legends….
Dynamic event to be hosted by actress Essence Atkins and feature all-female honorees for second year OAK BROOK, IL — (June 8, 2018) — In celebration of the 15th annual McDonald’s® 365Black® Awards, the company will honor celebrities and everyday heroes who make positive contributions to the community. To date, this year’s roster of remarkable…
Other artists to perform include Charlie Wilson, Xscap3, Common, The Roots, The O’Jays, After 7, Bootsy Collins, DJ Jazzy Jeff and MC Lyte. Cincinnati, OH — Premier ticket and hotel reseller, QLZ Productions, is providing ticket and hotel packages for the 2018 Cincinnati Music Festival. The iconic event will happen Thursday, July 26 to Saturday,…
Rev. Dr. Bentley de Bardelaben Executive Associate for Justice and Local Church Ministries The story of the involuntary separation of vulnerable children from their parents seeking refuge in the U.S. has dominated the global news cycle for nearly a month. This is an outgrowth of the current administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy, which compels criminal prosecution…
By: Lou Yeboah Thus saith the Lord; what right have you to declare My statutes, or take My covenant in your mouth, seeing you hate instruction and cast My word behind you? You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit. You sit and speak against your brother, you slander your own mother’s…
By Emeline Posner On a small plot of land on the outskirts of Chicago, a farm collectively owned by gender-non-conforming immigrants will cultivate produce and a younger generation of food justice activists. That’s the vision that Viviana Moreno, Nadia Sol Ireri Unzueta Carrasco and Jazmín Martinez, organizers and farmers based in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood,…
The Law Office of Sharon J. Brunner and The Law Office of James S. Terrell The Law Office of Sharon J. Brunner and The Law Office of James S. Terrell urge the public to come together to voice your concerns to the San Bernardino County Grand Jury. The San Bernardino County Grand Jury oversees all…
“A woman who has been here since 1929 … will not experience that in 2018 without the community fighting,” said Evelyn Redic’s granddaughter. By Sheryl Estrada At age 89, Evelyn Redic can recall life under Jim Crow-era laws, where Blacks were refused service in many public places. So when Redic was forced to urinate outdoors…
DATE: June 29, 2018 \ 4:45 a.m. INCIDENT: Commercial Burglary LOCATION: 10100 block of Foothill Boulevard SUSPECT: Malyk Grant, 21-year-old from Riverside Bryson McCoy, 21-year-old from Corona Devante Sargent, 22-year-old from Corona SUMMARY: On June 29, 2018, at 4:45 a.m., deputies from the Rancho Cucamonga Station responded to a commercial burglar where they determined two…
By Manny Otiko| California Black Media These are challenging times for journalists. The Internet and declining advertising revenue have taken a large chunk out of the industry, and we live in a climate where the president of the United States has declared the media “the enemy of the people.” Last week’s attack on the Capital…
Song Is Co-Written By Dove Award-Winning Pop Artist Plumb NEW YORK, June 28, 2018 – Big Film Factory has released the lyric video for Grammy award-winning gospel artist Cece Winans’ touching version of the song, “Beautifully Broken,” written by pop artist Plumb and Jenny Slate Lee. The lyric video follows the recent debut of the…
By Alex Butler July 1 (UPI) — Four-time NBA MVP will join the Los Angeles Lakers after agreeing to a four-year, $154 million contract on Sunday. James’ representation at Klutch Sports Group announced the move. “LeBron James, four time NBA MVP, three time NBA Finals MVP, fourteen time All-Star, and two time Olympic gold medalist…
The roots of Trump’s child-detention policy are in American history. By Patricia J. Williams As recently as last year, Republican Congressman Steve King was considered an outlier when he opined that “we can’t restore our civilization with someone else’s babies.” Now the Trump administration has endorsed this politics of blood and soil, full bore. “They’re…
Andrew Ujifusa Education Week, ESSA, Every Student Succeeds Act Many districts are about to get a big boost in funding for the most flexible piece of the Every Student Succeeds Act: the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants, better known as Title IV of the law. The program just got a big, $700 million boost…
By Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu There is a 3 year gap between Black and White students. Many people love to believe it’s due to income, fatherlessness, educational attainment of the parent and lack of parental involvement. I believe a major reason for the gap is we continue to close schools for the summer as if we…
By NNPA/ESSA WASHINGTON — As recently as a year ago, the public school system in the nation’s capital was being hailed as a shining example of successful urban education reform and a template for districts across the country. Now the situation in the District of Columbia could not be more different. After a series of…
By Manny Otiko | California Black Media After more than an hour of heated comments and testimony last week, the Senate Public Safety Committee voted to allow Assembly Bill 931 to proceed. AB 931 restricts police officers from using deadly force only when a life is at stake. Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), one…
San Bernardino, CA— Today, Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-San Bernardino) announced that the San Bernardino County Preschool Services Department will receive over $48 million from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Head Start and Early Head Start Programs. The award of $48,821,894 will help fund early education programs for children from disadvantaged families…
By Khalil Abdullah RALEIGH, N.C. – Like a massive Atlantic wave quietly swelling, then forcefully breaking on the shores of the Outer Banks, controversies about the 2020 Census are disrupting North Carolina’s status quo well before the final count results two years from now. “I feel an undercount coming,” said Octavia Rainey, “a national undercount,…
