Barry Anderson, BDO Contributing Writer Joe Jackson, the music manager and father of 11, died early Wednesday morning, TMZ reports. He was 89. Joe’s death eerily comes nearly nine years to the date that Michael Jackson died (June 25, 2009). A few days ago, we reported on the Jackson family patriarch had been battling terminal…
Brendan Murphy AMA Wire Atlanta psychiatrist Patrice A. Harris will take the helm of American Medical Association after being elected president Tuesday at the Annual Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates in Chicago. Harris, who is the chief health officer for Fulton County, becomes the first African-American woman to hold the office. Following a…
Navigating Body, Baby, Breastfeeding & Support Naima Beckles, Childbirth Educator, Birth & Postpartum Doula New York, NY — Four years ago, Naima Beckles and Michele Arrieta, joined forces and started, For Your Birth, a doula agency based in Harlem. With increase postpartum complications, guilt, concerns and letters from mothers, For Your Birth, recently created, The…
By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 26, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Using automated breast density measurements, Norwegian researchers were able to more precisely confirm that women with dense breasts have a higher risk of breast cancer. The study included more than 100,000 women and more than 300,000 screening exams. “We found that screening examinations…
By Philiana Ng One month after Grey’s Anatomy said goodbye to Sarah Drew, star Jesse Williams is looking back on her emotional final day. In the Grey’s season 14 finale that aired on May 17, Drew’s April revealed she was leaving Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital as an attending trauma surgeon for a new career helping…
By CLAUDIA LAUER, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia judge denied rapper Meek Mill’s petition for a new trial in his decade-old drug and gun convictions Monday despite support for the request by the district attorney’s office. Mill’s attorneys had asked for a new trial based on credibility issues with former Philadelphia police officer…
Written by Connie Larkman The national leadership of the United Church of Christ is condemning the U.S. Supreme Court decision that upholds President Trump’s September travel ban, which restricts citizens from predominantly Muslim countries from traveling to this country. The deeply divided court, ruling 5-4 on Trump v Hawai’i, reversed a series of lower court…
Tracey Howe Wispelwey Minister for Congregational and Community Engagement Thousands of migrant families have been separated and children put into cages and funneled into detention centers, tents in the sweltering desert or foster care thousands of miles away from parents. We now know the death toll in Puerto Rico is estimated at nearly 5,000 people….
By: Lou Yeboah You harlot…. you are just as treacherous as Israel sister Judah who went and played the whore. [Jeremiah 3:8-10]. I tell you, you are an embarrassment to God and the church. You have trangressed against the Lord your God and have scattered your charms to alien deties under every green tree… says…
Beth Warren | Louisville Courier Journal Narcotics Detective Kyle Willett made the 10-minute drive to a McDonald’s drive-thru for sweet tea and cheeseburgers before returning to work — and doing something no one expected. Alone in his white Chevrolet Tahoe — outside the UPS global shipping hub where he worked with an elite task force…
Trump’s immigration policies go beyond political lines By Alana Winns June 25, 2018 Coming off the heels of political chaos at the border, Americans are still feeling emotionally affected by Trump’s family separation immigration policy. According to the Washington Post, Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked to leave a Virginia restaurant, called the Red Hen,…
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) London Breed has made history, becoming the first African American woman elected mayor in San Francisco after her opponent conceded in what had been a razor-close race. Breed, who had been appointed mayor last December following the death of Mayor Ed Lee, was forced out of the post…
Dan Alexander , Forbes Staff Amid President Trump’s headaches confirming cabinet secretaries, from neophyte Rex Tillerson to conflict-prone Scott Pruitt to unprepared Betsy DeVos, all of whom squeezed through, Wilbur Ross was a tonic. With his blue power suit and decades of deal making, he had the look and the résumé of a commerce secretary….
SAN BERNARDINO, California?—In March 2018, San Bernardino Valley College was awarded 17 silver and bronze “Strong Workforce Stars” by the California Community College Chancellor’s Office to recognize it for increasing graduate earnings by up to 551%, as well as for helping students to attain a regional living wage and find employment in their field of…
By Dr. Elizabeth V. Primas (Program Manager for NNPA ESSA Public Awareness Campaign) The National Family Engagement Summit of 2018 was held in Richmond, Va. Throughout the summit, multiple opportunities were provided for attendees to interact with some of the nation’s leading experts in parent and family engagement. Participants came from near and far. Over…
By Manny Otiko | California Black Media The California Senate has approved an almost $200 billion budget which set asides money for several issues that progressive groups deem important such as education, homelessness and transportation. The budget also approves $300 million for schools to boost the academic performance of underachieving students. Thiswas an issue that…
A proven success, the program will broaden its reach to serve even more Inland Empire high schoolers and their teachers beginning in fall 2018 By Tess Eyrich On June 14, 2018 RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — A $150,000 grant will enable the University of California, Riverside’s Graduate School of Education to strengthen and grow one of…
By The Washington Post/NNPA/ESSA Since 2002, the AP World History course has covered thousands of years of human activity around the planet, starting 10,000 years back. But now the College Board, which owns the Advanced Placement program, wants to cut out most of that history and start the course at the year 1450 — and…
The father of two had no time for Ryan’s Father’s Day wishes while parents are torn from their children at the border. Kaitlyn D’Onofrio Singer John Legend had a simple but powerful message for House Speaker Paul Ryan after his attempt to send a happy Father’s Day message despite Republicans tearing fathers and mothers away…
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awards all-new 2018 Ford Expedition a five- star rating in its New Car Assessment Program – the highest possible score – making this full-size SUV a leader in safety • Expedition is the only vehicle in its segment to earn an Overall Vehicle Score of five stars • Passenger…
Research shows Black children ages 5-12 have a suicide rate that is roughly two times higher than white children. Written By Clarissa Hamlin As more and more activists shout that Black lives matter nationwide, the more awareness is raised about the painful struggles of people of color including suicide. An alarming pattern has grown into…
By Lauren Poteat (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In the battle to save the lives of our mothers, daughters and sisters, “WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease,” is one of the greatest allies that families have against the deadly disease, the leading cause of death among women in the United States. WomenHeart, “the nation’s…
Dear California Journalist, In this era of newsroom layoffs, journalists can’t have too many skills. Data-savvy journalists are among the most sought after in newsrooms today. If you’ve been wanting to improve your data skills, we have an exciting opportunity for you — the all-expenses-paid Center for Health Journalism’s 2018 California Data Fellowship, which comes…
By Dwight Brown (NNPA News Wire Film Critic) Lions and tigers and bears, oh my. Tyrannosaurus, velociraptors and brachiosaurus—run for your lives. The cloned dinosaurs from the theme park Jurassic World are in trouble on the volcanic isle of Isla Nublar, which is erupting, spewing hot lava and emitting a deadly ash cloud. If they…
Written by Connie Larkman Everyone has a right to live. That statement, the focus of this week’s Poor People’s Campaign rally in Washington, D.C., on June 11, prompted powerful speeches, drew signs with a number of different calls to action around jobs, income, the right to organize and housing, resulted in more 100 arrests in…
