Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media At the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, Gov. Gavin Newsom and top California Democratic leaders unveiled a plan to authorize a special election for new congressional district maps in response to President Donald Trump’s push for partisan gerrymandering in Texas and other states to benefit…
Aug 5th 2025 the renaming of a school, in 1945, 80 years ago the inhumane horrific murder of a whole family in Fontana happened on the property that a fair skinned African American family lived and owned. Randall Pepper Elementary School was built and hope that no one would ever know what happened. It wasn’t…
By BlackPress of America Head Start programs prepare America’s most vulnerable young children to succeed in school and in life beyond school. To achieve this, Head Start programs deliver services to children and families in core areas of early learning, health, and family well-being while engaging parents as partners every step of the way. The…
By Dr. Dinelli Monson, Chief Medical Officer, UnitedHealthcare of California As kids are back at school and eager to get to know their new teachers, many families may still be trying to squeeze in some of the last details to be sure their kids are ready to succeed in their new school year. A few…
Derek Duncan Many in the United States are learning a new vocabulary—one familiar to communities that have lived under state authoritarianism. Words shaped by the experience of having to confront governments that abuse basic civil and human rights. Where leaders wield state power against their own people, the language of rights—and their violations—becomes part of…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Facial recognition technology is now in use for security screening at some of the nation’s busiest airports, with TSA’s PreCheck Touchless ID available at 15 locations including Chicago O’Hare, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Las Vegas, Atlanta, New York’s JFK and LaGuardia, Los Angeles, Newark, Portland, Salt…
By Stacy M. Brown In its nonstop assault on the most vulnerable Americans, the Trump administration is preparing to impose sweeping cuts to Supplemental Security Income (SSI), a program that provides a lifeline for the nation’s poorest seniors, children, and severely disabled adults. The proposed rule would strip eligibility from hundreds of thousands and slash…
By: BVN Dr. Medell Briggs-Malonson, chief of Health Equity and Inclusive Excellence at UCLA Health System, will give the keynote address at the annual J.W. Vines Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Colloquium on Tuesday, August 19, 2025. Widely recognized as a leader in health equity and a Riverside native, Dr. Briggs-Malonson’s presence at the event is…
The occupation of Washington, DC by militarized troops at the behest of a racist, fascist Trump regime is the full-on declaration of war on Black people in America. While some “Black faces in high places” are complicit, becoming proxies for the colonizer, it is ultimately the power of the people that will defeat the oppressor….
By BlackPress of America Nationwide — Former Superman actor Dean Cain, best known for playing Clark Kent in the 1990s television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, has announced he will soon join the ranks of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The move aligns him with former President Donald Trump’s hardline…
By Stacy M. Brown Gloria Gaynor, the disco legend whose 1978 anthem “I Will Survive” became a rallying cry for empowerment and resistance, will now stand center stage at Donald Trump’s first Kennedy Center Honors since seizing control of the institution. Gaynor’s acceptance of the award from a president rejected by 92 percent of Black…
The two bean-shaped organs midway in your body make up the kidneys in the renal system. They aid in the process of eliminating waste via urination. In addition, they aid in the filtration of blood before it is returned to the heart. The kidneys handle numerous essential tasks such as: maintaining overall fluid balance regulating…
By Dr. Matthew Drake Dairy milk is making a comeback — and not a moment too soon for America’s bone health. For years, calcium intake has declined, even as bone-weakening lifestyle factors have surged. Americans are spending more time indoors, sitting at desks, getting less vitamin D, and doing fewer weight-bearing activities. All of this…
If you lost food due to this natural disaster, you may qualify for replacement benefits CalFresh customers who lost food purchased with their benefits due to the Rosa fire or related power outages must report their food loss by Tuesday, Sept. 2, to receive replacement benefits. The Rosa fire, which ignited on Aug. 4, 2025,…
By Lauren Burke Republicans in Texas, on orders from President Donald Trump, are now closer to approving a new congressional map that would eliminate five seats’ Democrats have won over several cycles. The hyper-partisan move is designed to assist Democrats in boosting their chances in the midterm elections in 2026, as Democrats in Texas ended…
By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media “California cannot sit back and let that happen. We have a responsibility to step up. We are going to step up,” said Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Ladera Heights). Bryan was speaking at a news conference in Sacramento where Gov. Gavin Newsom, Senate President pro tem Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg),…
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media On Aug. 8, in a Sacramento County courtroom, Tajee Michael was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the shooting death of high school football coach Greg Najee Grimes. The shooting occurred outside a Sacramento nightclub on July 4, 2022. Michael was arrested in February…
By Janna Rodriguez BlackPressUSA interviewed Janna Rodriguez, an advocate, educator, and champion for early childhood education. She’s the founder and owner of Innovative Daycare Corp in Freeport, NY, where she has created a nurturing, bilingual, and inclusive environment serving children of all abilities. Janna leads advocacy efforts through organizations including the CDA Council, NAEYC, Small…
EdTrust warns directive will weaponize transparency to attack diversity and equity in higher education WASHINGTON — Wil Del Pilar, Ph.D., senior vice president of EdTrust, issued the following statement in response to the presidential memorandum Ensuring Transparency in Higher Education Admissions: “For generations, students of color were systematically shut out of America’s colleges and universities,…
By Edward Henderson | California Black Media The California Governor’s Office is pushing back on the findings of a July 2025 study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). The study reports that California’s 2024 minimum wage increase to $20 for fast food workers cost the state 18,000 jobs. Gov. Newsom’s deputy director…
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — As the U.S. House Rules Committee met recently to consider three Republican-backed bills targeting the District of Columbia’s local governance, and ahead of Donald Trump’s takeover of D.C., Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) denounced the measures as “paternalistic” and undemocratic attacks on the will of more than 700,000 D.C. residents. By Stacy…
By Kevin Harris and Richard McDaniel There’s an old saying in the hip-hop community: “Men lie, women lie, numbers don ‘t.” In this political climate of lies, corruption, and misinformation, working families deserve numbers that work in their favor, especially when it comes to the economy and their wallets. But the latest numbers tell a…
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — From purging diversity programs to steamrolling media independence, Trump has unleashed a blitzkrieg of White nationalist policymaking under the guise of federal power. Donald Trump’s first eight months back in the White House have erased any illusion of restraint. He is not…
R Ward Dear Church, We need no more martyrs; we need each other. The root of what we know as martyr comes from the ancient Greek word “mártys” (μάρτυς), which meant “witness” or “testimony.” Alanis Morissette’s lyrics, “Isn’t it ironic,” seem appropriate here, when considering how the word martyr now equates to distress, suffering, and…
