Rialto, CA – Erickson-Hall Construction Co., in partnership with Rialto Unified School District, is proud to celebrate the completion of two brand-new, two-story classroom buildings at Eisenhower High School. The state-of-the-art facilities will create transformative learning experiences and promote academic success for students. “We are so excited to unveil this new facility that will significantly…
By Megan Sayles AFRO Staff Writer Following eight months of failed negotiations, UnitedHealthcare (UHC) will no longer offer services through Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) as in-network care. The move impacts thousands of patients in the Maryland area who will now have to pay out-of-pocket if they wish to continue seeing JHM providers. The ongoing dispute…
By Tashi McQueen Staccato Powell, a former bishop of the African Methodist Episocopal (AME) Zion Church, has pleaded guilty to wire and mail fraud and conspiracy to commit fraudulent activity. The crimes were connected to an extensive scheme to gain control of properties belonging to the church in California. Powell was responsible for forged documents,…
Cheryl Lindsay In recent weeks, I have noted the increasing tendency of political pundits and media personalities to refer to certain actions from the federal government as “distractions.” They point to one issue that seems to be their only concern while discounting the impact of other actions as trivial attempts at attention-getting that don’t warrant…
Nationwide — Daniel Cressy, a 22-year-old African American man from New Orleans, Louisiana, is hoping to make history as the first person in the state to be cured of sickle cell disease using a groundbreaking new gene therapy. Daniel, who dreams of one day becoming a pilot, has been told he can only obtain a…
By Derrick Lane | Published February 3, 2025 “Oh, you just have anxiety or panic attacks,” is what one doctor told his patient. Little did he know she was suffering from something much more complex and detrimental to her body than what he diagnosed. While we don’t know the nature of the doctor’s diagnosis or…
By Edward Henderson | California Black Caucus Doctors have earned a reputation of being the worst patients. Dr. Jeffery Wayne, a Sacramento internal medicine specialist, played into this stereotype in 2016 after refusing to go to the hospital despite experiencing chest pains. Once the symptoms reached a point where he could barely walk due to…
By Ashlee Banks Special to the AFRO Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are ramping up pressure on the Trump administration to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein, even as President Donald Trump has conjured distractions and lashes out at supporters in his own base for demanding the same. Trump took to Truth Social…
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),…
