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By: Lou  Yeboah Is that right? Are you sure that’s what you want to do? Because flirting with sin is flirting with death. That’s right! You flirt with sin, you flirt with death. [Romans 6:23]. The rule is simple: If you play with fire, you will get burned. If you think you can sin to…

Sandy Sorensen Director, UCC Washington Office When I began serving in the United Church of Christ Washington office, gun violence prevention was one of my areas of policy focus. It was the early 1990s and, together with other faith-based and secular partners, we worked to pass the 1994 Assault Weapons ban. It expired ten years…

JULY 27, 1950 – FEBRUARY 28, 2018 Wayne Bryant Edmonds, age 67, of Riverside, California passed away on Wednesday February 28, 2018. Wayne was born July 27, 1950. Wayne is survived by; sisters Shirley Edmonds, Lorean Williamson(Carl), brothers Booker T. Edmonds, Jr., and John S. Edmonds(Gina). Visitation for Wayne will be held Sunday, March 11,…

The movie was extremely personal for her. Written by Moriba Cummings Black Panther’s fans range beyond Marvel comic fanatics and, frankly, people within the African diaspora. In fact, the film has immensely impacted one of Hollywood’s most cherished actresses, Sandra Bullock, who recently spoke out about the visceral reaction she had while speaking to the…

Bryant addressed Laura Ingraham’s comments against LeBron James. By Sheryl Estrada / March 5, 2018 Former NBA Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant, along with animator Glen Keane, won the Oscar on Sunday night for best animated short film for “Dear Basketball.” The film is based on a poem Bryant wrote in 2015 announcing his impending retirement…

By Marilyn M. Singleton, M.D., J.D Some pundits blamed algorithmic trading for the stock market’s recent wild ride. “Algo-trading” relies on computers programmed to follow defined instructions for placing trades. For example, the computer buys 50 shares of stock when its 50-day moving average goes above the 200-day moving average. Period. Algo-trading was popularized as…

With effective hepatitis C treatment, why is this still such a prickly subject? It’s hard to believe that in 2018, with an effective treatment for hepatitis C on the books since late 2013, African Americans—who make up just 12 percent of the population—still account for 25 percent of people living with the virus. Yet this…

By Berenice Rushovich, Kelly Murphy, Jessica Dym Bartlett The number of American children in foster care has increased for the fourth consecutive year, from approximately 397,000 in 2012 to 438,000 in 2016. While almost all children in foster care have a history of exposure to trauma (e.g., neglect, physical abuse, domestic violence, parental substance abuse),…

During his State of the Union address, President Trump pledged to drive down drug prices. Sally C. Pipes That’s a worthy goal. Fortunately, the Trump administration is already pursuing it in ways that protect patients and encourage research and development. Many strategies that candidate Trump proposed on the campaign trail would have done more harm…

Jerome E. Horton Member, 3rd District State Board of Equalization The Board of Equalization was poised to raise gasoline taxes through a process directed by the legislature in 2010, referred to as a “gas tax swap.” Board of Equalization Member Jerome Horton said, “Enough is enough – Californians cannot bear another gas tax increase.” California…

William Otis will fit right in with Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III. By Kaitlyn D’Onofrio / March 5, 2018 A former federal prosecutor who once said Blacks and Hispanics are more violent than whites has been tapped to join President Donald Trump’s sentencing commission. William Otis, a Georgetown professor, writes on a blog called…

By Anne Branigin In an exclusive report, the HuffPost has revealed evidence suggesting a 25-year-old Florida middle school teacher, Dayanna Volitich, has been secretly hosting a white nationalist podcast. In the “Unapologetic” podcast, which Volitich hosts under the alias, “Tiana Dalichov,” Volitich brags about bringing her racist beliefs into her Crystal River Middle School classroom….

  Local community members were honored for their service and student scholarship recipients were announced by the Cal State San Bernardino Black Faculty, Staff and Student Association at the sixth annual Pioneer Breakfast on Feb. 23. The event, which was held in the university’s Santos Manuel Student Events Center, coincides with the celebration of Black…

President proposes cuts and giving the needy boxes of food on their doorsteps By Jasmine Hardy, Howard University News ServiceOn February 28, 2018 WASHINGTON — Angela Ford, Andre Hunter, La’Keshia Taylor-Tehrani, and Dwayne Gill. These four people are complete strangers, but they all have one thing in common: they depend on food stamps to feed…

By James Rufus Koren Sacramento has joined Oakland, Philadelphia and other cities in suing Wells Fargo & Co. over allegations that the bank engaged in discriminatory mortgage lending practices, leading to a wave of foreclosures in minority neighborhoods. The city filed a suit in federal court, saying the San Francisco bank violated the federal Fair…

Florida Republicans have allowed the relentless pro-gun operator to become a de facto member of government. BY MIKE SPIES Jared Moskowitz, a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives, was debating tax policy on the chamber oor, in Tallahassee, last week, when he received a call from his wife, Leah. He was surprised to…

By: Lou Yeboah We ain’t even three months into the New Year, and you doing the same thing that God delivered you from last year. Why? After all the pleading you did¯ “Lord, please, if you get me out of this mess, I promise I want do it again!” “Lord, please, please forgive me Lord,…

By Pastor Gregory Tatum Pastor Tatum is a Baptist Minister who has been preaching the Gospel for over thirty years.  In his early years, Pastor Tatum hosted and produced his own local Christian cable television program called Christian Experience Ministries.  This television outreach ministry stayed on the air in Southern California for more than twenty…

Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — “Our Black politicians did it to us again,” Rev. William Owens, the president of the Coalition of African American Pastors (CAAP), said passionately during a press conference February 13, 2018 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. He was referencing what he and 20 other national black leaders felt was the…

WASHINGTON – In a 5-to-3 decision in Jennings v. Rodriguez, the Supreme Court overturned a ruling requiring that immigrants subjected to prolonged detention must be given a custody hearing. Two lower federal courts had interpreted federal immigration detention statutes to require hearings after six months of detention. Today’s ruling sent the case back to the…

UC Riverside-led research offers valuable insights into halting metastasis By Iqbal Pittalwala On FEBRUARY 23, 2018 RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A research team at the University of California, Riverside has discovered a way for chemotherapy drug paclitaxel to target migrating, or circulating, cancer cells, which are responsible for the development of tumor metastases. Until now, paclitaxel…

By Curtis Bunn, Urban News Service Orlando—T-Ann Johnson saved a client’s life. That’s when she knew the job was more than just a job. It was a calling. Saving lives was not in the job description. But, as Director of Empower and Serve by Nexus, it came naturally as one would drink water when thirsty,…

By Tanya Wallace-Gobern, Executive Director of the National Black Worker Center Project (NBWCP). Racism and white supremacy are powerful, shapeshifting forces. They have persisted in our culture, politics and economy across time and space. Even as our nation makes progress, the power of white supremacy changes shape, creating new ways to limit it. It has…