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Sahaba Initiative Brings Free Food, Extends Services
By Dianne Anderson Sahaba Initiative has some great offerings for the community – despite the elephant in the room – that Millennials live at home with ... -
FILM REVIEW: Amazing Grace
The documentary of Aretha’s live recording of the best-selling gospel album of all time By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic Back in the day, ... -
Is the FBI Underreporting the Surge in Hate Crimes?
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire The FBI has released it’s 2017 hate crimes statistics which revealed a 17 percent increase in incidents since 2016. In ... -
Domestic Violence: Finding Healing in Chaos
By Dianne Anderson Men got a chance to look long and hard in the mirror at the family structure, the impact of anger on their partners, ... -
Iota Phi Theta Supports Homeless
By Dianne Anderson Anthony Daniels is one of the small minority of Black male public school teachers in the country, and he has a good reason ... -
Big Brothers Big Sisters Brings Mentoring to Rialto
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Inland Empire recently launched its peer-to-peer youth mentoring program in the city of Rialto. A $110K grant from Marathon Petroleum ... -
Criminal Justice Reform Long Overdue
By Dr. Benjamin Chavis As a member of the infamous Wilmington Ten case in North Carolina from 1972 to 2012, I witnessed firsthand why the criminal ... -
Thanksgiving Heroes Bring the Holiday Feast
By Dianne Anderson Everyone is talking turkey this week, especially how easy it is to drop $150 on the big feast. This week, Community Action Partnership ... -
Former Cop Wants to Build Trust Between Communities and Police
by Tess Eyrich Fulbright Scholar Roberto Rivera looks to Jamaica as a model of restorative justice Roberto “Bobby” Rivera spent 20 years as a police officer ... -
RISE Program to Assist Residents with Post-Conviction Relief
Mayor Robert Garcia and City Prosecutor Doug Haubert announced a first-of-its-kind program in Long Beach, Restoration Initiative for Safety and Employment (RISE), which will provide free ...
