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Rep. Maxine Waters Takes Strong Stand for Fair Housing
By Charlene Crowell When Dr. Ben Carson was named Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), many housing and civil rights advocates wondered ... -
Kidney Patients Fight SB 1156
By Dianne Anderson If SB 1156 passes, local kidney transplant recipient Philip Silva fears that patients like himself, suffering kidney disease and over a decade on ... -
Children’s Fund Helps Nonprofits Service Community
By Dianne Anderson Help for local grassroots nonprofits to spread the love through community outreach may be harder to access in the Inland Empire than in ... -
Trump’s War against Civil Rights
By Derrick Johnson Recently, the NAACP, alongside members of the Congressional Black Caucus, gathered on the steps of Capitol Hill to demand a halt of the ... -
This is America: Shackled for Praying
By Julianne Malveaux Faith and prayer have been the backbone of the African American community since we came upon these shores. We have counted on our ... -
Chuck D Talks State of Black America, Obama’s Legacy and the Black Press
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire To many hip-hop fans, historians and to his peers, Chuck D is considered one of the most influential lyricists in contemporary ... -
Jackson Family Patriarch Joe Jackson Terminally Ill with Cancer
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire After his own failed musical aspirations, Joseph Jackson helped launch his children to international stardom in the 1960s and 1970s. ... -
Time For Change Awarded $2.1M to Help Reentry, Women and Children
By Dianne Anderson Awards are paying off for one local nonprofit in its quest to move women in crises, caught deep in the system, to a ... -
UCR: Dr. Jennifer Brown to Lead Office of Undergraduate Education
By Dianne Anderson Growing up in Chicago, Jennifer Brown attended technical high school, expecting to earn her college degree as an engineer, when reality hit. In ... -
Black Mamas Are Dying. We Can Stop It
By Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) Black mothers are dying and it’s time to do something about it. Every year, more than 700 American mothers lose their ...
