By Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “At times history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point that is man’s unending search for freedom. So it was at Lexington and Concord. So it was a century ago at Appomattox. So it was last ...

by Dianne Anderson Not everyone gets that special invite to be in the room for the ringing of the Wall Street bell –  most are there because they earned it. That high standard also applies to a group of 100 Black Men of Long Beach youth, who experienced the same thrill as big moneymakers on ...

By Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌ ‌California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media‌ The National Park Service (NPS) is set to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Port Chicago explosion, a tragic event that claimed the lives of 202 Black sailors. The incident occurred on July 17, 1944, in Contra Costa County, when 4,606 tons of ammunition being loaded unto two ...

On Saturday, Rep. Pete Aguilar hosted a celebration event for the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) being signed into law and lowering the cost of health care for millions of Americans. This year, nearly two million Californians enrolled through the ACA open marketplace, including close to 20,000 in the region that Rep. Aguilar ...

45th Anniversary of the Tragedy of Jonestown  By Steven N. Larkin On November 18, 1978, an inexplicable act of evil occurred in the remote Jungles of Guyana, South America, resulting in the deaths of 913 people; including 276 children, 40 of them infants. It is never too late in life or in the day to correct ...

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent Four innocent young girls getting ready for Sunday services died when the Ku Klux Klan detonated a devastating bomb inside Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church sixty years ago. Today, as the nation commemorates the somber 60th anniversary of that fateful September 15, 1963, day, two remarkable ...

By Dianne Anderson Compassion, not to be confused with pity, always goes that extra mile and usually includes an action clause, something that Time for Change Foundation has become known for in helping domestic violence survivors, formerly incarcerated women and low-income mothers who have gone down the harder roads of life. On Friday, April 14, ...

By Dianne Anderson These days, politics dominate just about every major front of the social landscape, but Pastor Ivan Pitts expects that his long-time friend, Senator Rev. Raphael Warnock will preach on much more pressing matters at his highly anticipated visit. As part of the year-long milestone 100th anniversary of Second Baptist Church in Santa ...

By Dianne Anderson In this world, bad things happen. The why of it all is the question of the ages. Pastor Ivan Pitts, reminiscing about an old friend’s birthday, recalls the basis of Habakkuk’s entire argument about how the rain falls on the just and the unjust, why some get blessed, and others don’t. His ...

By Timothy Lewis The month of July celebrates the Precinct Reporter’s 56th year of providing quality journalism and information to the Inland Empire. The Precinct Reporter is also taking the opportunity to celebrate Founder, Activist, and Philanthropist, Art Townsend who would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year as well. Founded in 1965, the Precinct ...