By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Sr Natl Correspondent Sixty-two years to the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, thousands poured into Lower Manhattan last Thursday, linking arms and voices in what was billed as the largest demonstration of its kind since Donald Trump returned to ...

By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Sr Natl Correspondent On the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, Rev. Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant led a national prayer protest targeting Target’s rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Dozens of churches joined in what Bryant called a “spiritual act of uprising,” staging nine-minute and 40-second demonstrations outside ...

By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several bills included in a priority reparations package introduced by the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC), including Assembly Bill 3089 — which formally apologies to Black Californians for the harms caused by slavery, discrimination and other historical injustices. However, some advocates say they do ...

By Dianne Anderson Years of unequal access to healthcare only made matters worse when COVID-19 hit, leading to more health disparities, more job loss leading to unpaid rent, and more evictions and homelessness, amid learning loss and failing students. That compounded effect and bias in communities already facing dire statistics is not a fast fix. ...

By Dianne Anderson Getting the right medical help depends on more than a few factors – one of which is whether the medical system, or the doctor on call, is a racist with a big “R” or little “r.” Race-based disparities are well-studied over decades, showing stark disparities in equitable access to healthcare, and typically ...

Long Beach City College (LBCC) celebrated its first center dedicated to Black student success with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 22. The new Black Student Success Center celebrates the African Diaspora and provides important mental, physical, spiritual, intellectual, and financial support services to advance students’ personal and academic progress. “Opening up LBCC’s first Black Student Success ...

By Dianne Anderson Why Black women continue to die more than white women during childbirth is not so much the medical mystery that some might believe. For the most part, health equity is key in the Black-white gap. “CDC data show that Black women are two to three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related ...

By Dianne Anderson All the agencies and entities that jumped on the woke bandwagon for big federal COVID dollars that flowed down to reduce unequal education and health services are now flipping the script. It’s back to the drawing board for students and staff of color at Perris Union High School District where the community ...

By Stacy M. Brown Vice President Kamala Harris recently announced the Women in the Sustainable Economy (WISE) Initiative, which the White House says supports the 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) theme of “Creating a Resilient and Sustainable Future for All.” Its goal is to strengthen women’s economic empowerment globally. The initiative contains over $900 million ...

By Charlene Crowell   While the 1963 March on Washington brought more than 200,000 Americans to the nation’s capital in a historic call for jobs and economic justice, an event billed as a ‘continuation’ – not a commemoration will take place August 26 at the Lincoln Memorial. Co-sponsored by the National Action Network and the Drum Major Institute, organizers will focus on continuing the age-old fight for democracy, social justice, and civil ...