Report Gives Insights By Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌ ‌California‌ ‌Black‌‌ Media What teachers think and experience in the public education system is explored in a new report by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS). The report, named “Listen to Your Teacher: An Analysis of Teacher Sentiment on the State of Public Education,” was authored by NAPCS’s Vice ...

As a young boy growing up in the high desert town of Palmdale in the early 1960s, Willie Daniels knew he wanted to fly airplanes. “I got the bug to fly back when I was About 5 or 6 years old. At the airshows, I would see these guys flying and jumping out and parachuting ...

Don’t Lose Yours By McKenzie Jackson California Black Media Five percent of the 225,231 Californians who lost their Medi-Cal coverage in June were African American. According to numbers from the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), around 14,000 Black Californians lost health insurance with the state’s safety net health care exchange because they didn’t ...

Free Vaccines, Free Testing Are Things Of The Past By Daniella Masterson It’s an invisible part of a summer surge. Just when you thought you could take your mask off and exhale because the pandemic is over, COVID-19 cases are rising with a new strain. And medical professionals are concerned that COVID fatigue may hinder ...

By Dianne Anderson ARPA, the American Rescue Plan Act, the funding that brought down hundreds of billions of dollars for nationwide projects and programs, is a gift that keeps on giving. Now, it is up to community based organizations to learn how to participate and locate various streams of funding, while there is still a ...

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent Six ex-law enforcement officers from Mississippi have admitted guilt for their participation in the torture and abuse of two Black men earlier this year. Five former deputies from the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office and one former officer from the Richland Police Department have admitted to federal ...

By Ben Jealous   More than one million Americans told the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week that they aren’t willing to wait any longer.   Their comments insisting that EPA move forward quickly to cut carbon pollution from new and existing coal and natural gas-burning power plants were delivered in person in Washington by ...

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent A resounding call for justice echoed through the halls of the news conference held in New York as attorneys representing the Atlanta-based Fearless Fund declared their unwavering commitment to fight against a lawsuit they deem both misguided and frivolous. The venture capital firm, dedicated to dismantling ...

Reminds Nation Resources Are Still Available Even as Nation Enters Next Phase of the Pandemic  The Conference of National Black Churches (CNBC) is calling on Americans to continue to take precautions against COVID-19 as a “Summer Surge” in cases continues to grapple the nation. Despite an end to the national public health emergency declaration earlier ...

Existing and aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners in San Bernardino are about to have a new resource available to help them launch and grow businesses, thanks to an innovative initiative developed by the City and California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB). The newly created Entrepreneurial Resource Center (ERC), led by CSUSB’s Inland Empire Center for ...