By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent Vice President Kamala Harris was as integral to the negotiations as anyone else in helping to reach a bipartisan deal so America could avoid defaulting on its debt obligations. Also, in two-plus years in office, the nation’s first Black and first woman vice president already has ...

By Peter Schurmann With hate crimes on the rise, speakers at the California Commission on the State of Hate forum stressed the need to bolster civil rights law and community engagement. Hate crimes and hate-related incidents are on the rise nationwide and they are growing more violent, though prosecutions remain stubbornly low. That was one ...

By Dianne Anderson It’s not every day that San Bernardino sees something big, bright, shiny and new worth tens of millions of dollars of dedicated resources built up in the heart of the community. But around the corner and in the works, San Bernardino Unified School District’s $45 million Welcoming Resource Center is set to ...

By Dianne Anderson Your kids on summer vacation – can waste brain matter on video games and out in the streets, or they could be at camp, develop their futures, and learn to positively interact with others, all while having the best times of their young lives. Now running for over 20 years, the IAM ...

By Charlene Crowell For much of Black America, having adequate cash to cover monthly bills or small business overhead has historically been an ongoing challenge. But over the coming days, the nation’s coffers could also lack adequate cash and credit to cover its bills. The debt limit is the total amount of money that the United ...

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent Jim Brown, the superstar Cleveland Browns running back who quit football at the very height of his hall-of-fame career, has died at 87. Perhaps the greatest running back ever, Brown quit football to pursue an acting career at 30. From 1957 to 1965, the perennial all-pro ...

By Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey ‌California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media‌ A coalition of movement-based organizations from various parts of California converged on the grounds of the State Capitol in Sacramento to send a message: Black Californians need financial resources to overcome setbacks caused by centuries of system and institutional racism. The coalition, which included members of the California ...

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent A new study shows that after some progress, the number of deaths and years of possible life lost among America’s Black population stopped going down and then started going up again. The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) said their results show that new ways of doing ...

By Dianne Anderson Celebrating Black Excellence is what’s on the roster this weekend at the LA County Fair, bringing some of the best entertainment around and startups can pitch their best Shark Tank-like ideas to nab $5,000 – not to mention food galore. The massive two-day event is part of the annual CEEM partnership with ...

By Edward Henderson California Black Media   On May 4, a press conference was held to launch California vs Hate, a new website and telephone hotline created to address the sharp rise in hate crimes and hate incidents occurring in the state. The event was attended by the California Civil Rights Department (CRD), Gov. Gavin Newsom, ...