By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent Renowned singer, actor, producer, and legendary civil rights trailblazer, Harry Belafonte has died at the age of 96. His publicist confirmed that the beloved icon died of congestive heart failure at his home in New York. In addition to his children Adrienne Belafonte Biesemeyer, Shari Belafonte, ...

State of Black America By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent The National Urban League’s 2023 State of Black America report concluded that an uptick in police brutality, specifically against Black Americans, is no coincidence. Across the nation, white supremacist groups and domestic terror cells have infiltrated law enforcement and the military ranks, ...

By Dianne Anderson For some nonprofits in Orange County, funding has been pouring down through the Equity in OC Initiative to help spur capacity building for BIPOC organizations with grant opportunities, including a Power Building Fund, Organizational Participation Grants, and Social Determinants of Health Implementation Grants. Last year, NAN OC, Rev. Sharpton’s organization, received the ...

The Nashville Metropolitan Council, which unanimously voted to re-seat Jones, continues to face an assault from state Republicans. By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Natl Correspondent The reinstatement of Tennessee Democratic State Rep. Justin Jones and the pending re-seating of his colleague Justin Pearson proved a victory for democracy after Republicans callously used their ...

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 Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Economists advising The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans have developed economic formulas that project the reparations owed to Black Californians who are descendants of people enslaved in the United States are likely to exceed $800 billion. Three of five harms were ...

By Dianne Anderson Critical race theory in school curriculum stirs up resistance everywhere, and that’s where Trina Greene Brown comes in with Parenting for Liberation, teaching Black parents how to teach their children what traditional schools won’t touch. Her nonprofit offers support and tools to recover from the historic trauma of exclusion. Parents come together ...

By McKenzie Jackson California Black Media Black women in the Golden State trail behind their counterparts from other ethnic groups in median wealth and a lower percentage of them have obtained higher education degrees. Black mothers and their babies have mortality rates that surpass women from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. California Black Women’s Collective ...

By Dianne Anderson No city, it seems, is immune to the raging housing crisis with sky-high rents, and renters too scared to fight their landlords over bad housing conditions for fear of homelessness. Rose Mayes, Executive Director of the Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc. wants the community to know that help is available ...

By Dr. Maulana Karenga Part 2. Nana Harriet Tubman possessed not only a hearing heart developed and defined by rightful attentiveness, empathetic understanding and appropriate action as requested and required. She also, possessed an amazing mind, a deep thinking, strategic planning mind. She is brilliant and audacious in her mastering the lay of the land ...