Category : Lifestyle

Civil Rights Groups Want Baltimore Bridge Renamed Due To Slavery Ties

Photo: Getty Images Civil rights groups are urging political leaders to rename Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge following its collapse last month. According to NBC News, the caucus of African American Leaders, whose members include variou...

Another Voice: Black maternal health needs support and we can all help

As President & CEO of United Way of Buffalo & Erie County, taking time to focus on important community issues is something I consider critical. Periods where we focus on Black history and women’s history help us help us to use our curiosit...

‘Checking the Box’ helped uncover 4,500 more Black-owned Delaware businesses

In September 2022, after advocacy efforts by the Delaware Black Chamber of Commerce (DEBCC), the State of Delaware began offering businesses the option of reporting demographic information. Soon after, Technical.ly published a five-part series calle...

Helping Black Boys Heal From Violence, Trauma

By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer Family, friends, coaches and teammates wore black and orange in tribute to a little boy gone too soon. One by one, they made their way to the front of Liberty Towers Church to say goodbye. Among them...

Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump assails Miami police for shooting Black man with mental health issues

The police-involved shooting last month of a Black Miami man — whose mother said she called 911 because her son was having a mental health crisis — represents yet another disturbing example of how police officers fail to handle such emergency calls f...

Racism in the health care system is killing Black pregnant Texans

A note: This story discusses mental health and suicide. For resources and support, call 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, text HOME to 741741 to connect to the Crisis Text Line, or call 1-833-943-5746 for the National Maternal Mental Heal...

Advocates Are Highlighting Black Homeownership for National Housing Month

McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media (CBM) – The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) won a $10,000 fair housing settlement last November against a property management company, CIM Group LP, a global real estate company headquarter...

‘Plastic Jesus’ Campaign Helps Faith Communities Ditch Plastic

By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware | Word In Black (WIB) – When many congregations gather for worship on Sunday, April 21, they will sing hymns, read scriptures, and recite much of their liturgy molded around the care and feeding of the earth — al...

Cannabis dispensaries fight to stay afloat under layered taxation system

By Ken Magri | Solving Sacramento Despite the legal cannabis market initially seen as a golden enterprise for generating local tax revenues, Sacramento dispensary owners say they are increasingly unable to turn a profit. There is concern among t...

Breakthrough Sacramento celebrates 30 years of education

By Jenelle Lum | Solving Sacramento Derion is a 10th grade student and intern for Breakthrough Sacramento. (Photo courtesy of Faith Galati) Maricela, a 7th grade student at the Language Academy of Sacramento, said she feels more prepared for sc...

NBA Play-In Game Preview: West games on Tuesday. East games on Wednesday. Eliminations on Friday

By Tim Reynolds | The Associated Press Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown gives a thumbs-up during the second half of the team’s NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billin...

Staff Editorial: Our Fall 2024 course recommendations

This week, WashU students are picking their courses for the Fall 2024 semester. While they may be last-minute, we hope that our Student Life editorial staff recommendations can help you make final scheduling decisions. Maybe it will even save you fr...

Black Maternal Health Week event focuses on building mental resilience

TAMPA, Fla. — Black Maternal Health Week is in full swing here in the Tampa Bay area. It’s part of a national movement to highlight the health disparities that Black women and their babies face. And as part of our continued commitment to shine...

Documents show how tensions escalated during Section 14 reparations discussions between attorneys ⋆ The Palm Springs Post

An aerial view of the city of Palm Springs in the 1960s. Homes are shown in Section 14 in the center right. Correspondence released by the city Monday—available for viewing here—shows how the debate over reparations for the city’s role in the destru...

Black Maternal Health Week raises awareness to ongoing health crisis

“The chronic stress that Black people have every single day just based upon their race, their gender and their socio-economic background — it literally affects every facet of their life,” said Ashia George, a registered nurse at DM...