Category : Community Forum

Black coaches were ‘low-hanging fruit’ in FBI college hoops case that wrecked careers, then fizzled

By Eddie Pells | The Associated Press Book Richardson, director of the New York Gauchos boy’s basketball program, speaks with his players in the locker room at the Gaucho Gym, Monday, March 11, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Peter...

The EU continues to work on reparations for Ukraine: €37B in private and €208B in state assets of the Russian Federation are frozen.

As European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, stated: “We are working on this issue regarding Russian frozen assets, whether private or public. We have €37B of private assets in Europe and €200-208B of public assets.” Separately, he expresse...

Opinion: Special Interests Want to Profit Off the Backs of California’s Small Businesses

Jay King, CEO of California Black Chamber // California black media By Jay King, President, Special to California Black Media Partners The California Black Chamber of Commerce is the largest African American non-profit business orga...

Raven-Symoné Clears Up Controversial Comment About Her Race

Actress and Disney Channel star Raven-Symoné has finally addressed the Oprah Winfrey interview that brought her so much backlash in 2014—when she told the then-host, “I’m an American, I’m not an African American.” 10 years later, Symoné decided to...

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Black Americans Don’t Trust Our Institutions, But We’d Do Well To Remember History

By: Shayla C. Nunnally Black voters have not been turning out at the polls the way they used to. In the 2022 midterm elections, the Black share of the electorate fell to multi-decade lows. Black voters were a key part of President Biden’s winning co...

The Dyer Grant Program

The Dyer Family Foundation has generously supported leaders and non-profits over the years, which has made a great impact in the areas that Tammy and Jack Dyer felt passionate about. The Dyer Family Foundation was founded by Tammy and Jack Dyer in 2...

US government is changing how it asks about race and ethnicity and adding new category

CNN — The Office of Management and Budget on Thursday announced changes to how the federal government asks about people’s race and ethnicity, including in the US census. Under the new...

Fractures in the Grand Alliance between Black and Jewish Americans

Close your eyes and you might be able to conjure the iconic image of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, with a white bushy beard, as he marches alongside Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It’s 1965 and they’re at the front of the delegation...

Ice Cube Offers Caitlin Clark $5 Million to Play in BIG3 League

“The Big 3 League” is a professional basketball league founded in 2017 by Ice Cube, a rapper and actor. The league features former NBA players and consists of eight teams that tour different cities throughout the United States during the summer month...

Is Biden losing sway with Hispanic and African American voters?

Concern is apparently growing among the Democratic party that President Joe Biden is losing strength with African American and Hispanic voters. “The polls are not showing Biden getting the percentage of the vote of African Americans and Hispan...

Mark Robinson’s incendiary comments could jeopardize Black economy in North Carolina

Controversial North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, who continues to grab headlines for his comments on race, women, and the LGBTQ+ community, could potentially cost economic growth in the state, particularly for Black resi...

9 Black groundbreaking women who were about their business

Long before Black Twitter and TikTok began “standing on business,” there was a long legacy of Black women who were about their business. Today, Black women are no strangers to the business world; from women climbing the ranks of major corporations to...

New York appeals court delays and cuts Donald Trump’s civil fraud judgment

(CNN) — A New York appeals court has given former President Donald Trump 10 more days to post his bond to satisfy the civil fraud judgement and cut the amount necessary to $175 million.It’s a major lifeline for the former president, who, along with h...

Haitian migrant surge in California raises concerns over unrest in Haiti

(US MEDIA GROUP) – The number of Haitian migrants attempting to enter California has more than doubled in the past month, raising concerns about the escalating societal unrest in Haiti following a prison break and the control of 80 percent of power i...