Category : Lifestyle

How the Education System Fails Black Autistic Students

By Brianna Patt: How does discrimination hold back Black kids with autism, and how can we help them flourish instead of fail?In an article by WUFT news in Florida, it typically takes a year and a half longer for Black children to receive a diagnosis...

Michelle Williams is Set to Dazzle in ‘Death Becomes Her’ at Cadillac Palace Theatre

Michelle Williams is back where she belongs, on stage for a Broadway-bound production.& Sure, she’s renowned for being a core member of a famous female R&B group. Still, Williams has made her mark by appearing in some of the most memor...

Reparations movement ‘at a tipping point’, says Denis O’Brien

With two significant developments this week, the call for reparations for the crime of transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans and chattel slavery is “at a tipping point”. That’s according to The Repair Campaign, a social movement for reparat...

New Yorkers Demand A People’s Budget. Mayor Adams Feeling Pressure Amidst Rising Unpopularity

By The People’s Plan Photos: Video\YouTube Screenshots The People’s Plan and steering committee organizations release the following statements regarding Mayor Adams’ FY25 executive budget (based on available information.) Mayor Adams’ execu...

Biden’s Numbers, April 2024 Update

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Summary As President Joe Biden runs for reelection, here’s how the U.S. has fared during his time in office: The economy added 15.2 million jobs. The number is now nearl...

Healthier Hearts in Middle Age Help Black Women’s Brains Stay Strong

Key Takeaways Better heart health is associated with a sharper aging mind for middle-aged Black women Black women in worse heart health experienced a 10% decrease in their mental processing over two decades White women did not have a similar...

At Annapolis Film Festival, new documentary shows side of nuclear test ‘Oppenheimer’ did not tell

They thought they were playing with warm snow. In the summer of 1945, a dance troupe of young girls from El Paso, Texas had made their way to the mountains of Ruidoso, New Mexico, where their instructor would host camps once the Texas heat became unb...

The California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA) Will Hurt African American and Other Minority Owned Newspapers

By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. | NNPA (NNPA) – California state legislators are pushing legislation that would enrich huge legacy media corporations at the expense of independent, minority-owned newspapers who serve their individual communi...

NAWBO-CA To Host 2024 Propel Conference For Women In Business

By Williamena Kwapo | OBSERVER Staff Writer The National Association of Women Business Owners, California (NAWBO-CA), is set to hold the Propel 2024 Conference in Sacramento.& The event, themed “Elevate, Transform, Advocate,”...

To Stop Fentanyl Deaths, Knocking on Doors and Handing Out Overdose Kits

By Nicole Leonard | WHYY | KFF Health News | Word In Black (WIB) – On a narrow street lined with row houses and an auto body shop in the Kensington neighborhood of North Philadelphia, Marsella Elie climbs a home’s front steps and knocks har...

A Builder Of Dreams

By Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer Two Sacramento State students were sharing their stories about being foster youth when the marching band began playing and United Way surprised them and eight other students with a $60,000 check at the...

Key moments in the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest abortion case that could change how women get care

By Amanda Seitz, Rebecca Boone and Mark Sherman | The Associated Press Dueling protests were taking place outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. The court was hearing arguments Wednesday over whether state abortion bans enacted after its s...

Reparations to be paid to survivors of wartime sexual violence in Ukraine

The first reparation payments are to be made in the next few weeks to survivors of wartime rape by Russian soldiers during the invasion of Ukraine, in a move that Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, called “an important step towards restoring justi...

NFL Star Sauce Gardner Gifts 25 Detroit PAL Youth with Microsoft Surface Laptops

Photo Credit: Detroit PAL Sauce Gardner, a prominent name in the world of American football who once played for Detroit PAL Youth Football and later became a Pro Bowl New York Jet cornerback, surprised his hometown with an unexpected act of kindness...

Detroit Breaks Day-One NFL Draft Attendance Record with 275,000-Plus Spectators

The passion of football fans knows no bounds, and it’s evident in the way that more than 275,000 people packed into downtown Detroit Thursday night, April 25, to break the NFL’s single-day draft attendance record. The previous record was...