Category : Lifestyle

One step closer to reparations: what opportunities and challenges does the G7 decision on Russian assets create?

One of the key topics of support for Ukraine in 2024 was the confiscation of the frozen reserves of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. “Ukraine has not yet seen a tangible result from the use of frozen assets of Russian terroristsR...

NFL is liable for $4,707,259,944.64 in ‘Sunday Ticket’ case

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The damages a federal jury has ordered the NFL to pay for violating antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service is $4,707,259,944.64.The figures from theJune 27 judgment aga...

Horrors of Eugenics Law: Japan’s Supreme Court orders government to pay reparations to forced sterilization victims

The top court’s decision offered a major relief to the victims who had been seeking justice for decades read more In a landmark judgement, Japan’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to compensate the victims of the forced sterilization su...

Killer Mike will likely avoid charges after Grammys arrest

By Jonathan Landrum Jr. | The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Killer Mike is expected to avoid charges over a physical altercation that led to his arrest at the Grammys earlier this year after the rapper recently completed community service.The...

A full deck: 52 members of Congress have announced they will not seek reelection this year

By Briana Ryan | Stacker Igor Link // Shutterstock (Stacker) – Fifty-two members of Congress—eight senators and 44 representatives—have announced they will not seek reelection this year. Since Ballotpedia’s April 16 update o...

Creativity in the Capital: Aaron Carnes and Mendes on underground music scenes and DIY movements to self-discovery

By Casey Rafter | Solving Sacramento From left: Anthony Mendes runs Mendes Entertainment, which showcases local musicians, and Aaron Carnes is a writer who has authored a book called “In Defense of Ska.” (Photo by Casey Rafter) Writer Aaron Car...

Biden Will Protect Workers From Extreme Heat — If He’s Reelected

By Willy Blackmore | Word In Black (WIB) – As yet another heatwave roasts parts of the country — in California, temperatures could hit the mid-90s even in normally temperate San Francisco — President Biden’s Occupational Safety and Health A...

Northern California wildfire spreads, with more hot weather expected. Thousands evacuate

By Noah Berger and John Antczak | The Associated Press A firefighter battling the Thompson Fire burning in Oroville California, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. AP Photo, Noah Berger OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters lined roads to keep flames from re...

Teachers as Likely to Leave the Classroom Now as Last Year

By Aziah Siid | Word In Black Pexels Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko (WIB) – It’s no secret. Teachers are tired, overworked, overlooked, and flat-out under paid. Although many of the conversations about hiring and retaining teachers — especi...

Preeclampsia can be fatal for pregnant people and babies. New blood tests aim to show who’s at risk

By Laura Ungar | The Associated Press (AP) – When you’re expecting a baby, you hope nothing goes wrong. But at least one in 20 people who are pregnant develop a scary complication called preeclampsia, a high blood pressure disorder that kil...

Hair Education and Beauty Summit to shine a spotlight on Black hair

By Megan SaylesAFRO Business Writermsayles@afro.com Natural hair care founder Nicole Schuler is set to host the inaugural Hair Education and Beauty Summit (HEBS) on July 7-8 at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, N.J. The two-day event wil...

Survivors Of The Tulsa Race Massacre Challenge Dismissal Of Reparations Case And Call On President Biden To Act

Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images= The last two known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre are not giving up in their quest for reparations. On Tuesday, lawyers for Viola Fletcher and Lessie Benningf...

Black Mental Health Therapists: Local Help for Young Men

By Dianne Anderson Black men may need that strong shoulder to cry on – but naturally suspicious of healthcare providers – can now take heart knowing that therapists who look like them are just around the corner. With nine therapy local locations, a...

Purposeful Starvation: A Modern Weapon Targeting South Dallas Communities

As the Dallas Weekly began to dive deeper into the history, the reasons and results of food deserts and how they have impacted communities around the world, specifically South Dallas, the series “Purposeful Starvation” was born. Though a cruel soundi...

Land as Reparations

Jul 4, 2024 The California State Legislature just announced a meager $12 million as a first step toward funding reparations-related efforts in the nation’s most populous state. The funding was announced months after a groundbreaking reparations t...

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