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2024 California Presidential Primary Election: A Look at the Black Candidates

By Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media (CBM) – The ballot for the 2024 California presidential primary election, set for March 5 — commonly called “Super Tuesday in political media speak — features leading presidential...

Boston People’s Reparations Commission Calls For $15 Bil Payouts From City

BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — In statement released on Sunday, the grassroots group Boston People’s Reparations Commission called on the city of Boston to distribute $15 billion in cash payouts to Black Bostonians. The money would serve as part of loca...

Boston activists call for $15 billion in reparations, says the city must ‘fully commit to writing checks’

A group of activists in Boston called for the city to “fully commit to writing checks” and for a $15 billion payout since the city’s wealth was built on slavery. An activist named Rev. Kevin C. Peterson delivered remarks on how the City o...

J. Pharoah Doss: Coming full circle with Ibram X Kendi

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival in 2019 about his book How to Be an Antiracist. During the Q&A, a questioner was unsure how Kendi defined racism and asked him to provide a definition. Kendi defined racism as a collection of r...

The opportunity cost of fear: Underfunding Black founders hurts the US economy

Racism has cost the United States at least $16 trillion, according to a 2020 report from Citibank. Moreover, if racism was eradicated, the report suggested, the US economy could gain an additional $5 trillion. With the US GDP currently around $27 tr...

O’Hare Airport Gets $40M Boost from Biden’s Infrastructure Law

Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Department of Aviation announced last week that O’Hare International Airport will receive an additional $40M in Airport Terminal Program grant funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, bringing the total amou...

Awareness of Black mental health crisis ‘comes at a great cost’

“Heartbreaking” is how Falon Ensley, a student and former student government president at Lincoln University, described her feelings reading Antoinette Candia-Bailey’s final email to LU president John Moseley. On Jan. 8, Candia-Bailey, former vic...

Celebration Arts Opens Season Of ‘Black Girl Magic’

By Williamena Kwapo | OBSERVER Staff Writer Diana Cossey, Rhonda Anderson, Brooklyn T. Solomon, Rachel Powell at the Guild Theater. Douglas Carter, OBSERVER Celebration Arts, Sacramento’s premiere Black Theater, proudly kicks off its “Black Gir...

The Growing, Fracturing Landscape of Indian American Politics

You can tell that an ethnic group is really flourishing in the United States when they start to produce prominent xenophobes and racists, particularly of the anti-Black variety. The trajectory from victim to victimizer is one of the surest m...

49ers’ Would-Be QB Also Spurned By Fate

By Mardeio Cannon | OBSERVER Columnist The pain San Francisco 49ers fans feel from the 25-22 overtime loss to Niners killer Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in Sunday’s Super Bowl LVIII still lingers. This loss was extremely painful...

(BPRW) The ByBlack Platform and BLK + GRN Joins Forces to Empower Certified Black-Owned Businesses with The ByBlack Bundle Gift Box | Black PR Wire, Inc.

(BPRW) The ByBlack Platform and BLK + GRN Joins Forces to Empower Certified Black-Owned Businesses with The ByBlack Bundle Gift Box (Black PR Wire) District of Columbia – ByBlack, a dynamic initiative powered by U.S. Black Chambers, Inc., and...

St. James Episcopal Church Is More Relevant Than Ever

By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware | Word In Black Undated photo of the interior of St James Episcopal Church in Baltimore. St. James Episcopal Church& in Baltimore is one of many Black churches that has been around for more than 200 years. This...

Black Catholic nuns: A compelling, long-overlooked history

By David Crary | The Associated Press This 1898 photo provided by the Sisters of the Holy Family (SSF) shows members of the religious order of African-American nuns in New Orleans. One of the oldest Black sisterhoods, the SSF, formed in New Orlea...

Addressing Hypertension in the Black Community: Improving Care and Closing the Health Disparity Gap

Understanding the Importance of Hypertension Management in the Black Community Hypertension is a persistent health challenge among Black adults, and it calls for an urgent need for physicians and health professionals to improve care for Black patien...

The HHS Black Health Forum 2024: Efforts to Advance Health Equity and Access in the Black Community

Introduction to the HHS Black Health Forum 2024 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is organizing a pivotal event that will put the spotlight on health disparities affecting the Black community. The HHS Black Health Forum, set to occur...