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Biden Visits Angola in First Africa Trip as U.S. President

LUANDA, Angola — Joe Biden is using the first visit to Angola by a U.S. president to promote Washington’s investments in the sub-Sahara African nation and see a slavery museum where he’ll acknowledge the trafficking of human beings that...

Canada’s health system often fails to properly treat Black women and girls. A national survey aims to change that

She was sent home with an infection that she didn’t know she had because she wasn’t told how to look for it on her skin tone. When doctors and nurses told her what to watch out for during post-cancer-surgery care, simple but vital information wa...

California Takes Steps to Address Rising Homelessness Among Aging Adults

Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black MediaThe California Commission on Aging (CCoA) has published a Housing Policy Brief that offers recommendations for reducing housing insecurity and homelessness among older adults in California.The brief summari...

Local College Boxing Returns With Inaugural Causeway Card

By Thomas Cathey | Special to The OBSERVERSacramento State’s Combat U put on the inaugural Causeway Boxing Classic at Memorial Auditorium Nov. 22, with student boxers from Sacramento State taking on their UC Davis counterparts.Earlier this year, form...

Can a ‘Southern Diet’ Holiday Be Healthy?

By Jennifer Porter Gore | Word In Black(WIB) – Sweet potato pie. Mac and cheese. Cornbread, candied yams, and another slice of sweet potato pie.One of the best parts about celebrating the holidays is piling your plate high with seasonal foods w...

Drake makes another legal move against Universal over Kendrick Lamar diss track ‘Not Like Us’

By Andrew Dalton | The Associated Press FILE – Rapper Kendrick Lamar appears at the MTV Video Music Awards, on Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif., left, and Canadian rapper Drake appears at the premiere of the series “Euphoria,” in Los Angeles...

The parent report card: Teachers get an ‘A.’ The system? Not so much.

By Amanda Geduld – The 74 | StackerMedia_Photos // Shutterstock(Stacker) – Parents from across the political spectrum report greater confidence in their kids’ teachers and schools than they do in the national education system at lar...

Harris’ campaign leaders say there was a ‘price to be paid’ for shortened campaign against Trump

By Steve Peoples | The Associated PressSecond gentleman Doug Emhoff, from left, Vice President Kamala Harris and first lady Jill Biden attend the National Veterans Day Observance at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlingto...

Rising Jazz Star, Ekep Nkwelle to perform at Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s Big Band Holidays

By Williamena Kwapo | OBSERVER Staff Writer Ekep Nkwelle, a 25-year-old Cameroonian-American jazz vocalist, has emerged as a rising star in the jazz world, weaving her soulful voice perfectly into the fabric of the genre. From her formative years at...

Priscilla Rahn: The Value Of AP African-American Studies Is In The Truth, Not CRT

02 Dec 2024 Priscilla Rahn: The Value Of AP African-American Studies Is In The Truth, Not CRT In a commentary published at the Rocky Mountain Voice, Project 21 Ambassador Priscilla Rahn defends Advanced Placement (AP) African-American Studies...

Amplifying Redress: The Ongwen Reparations Order and Justice for Victims of International Crimes in Uganda | International Center for Transitional Justice

In February 2024, the International Criminal Court (ICC) delivered its long-awaited reparations order in the case of The Prosecutor vs. Dominic Ongwen. Nearly two decades after the ICC intervened in Northern Uganda, this milestone decision both ackn...