Category : News Talk

No one is fighting a proposition to ban forced labor in California prisons. Why it could still fail

By Joe Garcia (CALMATTERS) – Every morning, tens of thousands of incarcerated individuals in California prisons must work a job they did not necessarily choose. They cook and serve meals. They keep the facilities clean. They collect, wash and...

Reparations: Why We Need a Community Ownership Approach – Non Profit News

Image credit: Thirdman on Pexels How should reparations be structured? I believe the Black nationalist/Pan-Africanist tradition that places Black people practicing sovereignty at the center holds vital answers. The late Dr. John Henrik Clarke, a...

Shaping Spaces, Building Futures: Black Women Architects Redefining Urban Landscapes

Image courtesy of Design Core Detroit In 1983, Lynda Haith walked the halls of Lawrence Technological University as a trailblazer, though few would have recognized it at the time. Determined and driven, she became the first Black woman to graduate fr...

Biden’s Numbers, 2024 Pre-Election Update

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Summary Here’s how the U.S. has fared since President Joe Biden took office: The economy has added more than 15 million jobs. The number is now about 6 million higher th...

‘Asking British children of immigrants to pay slavery reparations is a grift’

Current attempts to get Britain to pay “reparations” for its slaving past are nothing but grift I’m afraid. Grift attached to a monumental grievance of course, but grift nonetheless. One seemingly certifiable judge at the International Court o...

St. Louis Reparations Commission delivers full report to mayor’s office

St. Louis has a deep history of racial injustice. The St. Louis Reparations Commission found some of those injustices are still happening today. ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Reparations Commission has delivered their final report to Mayor Tishaura Jo...

Ambitions, hopes, dreams, aspirations, boys playing girls’ sports, and reparations

Vice President Kamala Harris has so over-used her talking points about “growing up in a middle class family” and about her “love of the American people and our “hopes, dreams, ambitions, and aspirations,” that they have become punch lines to jo...

Sensational Seniors: Senior Model On Mission To Educate, Elevate Fashion Industry

By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff WriterCarolyn Doelling is on a mission. At 78, the former marketing executive turned fashion model is campaigning to open the industry’s eyes to what older people bring to the table.& Doelling moved to Cali...

Asm. Mike Gipson: Calif. Ports Need Dedicated Funding From State Budget

Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌ ‌|‌ ‌California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media(CBM) – Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson (D-Carson), a member of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) and chair of the Assembly Select Committee on Ports and Goods Movement, said the...

How AI Is Shaping the Future of Education

By By ReShonda Tate | Houston Defender | Word In BlackCredit: Good Faces/Unsplash(WIB) – People today must deal with the fact that people skilled in AI will undoubtedly replace those who are not. When it comes to education, how will education a...

Biden Administration Finalizes New Regulation to Expand Access to Mental Health Care

(WIB) – The Biden administration announced it had finalized a regulation that would ensure 175 million Americans with private health insurance have access to affordable mental health services, one that would force health insurance companies to cove...