Category : News Talk

Authority Health Launches “Healthy and Resilient Communities” to Bring Fresh Food to Detroit

Authority Health has introduced a new program aimed at combating unhealthy eating habits in Detroit’s “food swamps” — areas with limited access to nutritious food but abundant fast food options. The initiative, called “Healthy and Resilient Communiti...

Buffalo’s longest-serving and first Black mayor stepping down; led recovery after racist mass shooting

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Byron Brown, Buffalo’s longest-serving and first Black mayor, Byron Brown, said Monday he will leave City Hall in a few weeks to lead an offtrack betting agency. “After nearly two decades as mayor, I have loved serving t...

Roaches and ‘heavy black slime’: Jefferson County’s lowest restaurant health scores in September

You can call them the baker’s dirty dozen. Thirteen restaurants scored 85 or below on their Jefferson County Health Department inspections in September. Scores below 85 mean an establishment gets a repeat visit from an inspector within 60 days. Infr...

Olympians and Paralympians honored at the White House

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden could not make it to the Olympics and Paralympics in Paris this past summer, so he brought the athletes to the White House Monday morning. Leading off the celebration with American Olympic and Paralympic athl...

Black-colored plastic used for kitchen utensils and toys linked to banned toxic flame retardants

CNN — Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching f...

‘I just want to see accountability’ City’s reparation commission calls for cash payments to black city residents

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – After an 18-month process, the St. Louis Reparations Commission released a series of recommendations on Monday, calling for city leaders to provide cash payments to Black residents to address historical injusti...

TV ads scheme opens doors to Black-owned businesses in bid to fuel their growth

CHANNEL 4 and Lloyds Bank have teamed up in a bid to help Black-owned businesses grow through the Black in Business initiative, now in its second year. The initiative is designed to help Black-led enterprises scale and thrive, addressing the unique...

Gov. Newsom Signs Black Caucus Bills; Advocates Question ‘Reparations’ Description

California Governor Gavin Newsom *(CBM) – Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several bills included in a priority reparations package introduced by the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC), including Assembly Bill 3089 — which formally apologies to Bla...

Without progress for reparations, California’s apology for slavery is disingenuous

California and its leaders continue to misunderstand what is needed to reconcile with its history of enabling slavery and racial discrimination. Newsom, who already showed his performative nature by vetoing substantive reparations bills, signed into...

Commentary – A Cautionary Tale for Cash-Strapped CA School Districts: Vallejo City Unified Pays Off $60M Loan

Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media& OPINION (CBM) – Vallejo City Unified School District (VCUSD) has repaid its $60 million state loan, ending 20 years of state oversight that began in 2004. The loan, caused by severe financial mism...

Winning in Corporate America: Black MBA Assoc. Event to Offer Insights

McKenzie Jackson | California Black Media(CBM) – Black professionals and business leaders will discuss challenges and share insights on how to spearhead positive change in their communities and workplaces at the National Black MBA Association’s...

A landmark fund for climate reparations is beginning to languish

At the annual United Nations climate conference in Dubai last year, the world’s countries launched a long-awaited fund for global climate reparations. This so-called loss and damage fund, which is supposed to compensate developing countries for the...

Senior Moments: Black Seniors Find Vitality Through Dance, Community

By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff WriterGetting on a crowded light rail train bound for Cosumnes River College, an older gentleman, aided by a cane, is offered a seat by a woman in her late 40s. The man declines, thanking the much younger woman...

Navigating America’s Civic Hellhole After a Felony Conviction

By Gwen McKinney | Word In Black In many states, people convicted of felonies are sentenced to a kind of civic death penalty, permanently losing their right to vote.(WIB) – Only in America…Only two states (Maine and Vermont) do not impose votin...

Succession Plans Are a Must for Black Organization’s Survival

By Aswad Walker | Houston Defender | Word In BlackThis& post& was originally published on& Defender NetworkCredit: Taylor Grote/Unsplash(WIB) – If one of the greatest, most influential Black organizations of the past 100 years can f...