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Local woman facing felony charge after allegedly punching officer

A Frankfort woman who reportedly punched a police officer late Saturday night is facing a felony charge. At 11:46 p.m., officers were called to Elkhorn Court for an assault in progress and made contact with 26-year-old Katlyn Cook, who was in the...

Reverend James Lawson, National Civil Rights Museum Icon Dies

The National Civil Rights Museum is deeply saddened by the passing of civil rights philosopher and strategist, Rev. James M. Lawson, Jr. Participating in several museum events and programs, Rev. Lawson has been a lifelong mentor of the movement and a...

Public health students launch project to support breastfeeding in Black community

Black Lactation Matters is a project started by two UC Berkeley Public Health students that aims to increase health equity and the breastfeeding rate in the Black community. Other goals of the project include lowering maternal risk factors that con...

What America Owes the Planet

Listen to this article 00:00 15:46 Listen to more stories on curio Before Kyoto and Paris, there was Chantilly. In early 1991, diplomats, scientists, and policy makers from around the world arrived at a hotel conference center near Virgin...

At Juneteenth concert, Biden declares: ‘Black history is American history’

President Joe Biden on Monday night hosted an early Juneteenth celebration at the White House, the second time his administration has held a concert to commemorate the national holiday marking when the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned they we...

9 New York State agencies to answer questions from small business owners at July events on Long Island

Small-business owners can meet with representatives from nine state agencies next month at two events on Long Island to discuss state licensing requirements, taxes, regulations, employee training programs, and grants and other business aid, Gov. Kat...

Supportive Faith Communities Break Mental Health Stigma

By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware | Word In Black (WIB) – It is easy to detect mental health challenges when they seem extreme — like complete breakdowns or violent explosions. And while there has been a growing call for mental health professiona...

Summer is near. Here’s how to get started on an outdoor exercise routine

By Albert Stumm| The Associated Press (AP) – Between the sweat smell, fluorescent lights and omnipresent television screens, April Herring has never connected with going to the gym. Instead, she runs, bikes, hikes, plays tennis, pickleba...

‘Progressive’ Sacramento’s race for mayor contributed to a lot of paper waste. Are campaign mailers even necessary anymore?

By Jacob Peterson | Solving Sacramento One nearly universal experience for voters during election season is a mailbox flooded with campaign messages. Communicating with an electorate is arguably the most vital part of a political race, and one...

Flagrant Fouls: Caitlin Clark, the WNBA and Defense of White Privilege

By John Celestand | Word In Black(WIB) – If you have ever wondered where we are as a country regarding race, and why Black people complain about the inequities in news coverage, the over-policing of Black neighborhoods, the unfair treatment in the cr...

Charter preamble discussions get derailed by City official’s concern over reparations

A proposal to add a preamble to the City Charter received majority support from Dallas City Council members last week during discussions that lasted more than seven hours. “I was hearing from some residents during the Charter [Review] Commission pro...

Central Point police say weekend death case victims and suspects are from same family

CENTRAL POINT, Ore. — Central Point Police Department says today all people involved in a weekend stabbing death are members of the same family. Central Point Police Department (CPPD) Lieutenant Josh Abbott says police are interviewing more pe...

Reparations advocate discusses the push to make amends for descendants of enslaved people

Dr. Karcheik Sims-Alvarado says reparations would give Black people economic autonomy and change the social structure of America. Sims-Alvarado, who serves as the chair of the Fulton County Reparations Task Force, says that’s why there’s so much opp...

Student loan relief deadline approaching for 300,000 California borrowers

By Mikhail Zinshteyn (CALMATTERS) – As many as 300,000 Californians have until June 30 to take advantage of a one-time offer to qualify for faster student loan forgiveness, lower monthly payments or outright forgiveness for federal loans borro...

Sacramento State Leads CSU System’s New Black Student Success Initiative

By Norman Williams | Special to The OBSERVER Just one year after appointing its second Black president, Sacramento State University has been chosen to lead the California State University (CSU) system’s new Statewide Central Office for the Advanc...