Category : News Talk

Local group gets $103K for Black community mental health project

The Regional Municipality of York is giving a $103,933 boost to the Newmarket African Caribbean Canadian Association (NACCA) to help improve mental and public health in the community. NACCA now has a funding partnership with the region’s community i...

Republican Voters Against Trump/Republican Accountability PAC

Political leanings: Anti-Donald Trump 2022 total spending: $12.9 million Republican Voters Against Trump, a project of the Republican Accountability PAC, was originally established in 2020 as a standalone super PAC to oppose the reelection...

Agencies warn of accelerating attacks on health care by Black Basta ransomware group

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Health and Human Services, and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center May 10 released a joint cybersecurity advisory to provide informa...

FactChecking Biden on Inflation, Other Claims

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. When President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, the U.S. annual rate of inflation was 1.4% — far from the 9% inflation Biden falsely said in a May 8 interview that he inh...

Biden Mangles Statistic About Hispanic Students

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. According to the Department of Education, about 28% of U.S. students are Hispanic. According to Census Bureau data, about 15% of U.S. students speak Spanish at home. And about 21% of...

We All Have Bad Days: Mental Health Resources To Support Black Communi

The Daily Grind Video CLOSE Source: Nansan Houn / Getty In honor of May being Mental Health Awareness Month, we highlight organizations and programs supporting Black and Brown communities around the world. If you need resources to better...

Chief Keef’s Michael Blackson Reparations Skit Disses ‘Lightskin’ Artists Including Drake, Chris Brown, and Chance the Rapper

Chief Keef has returned. The “Love Sosa” rapper unleashed his new album Almighty So 2 on Friday, which boasts features from G Herbo, Lil Gnar, Tierra Whack, Sexyy Red, and Quavo, among others. Keef also included Michael Blackson on “Jesus Skit,” whi...

Posts Misrepresent Unfreezing of $16 Billion in Iranian Funds

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take A recent deal involving a prisoner swap and the extension of a Trump-era waiver have freed $16 billion in previously frozen Iranian funds. Social media posts distort th...

G.L.A.M. Body Scrubs Wins $100,000 Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest by TechTown

Detroit’s entrepreneurial heartbeat resonated Thursday as the 12th annual Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest by TechTown crowned G.L.A.M. Body Scrubs as the victor. The woman- and minority-owned business captured the $100,000 grand priz...

How bad will Gov. Newsom’s budget cuts be?

(CALMATTERS) – Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to unveil his revised proposed 2024-25 state budget at 11 a.m. today — and legislators, advocates and lobbyists are all bracing for likely deep spending cuts to bridge a big deficit. His plan will acc...

How ‘Mother Of Black Hollywood’ Jenifer Lewis Uprooted Trauma

Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer Geriatric mental health took center stage as seasoned actress and author Jenifer Lewis shared her triumph over mental and physical challenges as the keynote speaker for the National Council on Aging’s s...

Mixed-Use Development Breaks Ground In Del Paso Heights

Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer Greater Sacramento Urban League hosted a groundbreaking May 3 for its “Hub in the Heights” development that will include affordable housing as well as retail and office space. The site sits next to the...

Black Basta Ransomware Attack Brought Down Ascension Systems: Report

On Friday, the nonprofit group Health-ISAC (Information Sharing and Analysis Center) issued an alert about the group, saying that Russia-linked Black Basta has ‘recently accelerated attacks against the healthcare sector.’...

Beyond 40 Acres and a Mule

Cities like Evanston, Illinois, and Asheville, North Carolina, are paving the way for local reparations in the absence of a federal plan. Residents of Evanston, Illinois, filed into the Evanston Township High School Auditorium for the reparations com...

Delaware women shine spotlight on Black maternal health disparities

Black mothers are three times more likely to die than their white counterparts during or after childbirth. In 2021, the maternal mortality rate for non-Hispanic Black women was 69.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, 2.6 times the rate for non-Hispani...