Category : News Talk

Clergy members gather in Roxbury to call on ‘white churches’ to back reparations for slavery

On the eve of Holy Week, a group of Black and white clergy members gathered Saturday in Roxbury to call on “white churches” in Boston to back reparations for the trans-Atlantic slave trade and provide financial support for an effort by investing in...

Boston People’s Reparations Commission calls on churches to atone, pay reparations to city’s Black community – Boston News, Weather, Sports

BOSTON (WHDH) – The organization that spurred the modern reparations movement in Boston issued a statement Saturday calling for Boston’s white ‘establishment’ churches to publicly “confess to their complicity” in Boston’s slavery history and d...

Boston clergy leaders on churches to support fight for reparations

Boston clergy leaders on churches to support fight for reparations – CBS Boston Watch CBS News Clergy leaders from across the city of Boston gathered to ask the religious community for support...

Reparations Bill Proposed For Families Displaced By Dodger Stadium

Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo has introduced a bill seeking reparations for the families forcibly evicted from the land where Dodger Stadium now sits. The land was originally a close-knit, predominantly Mexican-American community. The eviction...

USF Health’s Black Maternal Health Week debuts with week-long events

TAMPA, Fla. — Various events are lined up to honor, celebrate and recognize the importance of Black mothers and birthing persons as the USF College of Public Health launches their inaugural Black Maternal Health Week of Tampa Bay. What You Need T...

Art Meets the Gridiron: Detroit Unveils ‘DCLEATED’ Cleat Art Installation for 2024 NFL Draft

Photo: Artist Caleb Moss and friends beside his artwork, which will be located at Detroit Mariott Renaissance Center. Detroit is bracing for an artistic touchdown with the unveiling of DCLEATED, a groundbreaking art installation designed to coincide...

Detroit Community Gathers for Easter Basket Giveaway Event

The spirit of Easter is set to bring joy and celebration to Trenton this Saturday, as the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries (DRMM) teams up with Wayne County Sheriff Raphael Washington and Trenton’s Mayor Zpedda for the much-anticip...

If Climate Deaths Are Homicide, Who Are the Victims?

This post was originally published on Word in Black. By: Willy Blackmore When someone dies in a historic storm, or a record-breaking heatwave, who is to blame? The oil companies — which not only produce and sell the fossil fuels that generate the vas...

Proposal would grant reparations for families forced off land eventually used for Dodger Stadium

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — For decades, Dodger Stadium in Elysian Park has offered baseball fans incredible vistas of Chavez Ravine, the shallow canyon to the north of the ballpark. But if it were up to a group known as “Buried Under the Blue...

Free health screenings available Saturday at FAMU during Black Family Wellness Expo

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – Residents will be able to receive free health screenings and hear from guest speakers at the Black Family Wellness Expo on Saturday in Tallahassee, according to a press release. WHERE: Florida A&M College of Ph...

From challenges to change: Delta Sigma Theta discusses how to get African American women involved in politics

18 minutes ago WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — With candidates getting ready for the general election in November, one group is trying to get more women involved in politics. The Wilmington Alumni Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority held a sp...

Boston Star Jaylen Brown Scores 33 As Celtics Shorthanded Pistons Lose to Celtics, 129-102

Despite James Wiseman scoring the most points he’s ever scored in a Pistons uniform, the Eastern Conference-leading Boston Celtics proved too much to handle for a shorthanded Detroit team that was without its entire starting frontcourt. Wiseman, who...

Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo introduces bill to seek reparations for families displaced from Chavez Ravine

Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo introduced a bill on Friday that will seek reparations for the families that were displaced from the Chavez Ravine, now the home of Dodger Stadium. Hundreds of families lost their homes by way of eminent domain or evictio...

Assembly bill seeking reparations for families displaced from Chavez Ravine introduced

Assembly bill seeking reparations for families displaced from Chavez Ravine introduced – CBS Los Angeles Watch CBS News Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo introduced a bill on Friday that will seek r...

Bill seeks reparations for families whose homes were in way of Dodger Stadium

Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo has introduced a bill seeking reparations for the families who lost their homes decades ago when Los Angeles city leaders pressured them to sell their land – and in some cases forcibly evicted many homeowners – from the...