Category : News Talk

Racial health disparities focus of Black Maternal Health Equity Summit at CSU

CLEVELAND, Ohio — As an historian and self-described reproductive justice advocate, Deirdre Cooper Owens sees the roots of present-day disparities in health care when she looks at the past. Beginning in the 17th century, physicians and scientists he...

Adidas Commits Over $150 Million to Anti-Hate Causes Following Yeezy Sales

According to the Associated Press, Adidas revealed plans on Wednesday to allocate more than $150 million to organizations dedicated to combating anti-hate groups and other hate forms. This philanthropic effort stems from the revenue generated from...

The Humanitarian Parole Program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans

Q: Did the Biden administration secretly fly over 300,000 migrants to the U.S.?A: As of January, the Department of Homeland Security had admitted about 357,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans it vetted and authorized to fly to the U.S....

Wayne County Launches Initiative to Eliminate $700 Million in Medical Debt

Wayne County has embarked on an ambitious partnership with RIP Medical Debt, a national nonprofit organization, aiming to alleviate up to $700 million in medical debt for eligible residents. The collaboration, sanctioned by the Wayne Coun...

Black Faith and Black Health: Lessons for Lent and Life – Keep The Faith ® The UK’s Black and multi-ethnic Christian magazine

Dr Selina Stone explores Black Christian spirituality and shares why it’s important to be honest with God and the necessity to match faith with action In my most recent book, Tarry Awhile: Wisdom from Black Spirituality for People of Faith, I do what...

Nikole Hannah-Jones’s strange new case for reparations

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision last year to prohibit race-based affirmative action in college admissions, some advocates for race-based social policy are opting for a new standard of eligibility for reparations and other compensation cl...

BLACK AMERICANS AT HIGHER RISK FOR KIDNEY FAILURE AS BLACK HEALTH MATTERS, NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION FIGHT FOR EQUITY DURING NATIONAL KIDNEY MONTH

Organizations to spread awareness about kidney equity as Black Americans are 4 times more likely to develop kidney failure NEW YORK , March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ ...

California Attorney General Boosts Bill Banning Medical Debt From Credit Reports

By Molly Castle Work | Special to the OBSERVER California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks during a news conference in July in Los Angeles. Bonta announced March 11 that he is throwing his weight behind legislation to bar medical debt from showi...

Equity in the Capital: Reporters Chris Nichols and Ben van der Meer on creative solutions to the housing crisis

By Nick Brunner | Solving Sacramento Chris Nichols is the homelessness and housing affordability reporter for CapRadio. (Photo courtesy of Chris Nichols) The issues of lack of housing affordability and availability are likely to hover around Sa...

Alchemist Public Market planned for Sacramento’s River District

By Keyshawn Davis | Solving Sacramento Alchemist Public Market is scheduled to open to the public by early 2026. (Rendering courtesy of Alchemist CDC) In the emerging residential and commercial River District in Sacramento, Alchemist Community...

Creating New Opportunities for Racial Healing

By Ashanti Bryan | Word In Black (WIB) – On Dec. 31, my family and I rang in the new year watching movies, eating pizza, playing board games and talking. Yet something about the arrival of 2024, and all that faces Black America in the year...

Cost Effective Reparations Can Start with Apology

By Dianne Anderson Cash is always king, but policies in the works could jumpstart reparations for Black Californians without breaking the bank. Earlier this year, the State Legislative Analyst’s Office projected a $38 billion budget deficit, meaning...

Sankofa Health Experience plans to address Black health disparities

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Black BRAND is ‘shaping a healthier future’ for the Black community in Hampton Roads. The Sankofa Health Experience is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 16 at 520 E. Main St. Ste. 4 in Norfolk. Seventeen medical professionals will co...

Political Science, African & African American Studies Student Receives $40,000 NSF Grant

March 14, 2024 Julie Gallagher Julie Gallagher, graduate student of the Department of Political...