Category : News Talk

Healthy and Diverse Minds hosts second Black Mental Health Week, promoting wellness for students of color

By Gabriel Donahue, editor-in-chief The second Black Mental Health Week ended Thursday after a week of programming to promote wellness for students of color led by the Towson University Healthy and Diverse Minds Peer Education Program. Senior Kiera...

Activist group calls for property tax reparations for Black Chicagoans

CHICAGO – An activist group is demanding that the City of Chicago and Cook County cease property tax charges to Black Chicagoans as part of reparations. Howard Ray, founder of Reconstruction Era Reparation Act Now (RERAN), emphasized that e...

Detroit Pistons Complete Season Sweep of Charlotte Hornets with 114-97 Win

Six Detroit Pistons scored in double figures, as Jalen Duren and Cade Cunningham led the Pistons past the shorthanded Charlotte Hornets for a 114-97 win Monday night at Little Caesars Arena to complete a 3-0 season sweep. Cunningham played a well-rou...

Primary Health Networks: The $12 billion black hole experiment

The Australian National Audit Office report released last month is of considerable length and uses language that could only excite an accountant. Perhaps its biggest plot twist is reading that $11.6 billion has been spent on Primary Health Networks...

FactChecking Trump’s ‘Fact Check’ of the State of the Union

Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Former President Donald Trump promised to provide a live “play by play” via Truth Social to “correct, in rapid response, any and all inaccurate Statements” mad...

Group pushing for all descendants of slaves in Chicago to have property taxes waived

CHICAGO (WLS) — A group is pushing for all descendants of slaves in Chicago to have their property taxes waived. New billboards are up on the corner of Chicago Avenue and Austin Boulevard to bring awareness to the fight for reparations. ̶...

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge Announces Retirement

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge, a former Congressional Black Caucus Chair and a staunch advocate for the Black Press of America, has announced...

Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan Announces Return to Van Buren Township with Expansive Youth Programs

March 8, 2024, marked a pivotal day for the community of Van Buren Township, as the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan (BGCSM), in collaboration with the Van Buren Public School District and Van Buren Township, announced its return to th...

Detroit Celebrates 313 Day with Food, Drinks, and Community Events

Detroiters, get ready to celebrate your city’s pride and heritage on March 13th, also known as 313 Day! Here’s a rundown of some exciting happenings across the city: Atwater Brewery Taphouse: Raise a glass to Detroit with $3.13 pints and...

Sacramento gave a homeless camp a lease as an experiment. Here’s what happened

BY MARISA KENDALL | CALMATTERS (CALMATTERS) – When Sacramento changed its plan to demolish a homeless encampment on a vacant lot on Colfax Street, instead offering the homeless occupants a lease, activists and camp residents celebrated it a...

Pan And Cofer Leaders In Race For Sacramento Mayor

BY ROBERT HANSEN | OBSERVER STAFF WRITER More than half the votes have been counted in the race for Sacramento’s next mayor and about 700 votes separate the four leading candidates. As of 4:15 p.m. Friday,& Dr. Flojaune Cofer and former s...

Caribbean countries to request reparations for ‘indentured labour’ from former colonial powers

Caribbean nations are set to demand that Britain make reparations for indentured labour in addition to slavery, in a major expansion of the campaign to address colonialism. Countries that have pushed for payments on slavery are now planning to see...

Second Thoughts in New York

When David Soares was elected district attorney in 2004 in Albany County, New York, he enjoyed united support on the left; even the radical Working Families Party had endorsed him. A childhood immigrant from Africa, Soares doesn’t lack for “lived exp...

Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Cord Jefferson deliver emotional speeches at Oscars wins for ‘The Holdovers,’ ‘American Fiction’; Kris Bowers wins for short documentary

“The Holdovers” actress Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “American Fiction” screenwriter Cord Jefferson, and “The Last Repair Shop” co-director Kris Bowers have joined the prestigious ranks of Oscar winners.& They won their first Oscars at the 96th annu...

Community Treehouse Center Detroit’s Solar Training Program Fuels the City’s Clean Energy Drive

Detroit’s Community Treehouse Center (CTCD) has announced a new initiative to bolster the city’s role in the clean energy sector, offering an eight-week Solar Pathways Workforce Training Program aimed at preparing participants for...