Category : News Talk

A divisive new border rule

By Felicia Mello Migrants in line seek asylum at El Chaparral port of entry in San Diego in 2022. Photo by Carlos A. Moreno for CalMatters President Joe Biden’s executive order limiting asylum claims at the U.S.-Mexico border has divided Calif...

Why Gavin Newsom’s gun control constitutional amendment hasn’t gone beyond California

(CALMATTERS) – One year after Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed changing the U.S. Constitution to place new restrictions on gun ownership, no other states have joined his campaign for a 28th amendment. Even as Newsom continues to tout the effort — la...

Byron Donalds implied Black people were better off under Jim Crow. So we checked.

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio.Byron Donalds is usually wrong. To be fair, as one of only five African-American Republican members of Congress, being wrong...

SPORTS HISTORY IN BLACK: Hakeem Olajuwon and Shaquille O’Neal face off

The Houston Rockets, led by Hakeem Olajuwon, made it to the NBA Finals to face the Orlando Magic, led by Shaquille O’Neal, almost 30 years ago. The matchup pitted two of the best big men in the NBA against each other in the 1995 NBA Finals. Needless...

Chicago suburb sued for paying reparations to Black residents

Chicago suburb sued for paying reparations to Black residents – CBS News Watch CBS News Evanston, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, was the first municipality in the U.S. to launch a government-funde...

Homelessness Down 29% Since 2022, Count Shows

By Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer Tacherra Jones, who was recently unhoused, greets Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg at a press conference announcing that homelessness in Sacramento County is down. Roberta Alvarado, OBSERVER Overal...

Emmys recognize Buffalo natives whose work helped city come back from tragedy

“We are a rustbelt city of overcomers, survivors, believers … We are Buffalo, and football is our common place. It’s a moment to collectively exhale because sometimes we just need a break. A break from hard work, and from heavy snow, a...

Conservative Group Attempts To Stop Reparation Payments In Evanston | BIN: Black Information Network

Evanston’s historic reparations program is facing a class action lawsuit, WTTW reports. The city had established a reparations program to address the housing discrimination and segregation in Evanston in the 1900s. The original program include...

Reparations Roundup

Lawmakers across the country are proposing reparations to black Americans for slavery and America’s history of racial discrimination. Proposals have included direct cash payments, grants, formal apologies from the government, and government programs...

Reparations Task Force Announces Launch of Community Grassroots Partnerships Program

BOSTON – Friday, June 7, 2024 – The City of Boston Reparations Task Force (RTF), through the Equity and Inclusion Cabinet, today announced the launch of their Community Grassroots Partnerships Program. This program is an effort by the RT...

Conservative Activist Group Threatens Evanston’s Historic Black Reparations Plan In New Lawsuit

by Shanique Yates June 7, 2024 Judicial Watch, a conservative activist group, has filed a class action lawsuit against the program in Evanston after the city became the first in...

Traffic Stop Leads to Drug and Weapon Charges in Lansing

A routine traffic stop early Friday morning led to the arrest of two individuals on multiple drug and weapon charges, according to a statement from Tompkins County Sheriff Derek Osborne. At 1:15 a.m. on June 7, deputies from the Gun Involved Violen...

Legislature Advances, Renumbers, Sen. Bradford’s Reparation Freedmen’s Agency Bill

By McKenzie Jackson, California Black Media The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) won a $10,000 fair housing settlement last November against a property management company, CIM Group LP, a global real estate company headquartered in Los Angel...

Mothers Of Invention: Black Women Using Tech In Maternal Health

Overview: The Black maternal death rate is 3 times higher than white women. That has motivated Black woman to develop apps to help keep one another safe during childbirth. Having suffered a miscarriage in 2022, Krystal Anderson understood the pote...

Ithaca Man Arrested After Multiple Incidents Involving Weapons

A 66-year-old Ithaca man was arrested Thursday after police say he threatened a homeowner with a baseball bat and later struck a vehicle with a wooden walking stick in separate incidents.At approximately 9:30 a.m., Ithaca Police officers responded to...