Category : News Talk

After a Child’s Death, California Weighs Rules for Phys Ed During Extreme Weather

By Samantha Young | KFF Health News | Special to the OBSERVER LAKE ELSINORE — Yahushua Robinson was an energetic boy who jumped and danced his way through life. Then, a physical education teacher instructed the 12-year-old to run outside on a day...

Community Choir Offers Songs and Scholarships for College Students

By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware | Word In Black (WIB) – When the audience gathers at Grace United Methodist Church for the annual Spring concert of the Community Concert Choir of Baltimore (CCCB), they will hear the music of the church sung by...

Fishers say next case vs China should focus on reparations for WPS damage

MANILA, Philippines — A fisherfolk group has urged that the next legal action against China seek reparations for the destruction of the marine environment and resources in the West Philippine Sea following reports of giant clam harvesting in Panatag...

Government compensation for slavery? NJ may lead in answering that question

NEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) — In just over a month, on Juneteenth, a preliminary report will release one of the country’s most comprehensive analyses of reparations, ways to compensate for economic, legal, and political inequities resulting from slavery, J...

RFK Jr. vows to give black farmers $5 BILLION in reparations

By Stephen M. Lepore For Dailymail.Com Published: 21:05 EDT, 20 May 2024 | Updated: 21:12 EDT, 20 May 2024 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made a campaign promise to black farmers that will give them $5 billion in reparations should he win...

RFK Jr. says he would give black farmers $5B in reparations –…

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he will support giving black farmers $5 billion in reparations once in office — throwing his weight behind a provision in President Biden’s American Rescue Plan that was struck down b...

Opinion: Here’s a Way to Make Health Care Safer for Black Mothers

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Black Bostonians demand more than $15billion in slavery reparations

The Boston People’s Reparations Commission met on Saturday Reverend Kevin Peterson said ‘every life is incalculable’ so $15M is ‘not enough’ By Isabelle Stanley For Dailymail.Com Published: 16:57 EDT, 20 May 2024...

Black Bostonians demand more than $15 billion in slavery reparations

The Boston People’s Reparations Commission has demanded the city invest $15 billion in slavery reparations for the Black Bostonian community. Over 200 members of the community gathered at a Commission meeting at the Bolling Building in Nubia...

Supreme Court Sides with African-American Voters After White Voters Try to Block Second Black Voting District in Louisiana, Claiming It Violated Their ‘Personal Dignity’

In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed Louisiana to use a congressional map that includes a second district where the majority of voters are Black — a decision that is set to have significant implications for the 2024 elections. ...

Michigan Central Station Reopens: Here’s How to Get Free Tickets to Join the Celebration

Starting May 21 at 12 p.m. ET, Michigan Central Station will open ticket registration for Michigan Central OPEN, a community celebration from June 6 to June 16. This event marks the reopening of the historic Michigan Central Station, res...

Black Men in White Coats Youth Summit Hosted by WellSpan Health and York College – Franklin County Free Press

WellSpan Health partnered with York College to organize the 2nd annual Black Men in White Coats Youth Summit. The event aimed to promote career opportunities in healthcare to over 300 students and caregivers in South Central Pennsylvania. Attendees...

What drives California’s budget decisions? A lot of politics, not as much data

(CALMATTERS) – Frustration came through loud and clear as legislators hurled question after question at the head of the state’s homelessness interagency council: Why, after years of planning and billions of dollars invested, is there so little...

Clinical and Translational Collaborative of Northern Ohio addresses health disparities for Black mothers; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine’s Linda Bradley weighs in

Health inequities among Black women persist The Blade: The Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative of Northern Ohio held the Black Maternal Health Equity Summit earlier this month to examine and consider solutions to address disparities in...

If anyone should be paying slavery reparations, it’s West Africa

The Dean of Chapel in Trinity College, Cambridge, the Rev Michael Banner, has computed that Britain owes more than £200 billion to Caribbean nations as reparations for slavery. Banner is not a historian nor an accountant but a clergyman and his ca...