Category : News Talk

Seven reparations, one reckoning: Farah Saleh’s embodied call for justice in Palestine

By Samar Jamal | Photo by Lucas Chih Peng Kao What would you do if you were handed a letter of apology from the UK government for the Balfour Declaration, complete with a promise of reparations to Palestine? In Farah Saleh’s powerful performance le...

Kendrick Lamar and SZA announce 2025 North American stadium tour

By Maria Sherman | The Associated PressKendrick Lamar appears at the MTV Video Music Awards in Inglewood, Calif., on Aug. 27, 2017, left, and SZA appears in the press room at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles on April 1, 2024. (AP Photo)NEW...

Sacramento Nonprofit Seeks Donations For Holiday Drive To Support Women And Children In Need

By OBSERVER NewsroomLocal residents can spread holiday cheer to Sacramento women and children who have experienced homelessness by contributing to Women’s Empowerment’s annual holiday drive.The nonprofit seeks fully assembled gift bags that include a...

Big Tobacco vs. Black Folks: Guess Who’s Still Winning?

By Jennifer Porter Gore | Word In Black(WIB) – Cigarette smoking has plunged more than 70% among Americans since a landmark 1965 surgeon general’s report linked tobacco use to cancer. But last week, the nation’s top doctor issued a report that found...

See Photos from the Detroit Lions Thrilling 34-31 Last-Second Win Over Green Bay at Ford Field

Photos by Aaron J. Thornton & The Detroit Lions closed out a thrilling back-and-forth game against the Green Bay Packers at Ford Field on Thursday, Dec. 5, with a game-winning field goal by kicker Jake Bates. The win officially clinched a playof...

Lions Kick Game-Winning Field Goal to Outlast Packers, 34-31, in a Thursday Night Thriller at Ford Field

The Detroit Lions got two touchdowns from an unlikely source and withstood a consistent Green Bay Packers rushing attack to push their league-leading win streak to 11 games en route to a 34-31 win over their NFC North rival Green Bay Packers in a nat...

Japanese Americans urge Biden: “deliver reparations” to Tulsa Massacre survivors

A group of armed men standing at the railroad tracks on Greenwood Avenue watching smoke rise from a burning building during the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. One of the men (center) is an Oklahoma National Guardsman. A freight car from the Missou...

University of Cambridge dean says Great Britain owes reparations to Caribbean Nations

Michael Banner, the dean of Trinity College at the University of Cambridge, says Great Britain owes reparations to Caribbean Nations. He says it’s time to make things right — and that the country needs to face its history and address its historical...

Detroit Shines: Trap City Premieres with Star Power at Emagine Royal Oak Dec 13

Image courtesy of Kyyba Films Detroit is about to take center stage in cinema (once again) as Trap City, the gritty urban drama that has already generated industry buzz, makes its exclusive premiere at Emagine Royal Oak on Friday, December 13, 2024....

Terri Sewell advocating for further funding for Black Belt health centers

Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) released a video on Wednesday in which she advocates for further funding of the Black Belt’s health centers, especially for Rural Health Medical Program, Inc. (RHMPI) In the video she introduced Keshsee Smith, who i...

No Evidence Musk Threatened to Ban X Users Celebrating Hunter Biden’s Pardon

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take Elon Musk trolled President Joe Biden on X after Hunter Biden’s pardon, sharing a community note mocking the president’s previous post that said, “No one is above...

California Isn’t Giving Up on Reparations

Although Donald Trump’s election was widely seen as a rebuke to the Left’s obsession with race, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has promised to “Trump-proof” his state, and that likely applies to the Democrat’s ongoing plans to give race-based handouts...

Grant Plays For NorCal Football Title After Epic Scoring March To Capture Section

By Larry Hicks | OBSERVERIt was a legendary touchdown drive that arguably topped any in the history of this legendary football program.Down 28-24 with 2:51 left in the game, the Grant High School Pacers of Del Paso Heights marched 98 yards for the wi...

Reparations proponents call Providence’s management of funds a ‘missed opportunity’

PROVIDENCE – Facing a fiscal shortfall after the legal settlement last month with the R.I. Department of Education that required the city to pay $15 million toward the school district’s budget over the current and next fiscal year, Mayor Brett P. S...

Common Council dedicated $50,000 to fund a study into reparations. What could that look like?

ITHACA, N.Y. — The City of Ithaca could join the small number of local governments in the U.S. with a reparations program for Black people living in Ithaca. Common Council approved $50,000 in October to fund a study on reparations through an amendme...