Category : News Talk

Reparations: Special Criminal Court opts for pragmatism

As the Special Criminal Court (SCC) enters the second year of its second five-year mandate, the UN-backed hybrid tribunal based in Bangui is preparing to pass the reparations test. Like the Court, the amounts are modest, the victims repaired few, an...

Fentanyl Crisis Is Main Topic At District Attorney Thien Ho’s Town Hall

By Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer Sacramento County district attorney Thien Ho discusses the increasing fentanyl deaths in Sacramento County at a town hall in Elk Grove on Feb. 27. Robert J. Hansen, OBSERVER From 2021 to date, over 80...

Research Article – An African Union-Caribbean Community alliance in the global reparations movement: promises, perils, and pitfalls

[These are two excerpts from an article in The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs.] Introduction Hilary Beckles (Citation2019) argues that the reparations movement is the most significant political tide of the 21st centur...

‘Freaknik’ documentary tells untold story behind the massively popular Atlanta street party

By Jonathan Landrum Jr. | The Associated Press FILE – Crowds of people jam Marietta Street for Freaknik near the intersection of Peachtree Street in Atlanta on April 19, 1996. A new Hulu documentary “Freaknik: The Wildest Story Never Told,”...

California’s proposed foster care cuts could increase homelessness, advocates say

By Chris Nichols | Solving Sacramento Traneisia Jones is a Sacramento State student and a former foster youth. She is pictured here at the university’s arboretum. (Photo by Janine Mapurunga) Advocates for California’s foster youth are criticiz...

We Need More Than Billionaires to Transform Medicine

By Khalid Rudo Smith | Word In Black(WIB) – Albert Einstein famously said, “If I had only one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem, and five minutes finding the solution.” In late February, Dr. Ruth Gottesman,...

Reparations, acquisition of Baliceaux priority items for Garifuna

The annual Pilgrimage to Baliceaux, undertaken by Vincentians and Garifuna descendants in the Diaspora, has intensified the call for the acquisition of the island from private owners to be finalized. More than 60 people on Friday, March 15, 2024 sai...

PA Black Maternal Health Caucus Introduces Momnibus Bills

The Pennsylvania Black Maternal Health Caucus announced a package of eight legislative bills on Tuesday – the Momnibus. Modeled after a federal bill, the members of the caucus aim to increase access to maternal health care, eliminate maternal health...

Inside This Black-Owned Bookstore’s Massive Organic Growth (2024)

Jazzi McGilbert didn’t exactly start out with a business idea, but rather a vision of a space for Black people in Los Angeles. She wanted to create a place where they could gather as a community, inspired by her own childhood in the city. “I was just...

Justice system’s double standard, ACLU’s anti-free-speech turn…

Conservative: Justice System’s Double Standard “Our criminal justice system no longer treats the accused equally,” fumes Victor Davis Hanson at American Greatness. If the defendant is “a conservative, like a Michael Flynn, Peter Navarro, or Donald T...

Black Dog riders circle KI for mental health awareness for 12th time

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Letter: The Anglican church can give money to slavery reparations, I will give mine to a masterpiece on the resurrection

Letters to editor Saturday’s front headline in The Times (March 16) told how UK Anglican leaders plan to spend £100 million to £1 billion on ‘slavery reparations’. Let them get on with it! My 2024-2025 Church contribution will...

Trump’s ‘Bloodbath’ Comment

While speaking about the potential loss of U.S. auto manufacturing jobs to foreign countries, former President Donald Trump said if he isn’t elected, “it’s going to be a bloodbath for the country.” President Joe Biden’s campaign quickly accused Trum...

Sacramento: Urban League’s Legislative Advocacy Day Highlights Justice Reform Bill

By Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media On March 13, advocates for criminal justice reform rallied at the California State Capitol to urge lawmakers to enact the SMART Act, legislation aimed at eliminating incidents of racial profiling...

Giants and PA announcer Renel Brooks-Moon part ways after 24 years

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants and longtime public-address announcer Renel Brooks-Moon are parting ways after the sides failed to reach agreement on a contract extension. The Giants said Monday there were “extensive discussions” ab...