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Club for Growth Action

Political leanings: Conservative 2022 total spending: $89.3 million Club for Growth Action, the super PAC of the conservative& Club for Growth,& was launched& in August 2010. On its website, the organization& declares& i...

Coalition of Black Businesses to Call for Defunding of Illinois Community College Board

Advertisement Coalition of Black Businesses to Call for Defunding of Illinois Community College Board (Chicago, IL) — The Chicago Southland Black Chamber of Commerce and other black business organizations and supporters are calling for the Illin...

Western students’ The Black Aspiration Project podcast is redefining health care

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Church bus tragedy in South Africa kills dozens, leaves one child survivor, points attention to deadly roads

LUSAKA, Zambia — Several days after a horrific bus crash that killed dozens and left only one 8-year-old survivor, officials in South Africa are saying it will be a long time before victims’ relatives can find closure. Responders have identified t...

More Than 14,000 Black Patients Moved Up Kidney Transplant List After

NewsOne Featured Video Source: MoMo Productions / Getty Despite all of the statistical evidence that supports the idea of systemic racism in America, there are those (the unrelentingly white and fragile) who refuse to believe it’s real. B...

UN chief calls for West’s reparations for Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

UN chief Antonio Guterres has called for reparations over the Trans-Atlantic trafficking of enslaved people as a way to tackle its legacy in today’s society, including systemic racism. In a statement marking the International Day of Remembrance of th...

Statement by Secretary Xavier Becerra in Honor of National Minority Health Month

HHS highlights some of its actions to date in support of health equity Today, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra released the following statement in honor of National Minority Health Month, recognized every...

Turning the Page: Michigan’s Bold Leap to Redefine Education for Foster Youth

Michigan has taken a significant legislative step towards ensuring that children in foster care receive the education they deserve, thanks to the recent signing of a pivotal bill by Governor Gretchen Whitmer. This legislative move, aimed at bridging...

Happiness on the Decline: Why America’s Youth Are Less Joyful in 2024

Diving into the findings of the 2024 World Happiness Report reveals a complex tapestry of factors contributing to the marked decline in happiness among young adults in the United States. This report, an annual global survey, evaluates the...

Black People Account For 61% of 2023 Exonerees

In the latest edition of “Is this good news or bad news,” out of 153 exonerations in 2023, roughly 61% of exonerees were Black, according to a new report published by The National Registry of Exonerations released on March 18.The good news: Blacks le...

Report: Blacks Made up 61% of 2023 Exonerees

This post was originally published on Word In Black. By: Aswad Walker In the latest edition of “Is this good news or bad news,” out of 153 exonerations in 2023, roughly 61% of exonerees were Black, according to a new report published by The National...

UNC Hospitals Transplant Team, UNC Health Nephrologists and Equity & Inclusion Department Reduce Disparities for Black Community

April is Minority Health Month, a month to raise awareness about the need to reduce health disparities and improve the health of minority communities. The UNC Health Center for Transplant Care team and UNC Health nephrologists recently increased equi...

Black Maternal Health Conference – WORCESTER

Each year, Black Maternal Health is recognized from April 11th – 17th to bring attention and action to improving Black Maternal Health. The week is held during National Minority Health Month. Founded and led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance...

Black Women Reds and Black Women on the Liberal Left

Rosa Parks being fingerprinted on Feb. 22, 1956, as one of the people indicted as leaders of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. She was one of 73 people rounded up by deputies that day after a grand jury charged 113 African Americans for organizing the boyc...

A Black Mayor Is Signed, Sealed

By Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer Flojaune Cofer after voting on March 5. Louis Bryant III, OBSERVER With Assemblymember Kevin McCarty and political newcomer Dr. Flojaune Cofer making it to the Nov. 5 election, Sacramento will have i...