Category : News Talk

New California bill aims to give teachers paid pregnancy leave

By Srishti Prabha | OBSERVER Staff Writer Lydiana Alfaro, a teacher in Natomas Unified School District, advocates for paid pregnancy as a recent mother. Standing with her are California Teachers Association representative Erika Jones, Assembly me...

Black Family Health & Wellness Expo taking place in Flint March 15

Written by Tanya Terry Flint Area Links, Incorporated and Hamilton Community Health Network will host a Black Family Wellness Expo from 1-4 p.m. on Friday, March 15. Attending families will have an opportunity to have their teeth examined; register f...

Black Kansas City stories to be presented to United Nations

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – The Mayor’s Commission on Reparations hosted Howard Law Professor Justin Hansford during his listening tour across 40 cities in the United States for the Black Audit Report. Kansas City African Americans provided thei...

SPORTS HISTORY IN BLACK: Bubba Smith becomes first overall pick for NFL’s Colts

The late Bubba Smith, standing at 6’7”, was best known as Moses Hightower, the giant police officer with tremendous strength in the “Police Academy” movies. Bubba Smith, defensive end of the Baltimore Colts, is shown in 1972. Photo c...

Beyond Reparations for Tulsa’s Black Wall Street

Mar 15, 2024 More than 100 years ago, a violent white mob destroyed the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma, killing hundreds of people and destroying a prosperous community, including a district known as Black Wall Street. Descendants of t...

Black Family Wellness Expo in Flint to offer health screenings, education

FLINT, MI — Flint Area Links, Incorporated and Hamilton Community Health Network are hosting a Black Family Wellness Expo this week. The event is set from 1-4 p.m. Friday, March 15 at Hamilton’s main clinic, located at 2900 N. Saginaw St. in F...

Texas court ruling on minority business designation ripples across the nation

It’s a ruling reverberating across the country — even if the ramifications aren’t yet clear. A U.S. District Court judge in Texas last week ruled that a federal agency created to assist minority business owners could not use race as a deciding factor...

Northwestern student group likens Japanese internment reparations to modern-day calls for slavery reparations

A student group held an event at an Illinois university that discussed the past fight for reparations for Japanese Americans and tied it to current discussions about reparations for other groups. The Asian Pacific American Coalition (APAC) at North...

Victims of the Flint Water Crisis Are Still Waiting to Get Paid

This post was originally published on Word In Black By: Willy Blackmore In 2021, when a settlement between the state of Michigan and residents of Flint was approved, there was a sense that those who were affected by the water crisis were close to re...

Michiana Chronicles: Black maternal health

April: I’m here with Marchelle Pettit, a community doula and champion for Black maternal health and reproductive justice and we’re recognizing Women’s History Month by drawing attention to a national health crisis – especially acute in Indiana – Bla...

Nearly 500 victims of church sex abuse in France have received financial compensation

NICE, France — Hundreds of victims of child sexual abuse by priests or church representatives have received financial compensation so far from France’s Catholic Church under a sweeping reparations program, an independent body in charge of the...

Activists seek huge tax WRITE-OFF for blacks as ‘reparations 2.0’

By James Reinl, Social Affairs Correspondent, For Dailymail.Com Published: 10:40 EDT, 14 March 2024 | Updated: 11:10 EDT, 14 March 2024 Reparations activists have opened a new front in their battle for compensation for slavery-era abu...

Posts Distort Missouri Divorce Law Regarding Pregnancy

Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take There’s no law in Missouri that prevents pregnant women from getting divorced. But social media posts claim Missouri women “cannot divorce their spouse if th...

Racial health disparities focus of Black Maternal Health Equity Summit at CSU

CLEVELAND, Ohio — As an historian and self-described reproductive justice advocate, Deirdre Cooper Owens sees the roots of present-day disparities in health care when she looks at the past. Beginning in the 17th century, physicians and scientists he...

Adidas Commits Over $150 Million to Anti-Hate Causes Following Yeezy Sales

According to the Associated Press, Adidas revealed plans on Wednesday to allocate more than $150 million to organizations dedicated to combating anti-hate groups and other hate forms. This philanthropic effort stems from the revenue generated from...