Category : News Talk

‘Overwhelmingly supported’: Berkeley school district Reparations Task Force presents survey results

The Reparations Task Force of Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, found overwhelming support for reparations in their community engagement survey last week. The survey was conducted as part of the Task Force’s process to make recommendations...

Last chance for ‘justice in their lifetime’: survivors of Tulsa race massacre push for restitution

The two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, thought to be the worst single act of white supremacist violence against African Americans in US history, attended a momentous hearing on Tuesday. The supreme court of Oklahoma considered a...

BLACK HEALTH MATTERS TO HOST FREE SPRING HEALTH SUMMIT AND EXPO IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

Popular health-focused event to feature free screenings, conversations with experts and celebrities WASHINGTON, April 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Black Health Matters (BHM) – a leading nonprofit health advocacy organization that provides health and...

Remaining survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre make case for reparations before State Supreme Court

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The last two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre went before the Oklahoma State Supreme Court on Tuesday to make their case for reparations. The last two survivors, Mother Lessie Benningfield Randle and Mother...

Conference focusing on building Black businesses coming to Huntington

HUNTINGTON — The first statewide annual conference to focus on the strategic issues around building Black businesses in Appalachia will take place Monday at Marshall Health Network Arena in Huntington. Stories you migh...

California Advocates and Policymakers Want to Lighten the Load of Medical Debt

Edward Henderson | California Black Media (CBM) – When San Diego resident Bethany Harris began to feel sharp pains in her upper back, she knew something was wrong. After spending three days in the hospital, she was informed that she needed...

President Biden Is Building on the Legacy of Obamacare, Donald Trump Is Trying to Tear it Down

By Jaime Harrison | Word In Black (WIB) – Having worked on Capitol Hill for several years, I’ve seen the work that goes into getting a bill signed into law. It can be grueling, but it gives us an opportunity to transform the lives of millio...

Equity in the Capital: Kacey Lizon and Kendra Macias Reed on transportation equity and what it takes to get from point A to everywhere else

By Nick Brunner | Solving Sacramento Kendra Macias Reed is the deputy director with the Franklin Neighborhood Development Corporation (Photo courtesy Kendra Macias Reed) We can see how Sacramento gets to work. We get to school, we get to the gr...

Should college essays touch on race? Some feel the affirmative action ruling leaves them no choice

By Collin Binkley, Annie Ma and Noreen Nasir | The Associated Press Hillary Amofa listens to others member of the Lincoln Park High School step team after school Friday, March 8, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) CHICAGO (AP) —...

Why most Americans who need substance use disorder treatment don’t get it

By Ali Hickerson | Stacker fizkes // Shutterstock (Stacker) – More than 39 million adults with a substance use disorder did not receive treatment in 2022, according to the latest data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Servi...

Advocates push for reparations plan after bill got ignored during 2024 session

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – According to the US Census, Atlanta is the top city with the largest wealth disparity between white and black families. Lawmakers called the legislative session a missed opportunity to bridge a divide that st...

Video: Last 2 remaining survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre make case for reparations before Okla. State Supreme Court

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Raiders Foundation inaugural Silver & Black Gala spotlights Nevada-based mental health initiatives

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – The Las Vegas Raiders proudly celebrate the Raiders Foundation inaugural Silver & Black Gala, a momentous event aimed at championing mental health awareness and raising funds for the Legal Aid of Southern Nevada’s Res...

Race massacre survivors make case to Okla. Supreme Court as Tulsans look on

Attorneys for the last two survivors of the 1921 Race Massacre presented oral arguments Tuesday to the Oklahoma Supreme Court in hopes of getting their reparations case back to trial. Viola Fletcher and Lessie Benningfield Randle are the two remain...

Nation Mourns The Passing of Black Press Champion James A. Washington

Friends, family and supporters are mourning the passing of The Atlanta Voice president and general manager James Washington who died on Tuesday, April 2.& Washington, 73, was a respected veteran of the Black Press, having established himself ear...