Category : News Talk

‘Plastic Jesus’ Campaign Helps Faith Communities Ditch Plastic

By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware | Word In Black (WIB) – When many congregations gather for worship on Sunday, April 21, they will sing hymns, read scriptures, and recite much of their liturgy molded around the care and feeding of the earth — al...

Cannabis dispensaries fight to stay afloat under layered taxation system

By Ken Magri | Solving Sacramento Despite the legal cannabis market initially seen as a golden enterprise for generating local tax revenues, Sacramento dispensary owners say they are increasingly unable to turn a profit. There is concern among t...

Breakthrough Sacramento celebrates 30 years of education

By Jenelle Lum | Solving Sacramento Derion is a 10th grade student and intern for Breakthrough Sacramento. (Photo courtesy of Faith Galati) Maricela, a 7th grade student at the Language Academy of Sacramento, said she feels more prepared for sc...

NBA Play-In Game Preview: West games on Tuesday. East games on Wednesday. Eliminations on Friday

By Tim Reynolds | The Associated Press Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown gives a thumbs-up during the second half of the team’s NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billin...

Staff Editorial: Our Fall 2024 course recommendations

This week, WashU students are picking their courses for the Fall 2024 semester. While they may be last-minute, we hope that our Student Life editorial staff recommendations can help you make final scheduling decisions. Maybe it will even save you fr...

Black Maternal Health Week event focuses on building mental resilience

TAMPA, Fla. — Black Maternal Health Week is in full swing here in the Tampa Bay area. It’s part of a national movement to highlight the health disparities that Black women and their babies face. And as part of our continued commitment to shine...

Documents show how tensions escalated during Section 14 reparations discussions between attorneys ⋆ The Palm Springs Post

An aerial view of the city of Palm Springs in the 1960s. Homes are shown in Section 14 in the center right. Correspondence released by the city Monday—available for viewing here—shows how the debate over reparations for the city’s role in the destru...

Black Maternal Health Week raises awareness to ongoing health crisis

“The chronic stress that Black people have every single day just based upon their race, their gender and their socio-economic background — it literally affects every facet of their life,” said Ashia George, a registered nurse at DM...

Black Doctor’s Head-to-Toe Health Book Empowers African American Women

Nationwide — If anyone wonders why today’s Black women need a health book geared specifically to them, look no further than BLACK WOMEN’S WELLNESS: Your “I’ve Got This!” Guide to Health, Sex & Phenomenal Living (Sounds True; $26.99). The author...

GM is Leaving the RenCen in 2025 for New HQ at Hudson’s Site in Downtown Detroit

Photo: Dan Gilbert, Chairman and Founder of Bedrock, Mary Barra, GM CEO and Chair It’s a new dawn and it’s a new day as General Motors and Bedrock came together in partnership at Hudson’s Detroit. GM CEO and Chair Mary Barra announced that the global...

California moves to create genealogy office for reparations eligibility

(The Center Square) – The California Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would create a new state agency for implementing the state’s reparations task force recommendations and determine which individuals qualify as descendants of Ameri...

Virginia observes Black maternal health week

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — More happy, healthy babies and mamas. That is the goal of Black Maternal Health Week, which Virginia is observing for the first time from April 11 through April 17. “I love that patients are advocating for themselves, or the...