Category : News

New County Board member sworn in

thetimesweekly.com At the recent Will County Board Meeting, members approved the appointment of Margaret Tyson to the board's vacant position in District 3. The appointment comes after the previous representative of District 3, Don Moran of Romeovil...

PROF. BROWNE-MARSHALL, ALLIMADI, AND UNIA’S BRO. DUGU AT CEMOTAP SPEAKERS SERIES SATURDAY

[CEMOTAP Forum News] Black Star News Publisher Milton Allimadi, Dr. Gloria Browne-Marshall and UNIA Chancellor Brother Raymond Dugue will speak at the CEMOTAP (Committee to Eliminate Media Offensive to African People) this Saturday, July, 27 at 135-0...

MSM Falsifies Claims Over Mueller Testimony

The following article, MSM Falsifies Claims Over Mueller Testimony, was first published on The Black Sphere. Mainstream media dedicated quite a few headlines to Mueller’s testimony. And there’s been a great deal of speculation over what w...

Welcoming America recognizes Dallas for immigrant inclusion work

Welcoming America is celebrating 10 years of immigrant inclusion work and is recognizing the City of Dallas as one of three cities in the nation to be a welcoming community. Also, Dallas’ City Manager T.C. Broadnax was recently acknowledged for his e...

NY ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES: MORTGAGE SERVICER ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL FORECLOSURE ACTIONS AGAINST HOMEOWNERS

[Homeowner News] Attorney General James: “Ditech’s action is an illegal attempt to strip hundreds of homeowners of their legitimate claims and eviscerate New York’s carefully-created foreclosure process. Housing is a right, and we will continue to us...

Campus Reform PROVES College Students are Leftist Idiots

The following article, Campus Reform PROVES College Students are Leftist Idiots, was first published on The Black Sphere. College campuses have become a breeding ground for leftism. And critical thinking is no longer part of the standard curriculum....

Harris, Nadar submit federal marijuana reform bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) and U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, on Tuesday introduced the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, one of the most com...

Opioid abuse among seniors runs rampant AMAC says

WASHINGTON, DC — The focus of the opioid crisis in the U.S. is on younger victims. But, according to senior advocate Dan Weber “the substance abuse epidemic is having a growing impact on older Americans, the fastest-growing segment of the population....

Business Betrayals: Protecting Yourself From Workplace Treachery

Betrayal in business can come in many forms. A supervisor who gives specific directions for a project then lays the blame squarely on you when things go awry. An employee who fails to inform you of a high-end client’s unhappiness, leaving you blindsi...

Kids, adversity and sleep problems: What you can do

by Diana Hembree, StressHealth.org If you had a rough childhood, research suggests you are more likely to have nightmares and other sleep problems. Kids who’ve lived through homelessness, neighborhood violence, parental divorce, abuse or othe...

(Dis)location: Black Exodus – Let’s talk about how it happened and what to do about it

The Anti-Eviction Mapping Project is proud and excited to announce a launch party and community gathering at the Bayview Opera House, 4705 Third St., San Francisco, on Saturday, Aug. 3, 5-7 p.m., to celebrate the print and online publication of...

Driving while Black remains dangerous

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Two new recently published reports show that racial profiling – particularly “Driving While Black” – remains a crisis in America. A recent report issued by Missouri’s attorney general Er...

Equifax Data Breach Settlement: What You Should Know

By: Alvaro Puig, Consumer Education Specialist, FTC In September of 2017, Equifax announced a data breach that exposed the personal information of 147 million people. Under a settlement filed today, Equifax agreed to spend up to $425 million to help...

SMU study found Black and Latinx college graduates had some of the highest debt-to-income ratios

College students in Texas who graduated from public universities with a bachelor’s degree had, on average, student loan debts that equaled 74 percent of what they earned in their first-year wages, according to a new study from SMU (Southern Methodist...

Joliet police face backlash over prayer vigil scuffle at city council meeting

Several spoke out against the Joliet Police Department’s involvement in a recent prayer vigil scuffle at Tuesday’s meeting of the Joliet City Council. Konika Morrow, 40, of Joliet, took to the public comments section to make her concerns known regar...