“She is one of the few representatives who gets re-elected with over 70 percent of the vote in her community,” said Rick L. Callender, ESQ, president of the NAACP California-Hawaii […]
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Arts & Entertainment-OW, Entertainment, National
Producer takes epic Nerf battle on the road
Imagine throwing a party big enough to land in the Guinness World Records book? Imagine throwing a retro party big enough for artists from the 80s, and 90s to come […]
Posted inBlack History, Black History-OW, Counting the Cost, National
After Juneteenth – Reparations now
Juneteenth, or June 19, 2022, was marked with fireworks and concerts, parades, and proclamations, a big difference from Juneteenth a year ago when President Biden signed the executive order making […]
Posted inNational, Practical Politics
The politics of being the end of the best
The very best women’s tennis player (and reigning Athlete of the decade) of the open era (since 1968) has just been vanquished from the court. Like Casey at the Bat, […]
Posted inCOVID-19, National
Health experts debunk COVID-19 vaccine myths
As the world is moving on from COVID-19, the government and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are still urging people to vaccinate. First, it started with adults […]
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R. Kelly 30-year sentence for sex crimes, rackteering
A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced singer and convicted sexual predator R. Kelly to 30 years in prison. Kelly was convicted in September 2021 of racketeering and violating the Mann […]
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BLM Grassroots lays groundwork
The Black Lives Matter Grassroots organization has been trying to separate itself and shed light that they are a different entity from Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation. Global Network […]
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NNPA and Transformative Justice Coalition announce GOTV campaign
Ahead of the all-important 2022 midterm elections, reports show that more than 55 million Americans remain unregistered to vote—and about 10 million are African-Americans who are eligible to vote but […]
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Abortion rights overturned by SCOTUS
Conservatives on the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), as expected, formally overturned the nearly 50-year-old right to abortion in a ruling last Friday by its ruling in Dobbs […]
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County lawyers seek to exclude video of Sheriff’s deputy abuse
Lawyers representing Los Angeles County reportedly want to exclude a video of a deputy kneeling on the head of a handcuffed inmate in March 2021 from an ongoing legal fight […]