Political Playback: California Capitol News You Might Have Missed
By Bo Tefu, California Black Media Bill Would Create California Version of National Institutes of Health Anticipating federal cuts to scientific research and vaccine programs, California State Sen....
View ArticlePamela Stevenson, The Top Democrat in The Kentucky House, Launches Campaign...
By Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmaker Pamela Stevenson, the top-ranking Democrat in the GOP-led state House, launched her U.S. Senate campaign on Monday, vowing...
View ArticleUS AID Cuts Hit Ethiopia’s Fragile Tigray Region
By Samuel Getachew and Fred Harter, Associated Press As a displaced person in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, 76-year-old Haile Tsege is no stranger to hunger. During its war with Tigray fighters...
View ArticleCommentary – The Vibe Shift: As California Moves to Political Right, Dem...
By G. Maciel De La Vega, California Black Media OPINION – On March 16, the California Republican Party elected its first Black female chair, Corrin Rankin. However, she doesn’t want her identity to be...
View ArticleWith A Nod to America’s Civil Rights Legacy, Sen. Cory Booker Makes a Mark of...
By Matt Brown, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Cory Booker ended his record-setting speech the same way he began it, more than 25 hours earlier: by invoking the words of his mentor,...
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These Families Built Decades-Long Lives in the US. Facing Deportation, They...
By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — What was supposed to be a joyous time for Georgia barber Rodney Taylor after his recent engagement turned into a nightmare when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents...
View ArticleBurundi Sees Its Largest Number Of Refugees Arriving In Decades
By Associated Press Burundi is seeing its largest influx of refugees in decades as tens of thousands of people flee the fighting in neighboring eastern Congo, the U.N. World Food Program said Monday....
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter Plaza’s End, Like its Beginning, is A Barometer of The Times
By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It started as an ordinary D.C. intersection — a tourist destination with a modest white church on the corner, notable largely for an unobstructed...
View ArticleLawmakers Release Sweeping Bill Package to Fast Track Housing Production
By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media Two members of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) joined a bipartisan and bicameral group of lawmakers to introduce a 20-bill package...
View ArticleMiami’s Haitian community gathers in prayer as crises escalate in homeland...
By Giovanna Dell’Orto, Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Packed pews, rollicking singing and emotional devotions have marked Lent worship services at Notre Dame d’Haiti, the Catholic church at the heart...
View ArticleTJ Simpson – Building Community and Growing in College Corps
By Charlene Muhammad, California Black Media Contributor TJ Simpson is a third-year Parks and Recreation Management major at California State University, Chico (CSU Chico). A first-generation college...
View ArticleMaryland Lawmakers Approve Measure to Study Reparations for Slavery
By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers voted Wednesday to create a commission to study and recommend potential reparations for slavery and the lingering effects of...
View ArticleSec. of State Shirley Weber Calls New Trump Voting Law “Reckless and...
By Edward Henderson, California Black Media On March 26, California Secretary of State Dr. Shirley N. Weber released a statement condemning an executive order President Trump released the day before...
View ArticleJudge Dismisses Gender Bias Suit by Woman Who Lost Bid to be Top Pastor of...
By David Crary, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a professor and minister who lost her bid to become the first woman to serve...
View ArticleDiffering Ideas on Liberation
By April Ryan, BlackPressUSA, White House Correspondent “April 2 is liberation day, “proclaims Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary, during Tuesday’s daily press briefing. President Trump will...
View ArticleTarget Continues to Pay the Price for Breaking Promise to Black America
By Stacy M. Brown, BlackPressUSA.com, Senior National Correspondent Target is losing more than its commitment to equity, it’s losing customers. For the eighth consecutive week, shoppers have turned...
View ArticleMaya Angelou Memoir, Holocaust Book Are Among Those Pulled from Naval Academy...
By Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the...
View ArticleNew California Platform Aims to “Build Trust” Between Citizens and State...
By McKenzie Jackson, California Black Media California state government has launched a new public-facing platform that it hopes will facilitate communication and “build trust” between citizens and...
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A Legacy of Love
By Charles Warren, Contributing Writer Maxcine Stephens’ 95th birthday was a truly unforgettable celebration, held on April 6th, 2025, at the beautiful Tom Ham’s Lighthouse. Surrounded by her beloved...
View ArticleAid Cuts Threaten Progress Toward Ending Deaths in Pregnancy and Childbirth,...
By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — More women could die in pregnancy and childbirth due to “unprecedented” aid cuts that threaten to undo two decades of progress in maternal healthcare, the World Health...
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