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Trump’s Anti-DEI Battle Threatens Nonprofits Trying to Fill Critical Labor Gaps
By Claire Savage and Alexandra Olson, Associated PressCHICAGO (AP) — Recruiting women into construction has been a painstaking but broadly popular effort, with growing bipartisan and industry support...
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Alabama ‘Purposely’ Diluted Black Votes With Congressional Plan, Court Finds
By Tierney Sneed, CNN(CNN) — A federal court ruled Thursday that Alabama engaged in intentional discrimination when it refused to draw a congressional plan with a second Black majority district after...
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Trump’s Diversity Purge Freezes Hundreds Of Millions In Medical Research at...
By Sarah Owermohle, CNN(CNN) — Universities across the country are scrambling to comply with President Donald Trump’s anti-diversity push in an effort to hold on to hundreds of millions of dollars in...
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Republicans Block County Reserve Reform as Trump Budget Threatens Massive Cuts
In a partisan vote, Republican members of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors blocked a proposal to modernize the County’s outdated reserve policy—leaving local communities vulnerable to looming...
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Gracie Mae Stewart Hill Honored with 100th Birthday Celebration
By CW, The FreelancerGracie Mae Stewart Hill’s 100th birthday was celebrated on Saturday, May 10th at 2 p.m. at the Spring Valley Community Center. The event brought together family, friends, and...
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The Real Issue Is: What Will Congress Do About The President Violating the...
By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint NewspaperThe real issue in America is no longer what Donald Trump is doing with his daily and consistent violation of the U.S....
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Why More Black Folks Are Surviving Cancer Than Ever Before
By Jennifer Porter Gore, Word in Black Every day, 5,500 people in the U.S. hear the words, “You have cancer.” But Dr. Robert Winn says the sentence, and the anxiety it produces, obscures big news: from...
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Governor Wes Moore Makes Major Legislative Changes in the State of Maryland
By Stacy M. Brown, Black Press USA Senior National CorrespondentMaryland Gov. Wes Moore will sign 170 bills into law Tuesday, marking one of his term’s most expansive legislative actions. The bills...
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County Moves Forward with 224 Affordable Homes on Public Land, Deepening...
Credit: Courtesy of Terra Lawson Reemer’s OfficeThese new developments — 90 units for seniors in San Diego’s Mid-City neighborhood and 134 units in Escondido for seniors and/or families — are part of a...
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California Community Colleges Podcast Wins Prestigious National Award
Credit: Screenshot via YouTubeThe California Community Colleges’ ICanGoToCollege.com podcast, EDUCATE. ELEVATE. has received the prestigious nationwide Mark L. Olson ‘Best in Show’ Award from the...
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Trump Administration Moves to Eliminate Habeas Corpus
Law concept: habeas corpus. Under United States law, a writ of habeas corpus is a command from a court to the custodian of a particular individual (usually the state or federal prison system) to...
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High School Baseball Coach Suspended, Defends Himself After Alleged Racist...
By J.R. Stone, CNN ALBANY, California (KGO) — Alleged racist heckling at an East Bay high school baseball game now has a coach suspended, but a parent of one of the targeted players says it’s not...
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Black Women Decimated by Job Loss in Trump Economy
By Stacy M. Brown, Black Press USA Senior National CorrespondentAccording to newly released data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, black women experienced the steepest job loss of any...
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New San Diego Drop-In Center Offers Hope and Safety for Child Sex Trafficking...
(L-R) San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force Commander Special Agent in Charge Geanie Franco, County Department of Child and Family Well-being Director Alfredo Guardado, Chief Deputy District Attorney...
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The 12 Jurors Who Will Decide Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Fate
By Stacy M. Brown, Black Press USA Senior National CorrespondentAs the explosive federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs continues in Manhattan, the fate of one of...
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A Victory in Voting Rights
By April Ryan, BlackPressUSA White House CorrespondentA Supreme Court win over the discriminatory redistributing in AlabamaThe NAACP Legal Defense Fund is taking a victory lap for a Supreme Court win...
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In Coffee-Producing Uganda, an Emerging Sisterhood Wants More Women Involved
By Rodney Muhumuza, Associated PressSIRONKO, Uganda (AP) — Meridah Nandudu envisioned a coffee sisterhood in Uganda, and the strategy for expanding it was simple: Pay a higher price per kilogram when a...
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Dr. Michelle R. Thompson Among Honorees at 34th Annual “Breakfast for Mi...
On Saturday, May 10th, the Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. Alumnae Chapter of San Diego honored Dr. Michelle R. Thompson, Vice President of local media powerhouse, M.A.N.D.A.T.E. Records Inc., and Program...
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Hundreds of Rwandans Who Fled to Congo After the 1994 Genocide Return in UN...
By Ruth Alonga, Associated PressGOMA, Congo (AP) — Hundreds of Rwandan refugees who were living in eastern Congo since the 1994 genocide in Rwanda were repatriated on Saturday, the U.N. refugee agency...
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Vetoes Slavery Reparations Study, Citing Need For...
By Brian Witte, Associated PressANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced Friday he will veto a measure to create a commission to study potential slavery reparations in the state, saying...
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