Air Quality Board Rejects Two Rules Written to Ban Gas Water Heaters and...
PHOTO: California Black Media Credit: California Black Media By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media Two proposed rules to eliminate the usage of gas water heaters and furnaces by the...
View ArticleA New Era of Policing Begins in Austell, Ga., with Black Woman Chief
By Stacy M. Brown, Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent Shameta Jones-Harrell has officially taken the helm as police chief of Austell, Georgia, becoming the first woman to lead any police...
View ArticleKing Family Wants MLK Files to Remain Sealed
By Lauren Burke, NNPA “This is delicate stuff,” Judge Richard Leon said during a hearing on June 4 on the question of whether classified documents related to Dr. Martin Luther King will be made...
View ArticleDon’t Get Distracted: 5 Trump Policies Black Americans Need to Watch Now
By Stacy M. Brown, Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent The public feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk over the GOP’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” has Republicans scrambling—but civil...
View ArticleCoco Gauff Handles Bad Memories and Top-Ranked Aryna Sabalenka To Earn First...
By Jerome Pugmire and Samuel Petrequin, AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Drawing on the painful memory of her defeat three years ago in the French Open final gave Coco Gauff just the motivation she...
View ArticleNiJaree Canady Makes History with Record-Breaking $1M NIL Deal at Texas Tech
By Stacy M. Brown, Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent NiJaree Canady, a 22-year-old African American softball phenom, has become the first college softball player to sign a Name, Image, and...
View ArticleLet’s Exercise Our Economic Power: View the NAACP Black Consumer Advisory...
Credit: Courtesy of NAACP On February 15, 2025, the NAACP issued this Black Consumer Advisory to inform and caution Black consumers about the ongoing and intentional rollback of nationwide...
View ArticleLA Protests Far Different from ’92 Rodney King Riots
By Brian Melley, Associated Press The images of cars set ablaze, protesters tossing rocks at police and officers firing nonlethal rounds and tear gas at protesters hearkens back to the last time a...
View ArticleAI and Our Healthcare: California Lawmakers Address Biases, Benefits, Access...
PHOTO: California Black Media Credit: California Black Media By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media On May 28, the Assembly Health and Privacy and Consumer Protection Committees held...
View Article34,000 SDUSD Students to Receive Extended Learning Opportunities this Summer
San Diego Unified School District announced on June 2nd it will support 34,000 students this summer with its comprehensive Extended Learning Opportunities program. The programs will operate during the...
View ArticleCouncil Fights for Targeted Budget Restorations, Passed to Mayor’s Desk for...
As a season of painful budget negotiations, offset by nationwide economic volatility, failed tax measures, and declining revenue, comes to an end, the final budget proposed by San Diego City Council...
View ArticleNever Leave One Behind’s Second Annual Scholarship Awards Celebration
By Darrel Wheeler, Contributing Writer Once again, there was no one left behind at the Second Annual Never Leave One Behind Johnnie Lee Gibson Scholarship awards presentation last Saturday at the...
View ArticleCDC Issues New Measles Warning
Credit: Freepik As of May 29, 2025, the CDC confirmed a total of 1,088 measles cases were reported by 33 jurisdictions: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois,...
View ArticleMetro Community Ministries Hosts Dominoes Tournament at Marina Village
By C.W., The Freelancer On Saturday, June 7, 2025, Metro Community Ministries, Inc. (MCMI) held its first-ever Dominoes Tournament at the Marina Village Conference Center, bringing together community...
View ArticleTrump, The Law And “We The People”
Dr. Warren Editorial By Dr. John E.Warren, Publisher San Diego Voice &Viewpoint Newspaper As Thomas Payne once wrote in his paper “The Crisis” during the American revolution, “These are the times...
View ArticleAmerica Urgently Needs a New Affordable Housing Agenda
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association President Donald Trump’s housing policy is shaping up to be both an economic and humanitarian disaster, and...
View ArticleJuneteenth Started With Handbills Proclaiming Freedom. Here’s What They Said
By Jamie Stengle, Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the...
View ArticleAttorney General Bonta Urges Court to Dismiss Challenge to California Law
California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a motion to dismiss Huntington Beach’s lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 54, the “California Values Act,” which limits local involvement in federal...
View ArticleHBCUs Depend on Federal Funding. Their Leaders are Walking a Tightrope on...
By Cheyanne Mumphrey, Associated Press Like many of his predecessors, President Donald Trump has affirmed the importance of historically Black colleges and universities, hailing them as a pathway to...
View ArticleIn Unprecedented Move, Member of Congress Charged with “Forcibly Impeding”...
By Lauren Burke New Jersey Congresswoman LaMonica McIver was indicted on the evening of June 10 on federal charges. Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba announced the rare indictment of a...
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