Activists Say: Banning Newport, Other Flavored Cigarettes Puts Black Lives in Danger
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Eric Garner’s mother Gwendolyn Carr says, for Black Men, selling a single cigarette, known as “loosey,” can lead to an arrest, a prison sentence or even death. Six years ago, a police officer put her son in a chokehold and strangled him to death for allegedly selling…
Read MoreSB54 as Written Has To Go, Penalizing Poor People During a Pandemic is Insensitive and Deplorable
By Gloria Zuurveen Editor-in-Chief “It’s a pandemic for crying out loud!” Why is this cry not heard by those, including my local state assemblywoman Kamlager-Dove, who have put forth a bill that will be injurious to families and restaurants alike? Kamlager- Dove is the co-author of AB 1080 along with Senate Bill 54 Yes, that’s…
Read MoreCircle City Broadcasting Files Racial Discrimination Suit Against AT&T
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Circle City Broadcasting, parent company to WISH-TV and MyINDY-TV 23, has filed suit against AT&T. READ: See the full lawsuit The suit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, claims “intentional misconduct” by AT&T. On Sept. 19, 2019, the stations were acquired from Nexstar Media Group by Circle City Broadcasting,…
Read MoreCBS Headline? What’s Wrong?
CBS News Joe Biden officially because Democratic nominee for president What you think? Send you comments in the comment section.
Read MoreShirley Weber’s CSU Ethnic Studies Bill Is Now State Law
Joe W. Bowers Jr. | California Black Media Gov. Newsom signed AB 1460 into law on Monday, Aug. 17. The new state law requires California State University (CSU), the nation’s largest four-year public university system, to provide courses in Ethnic studies at each of its 23 campuses beginning with the 2021–22 academic year and…
Read MoreBDO Survey: 58% of African Americans Say They Won’t Take COVID-19 Vaccine
CHICAGO /PRNewswire/ — A recent survey on Blackdoctor.org (BDO) revealed a staggering 58% of the respondents wouldn’t take a COVID-19 vaccination as soon as it’s available. In addition to 58% saying “no” to the vaccine, 22% reported they would take the vaccine, but had “concerns”. In total, 80% of respondents either said “no” or…
Read MoreThe World Expected Too Much From Obama. Now It Expects Too Much of Kamala Harris
Rashmee Roshan LallFlorida @rashmeerl When Joe Biden said of Kamala Harris, “Her story is America’s story”, it felt like 2008 in India all over again. I was editor of the Sunday Times of India, the country’s largest English-language newspaper, and based in the Indian capital. My husband was cultural attaché at the US embassy in New Delhi. Barack Obama had just…
Read More‘Sterilizing Children’ Bill Heads to Calif. Senate Floor Amid Public Outcry
By Brandon Showalter, From the CP Reporter A committee in the California state Senate voted earlier this week to approve a bill creating a fund for experimental medicalized gender-transition procedures, including cross-sex hormones and body-altering surgeries for both minors and legal adults. The move came after the Health Committee chair said in late July that the measure would…
Read MoreWhen the Dems Win, Gov. Newsom Must Pick an African American to Replace Kamala Harris
By Hardy Brown | Special to California Black Media U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, the first Black woman to serve on a major party’s presidential ticket made history last week when Joe Biden, the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee, announced that she would serve as his running mate. While much of the national and local news centered…
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