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SAN DIEGO— Georgia state Congresswoman Simone Bell, the first Black lesbian to serve in the U.S. state legislature, will speak at the 11th annual San Diego Women’s Pride Brunch, Saturday July 16. Bell has spent her entire career fighting for equality as a community organizer, including working for affordable housing, elderly issues and youth empowerment. […]
Borrowers whose credit scores fall below standards are finding it easier to access a home loan, as lenders are once again welcoming subprime markets. Not since the financial crisis have lenders been willing to invest in buyers with questionable credit. According to reports, a number of private firms are becoming increasingly willing to accept alternative […]
COLORADO – A Colorado state regulation that requires day care centers to provide at least three different races of dolls angered some local day care owners, who say their rights are being infringed upon. The Root Reports: Some child care providers in the state aren’t too happy about it. One day care owner told a […]
ORLANDO — Orlando’s first Black female chief of police Val Demings is running for Congress, sources said. Demings planned to make a formal announcement Wednesday afternoon in downtown Orlando. She has served as chief of police since December 2007. Read More At DailyJournal.net RELATED: Terri Sewell’s Election Shows Black Women’s Progress
Blacks in nursing homes are more likely than whites to suffer pressure ulcers and damage to bones and muscles due to differences in the quality of care that both groups receive. The disparities arise in homes where there are a number of predominately black or white patients, not that homes are treating whites better than […]
An 18-year-old man fatally shot himself with a gun in his Charlotte, North Carolina home Sunday night. Several family members were in the home at the time of the incident. His mother, Annie Bratton, says she didn’t know the teen, Staten Bratton, owned a gun. She now wants others to learn from the incident, warning […]
As one the few national magazines that caters to the African-American audience, Essence Magazine chose Michael Bullerdick, a white man, to serve as its managing editor — a decision many find rather dubious. Dr. Boyce Watkins questions the impact such a decision could have on Essence’s editorial content and its readers. An Excerpt Reads: This […]
Since 1976, Alabama state judges have overturned 107 jury decisions in capital cases, and in 92 percent of those cases, jury recommendations of life imprisonment were rejected in favor of death sentences, according to a new report by the Equal Justice Initiative, a non-profit law firm based in Montgomery, Ala. Last November, jurors in Lee […]
Mia Amber Davis, the plus-size model who unexpectedly passed away during routine knee surgery in May, died from a blood clot in her lungs, according to new reports. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office released an updated death certificate after an autopsy, finding that Davis had a pulmonary thrombo-embolism. According to TMZ.com, Davis’ husband Michael […]
WASHINTON — After days of parlay between Republican and Democratic lawmakers, and no efforts to reach a deal on the deficit, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell proposed that President Obama increase the federal debt limit without Congressional approval. McConnell’s proposal suggests a lack of confidence in Congress’ ability to reach a bipartisan agreement on spending […]