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The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says America will stand with Japan until all the Japanese abducted by North Korea decades ago return home to end their painful separation By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press April 18, 2024, 1:24 AM ET • 4 min read TOKYO — The United States ambassador to the United Nations […]
SACRAMENTO — Sacramento County will launch a pilot program aimed at helping African American and Native American families in poverty. The program experiments with guaranteed basic income – $725 a month – but even the most skeptical members of the county Board of Supervisors want the public to rethink the concept this time. County supervisor […]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Federal Black Lung Program will host three outreach events in West Virginia on March 19-21, 2024, for current and former coal miners disabled by black lung disease, and their families, to file or refile claims for benefits. There are currently 4,200 people receiving program benefits in West Virginia. The three-day […]
The COVID-19 pandemic and the racial reckoning following George Floyd’s murder pushed many Black Americans to go abroad in search of acceptance. In a trend some refer to as “Blaxit,” Black Americans are taking advantage of Africa’s significantly reduced cost of living and what they described as the lack of racism and discrimination they faced […]
Congresswoman Terri Sewell speaks at Black History month event in DCCongresswoman Terri Sewell speaks at Black History month event in DC U.S. Alabama Rep Terri Sewell spoke at the White House Tuesday for its Black History Month Civil Rights Descendants Event. During this first-of-its-kind convening, Rep. Sewell joined Vice President Kamala Harris, White House Director […]
Washington, DC – “Confirmed receipt.” That is the only message Yasmeen Elagha received from the United States government after two of her cousins — both Palestinian Americans — were detained by Israeli forces as they sheltered near Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Now, she is calling on the administration of US President Joe Biden to […]
An innovative housing partnership is getting underway as site preparation begins on a 96-unit affordable housing development for Black and Indigenous families, Elders and individuals in New Westminster. “This unique development will help us address an urgent need for affordable housing for Black and Indigenous people and families in New Westminster,” said Jennifer Whiteside, MLA for […]
Dr. Javay Ross, a pediatrician and co-founder of the BLOOM: Black Baby Equity Clinic, conducts a health screening on Christina Dozier, 2, of Oakland, as Dozier sits on her grandmother’s lap on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital’s Claremont Clinic in Oakland, Calif. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) As a Black mother, […]
Joshua Roberts/Reuters President Joe Biden and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III attend the dignified transfer of the remains of Army Reserve Sergeants William Rivers, Kennedy Sanders and Breonna Moffett at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, on February 2. CNN — For an American president, it is the gravest of responsibilities: witnessing […]
A communications blackout is creating danger for the Palestine Red Crescent Society, the organization says Doha Madani Another communications blackout is compounding the danger for Palestine Red Crescent Society teams as Israel bombards Khan Younis, where its Al Amal hospital is located, the organization said. “Ambulance teams face significant difficulties in reaching the wounded and […]