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OP-ED: Prostate Cancer Rising in Black America
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association As the United States continues to grapple with its legacy of systemic racism, debates on issues such as...
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OP-ED: Black Women Are Still Dying from Childbirth in 2022. Why?
By Kara James | Nurse Practitioner, Planned Parenthood Los Angeles, Black Voice News Black women in Los Angeles County are four times more likely to die because of pregnancy and its complications than...
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Multiple Sclerosis: Activist Lisa McRipley Raises Awareness & Funds with...
MS Activist Lisa McRipley. (Photo: Google Images) MS Activist and National MS Society Michigan Chapter Trustee Lisa McRipley is sponsoring M² S² – the Inaugural Mighty Multiple Sclerosis Slide: A...
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Neighborhoods of Color are Breathing Unhealthier Air Than in the Previous Two...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia According to a report published this week by the American Lung Association, almost half of Americans – 137 million people...
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Vice President Harris and Husband Test Positive for Covid
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Vice President Kamala Harris has tested positive for Covid. Harris and First Gentleman Doug Emhoff returned this week...
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The Brain Shrinks by Five Percent Beginning at 45, Experts Say Banish the...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Ted Zanto, an associate professor of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, said aging shrinks the...
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President Biden Releases $5.8 Trillion Budget Proposal
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia On Monday, March 28, President Joe Biden released his 2023 budget proposal that includes significant tax hikes on the...
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Oakland Group Seeks to Aid Pregnant Residents After Encampment Closure
By Zack Haber A recent closure of a homeless encampment near the intersection of MacArthur Boulevard and 106th Avenue has prompted Homies Empowerment, an East Oakland-based grassroots organization, to...
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PRESS ROOM: The Bridge Forum Brings Back ‘Mental Health’ Event to go Beyond...
NNPA Newswire The HeroZona Foundation, a nonprofit that works with veterans, and first responders committed to bringing social good to future generations and underserved communities, has announced a...
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Inside Queen Hippie Gypsy, Oakland’s First Black Woman-Owned Botanica
By Makiah Hiley Known as “the hood alchemist,” Lilly Ayers founded and runs Oakland’s first Black woman owned crystal botanica, Queen Hippie Gypsy. Located in Downtown Oakland, Ayers’ ground floor...
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Black Men Die of Prostate Cancer at Double the Rate of All Other Races
Virginia Insurer Under Fire for Refusing Coverage of Treatment Despite Law By Hazel Trice Edney, TriceEdneyWire.com Benjamin J. Lambert IV, a member of one of the most prominent Black families in...
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Brothers Lean on “Granny,” Aunt, One Another After Covid-19 Loss
PAINDEMIC PAIN: Mending Unseen Wounds Black and Brown families have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic. So have their children. According to the National Institutes of Health,...
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Women Find A Winning Solution in Dealing with Hair Loss
By Sylvia Dunnavant Hines After Actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock during the Oscars for making a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head, one word was echoed around the world – alopecia....
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Rally Calling for Change in Child Welfare System in Sacramento on May 11
By Tanya Dennis There are over 58,000 children in California who are on welfare or probation supervised placement within the child welfare system. Michelle Chan, founder and director of California...
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PRESS ROOM: Georgia, Tennessee Small Businesses Eligible for up to $2,000 To...
ATLANTA – Up to 200 minority-owned businesses in Georgia and Tennessee can receive up to $2,000 for helping to increase COVID-19 vaccine confidence among their workers and in their communities....
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COMMENTARY: “COVID-19 and White Supremacy, Creating Our New Normal”
Black Mental Health pt. 2 By Tanya Dennis With the global COVID-19 pandemic, we knew the world would never be the same. For some, COVID-19 has provided an opportunity to correct a society filled with...
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#WordinBlack: Schools and Black Students’ Mental Health: The Kids Aren’t Alright
By Maya Pottiger, Word in Black It’s no surprise that we’re living through difficult times. After two years, we’re still in a global pandemic, which has predominantly impacted people of color. In...
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Alexa Irene Canady: First Black Woman Neurosurgeon in U.S.
By Tamara Shiloh It was during a health careers summer program at the University of Michigan that Alexa Irene Canady (b. 1950) decided to pursue medicine. Her undergraduate degree was in zoology, but...
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OP-ED: Faith Leaders Call for Accountability Over Negligence, Deaths at Santa...
Alameda County’s Santa Rita jail, run by Sheriff Gregory Ahern, has been the target of multiple lawsuits over jail conditions and has had the most in-custody deaths in Northern California: at least 58...
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UC Berkeley Students Protest Supreme Court Abortion Decision
By Sarah Clemens When it comes to reproductive health, the future looks both unprecedented and regressive. A Supreme Court draft to overturn Roe v. Wade, the controversial ruling that declared the...
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