California Governor Nixes Bill Offering Free Condoms To High School Students
California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently axed a bill that provides condoms to high school students for free, the Associated Press reports. Newsom shut the legislation down, arguing that supporting the proposed law was too expensive, with a budget deficit of over $30 billion. The bill—known as Senate Bill 541—would have mandated all public schools to […]
Black Professor Reveals That California Community Colleges Don’t Teach Black History Even For History Majors
*Originally Published By Blacknews.com Nationwide — Manu Ampim, a tenured professor of History and Africana Studies at Contra Costa College in San Pablo, California, has revealed that the California Community College system, the largest educational system in the U.S. serving more than 1.8 million students, has omitted Africa in its curricula. He says that only […]
Autism Study Launches New Video Campaign to Attract More African Americans
*Originally Published By Blacknews.com Nationwide — SPARK, the largest study of autism families across the United States, hopes a new video campaign helps the research initiative capture the attention of more Black and African American individuals and families. SPARK contends that autism research is more powerful when children and families from varying racial and ethnic […]
Black Leisure Travel May Skyrocket In 2023
According to MMGY Global’s “The Black Traveler: Insights, Opportunities & Priorities” report, not only do Black Americans spend a lot on leisure travel, but seeing Black people represented in the advertising associated with a destination increases the likelihood that Black people from the United States will go there. In 2019, Black Americans spent an estimated […]
Heartfelt Host: How Tamron Hall’s Resilience and Purpose Guide Her Success
Broadcast journalist and TV host Tamron Hall proves that connecting with people on a deeper level not only engages and entertains—it’s also at the core of turning pain into purpose. “I have always been a part of a team sport with a coach. And when I worked in network news, I was part of the […]
Tulsa Race Massacre Survivor Hughes Van Ellis, 102, Dies
Hughes Van Ellis, one of the last three known survivors from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, died Oct. 9 at 102, 2 News Oklahoma reports. Van Ellis was a baby when the tragedy occurred but the event had devastating consequences that lasted his entire lifetime. Two days of arson left Black Wall Street destroyed and […]