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Darnell Meals, the Smooth Operator, Celebrates the Big 60

By Darrel Wheeler, Contributing Writer  Darnell Meals, long-time Vice President of the OG Sandbox non-profit organization, celebrated 21,900 days (60) years of life with family...

Never Leave One Behind Hosts Informational Veterans Seminar

By Darrel Wheeler, Contributing Writer  The Never Leave One Behind (NLOB) Organization held its Annual free veterans information seminar last Saturday, February 1st at the...

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LOCAL NEWS

SANDBAGS AVAILABLE AT D4, D7, D9 FOR RESIDENTS AHEAD OF HEAVY RAINS

VOICE & VIEWPOINT NEWSWIRE Voice & Viewpoint just got word that empty sandbags will be made available for District 4, District 7, and District 9...

12th Annual Gala One for the Ages

By Helen M. Ofield, Contributing Writer A lavish dinner, stirring entertainment, touching awardees, a lovely setting in the Liberty Station Conference Center, and, not least,...

STATE NEWS

Altadena After the Eaton Fires: A Pillar of the Community Stands Tall Among the Devastation

By Emma Fox, Contributing Writer Edna Allen worked for 29 years at the Ball Glass factory in El Monte and when she got off her...

Comparing Histories: Black and Japanese American Advocates Talk Reparations and Justice

By Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌, California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media‌ Two former members of the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans shared...

NATIONAL NEWS

Mobilization and Resistance: Chavis Outlines Plan for Black Leadership While Promoting Book on the Transatlantic Slave Trade

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., a lifelong civil rights leader and president and CEO of the...

The Black Librarian Who Rewrote The Rules of Power, Gender and Passing As White

By Deborah W. Parker, University of Virginia,The Conversation “Just Because I am a Librarian doesn’t mean I have to dress like one.” With this breezy pronouncement, Belle...

POLITICS

America’s Three-Week Descent into Dictatorship Under Trump

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Donald Trump has spent a lifetime evading accountability. As a private citizen, authorities fined Trump for...

Trump’s Actions on DEI Are an Attack on Black America

By Keith Boykin, Word in Black  “Black Vote, Black Power,” a collaboration between Keith Boykin and Word In Black,  examines the issues and what’s at stake for...

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Hip-Hop Mourns the Loss of Irv Gotti, Murder Inc. Founder Dies at 54

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Hip-hop icon and record executive Irving “Irv Gotti” Lorenzo Jr., the mastermind behind Murder Inc. Records,...

Review: Kendrick Lamar Brings America and ‘Not Like Us’ Into History-Making Super Bowl Halftime Show

By MARIA SHERMAN, Associated Press “Salutations!,” the actor Samuel L. Jackson, dressed as Uncle Sam introduced Kendrick Lamar at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome for the 2025 Super Bowl halftime...

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