“The biggest hardship that we’re facing right now is really getting the governor to support investments to community-based organizations to focus on health equity and racial...
The group also offers housing and health care resources in Solano County for the homeless and low-income youth.
“This is alarming,” said the Rev. K.W. Tulloss, president of the Baptist Ministers Conference of Los Angeles and Southern California. “People were already leery. But we...
Last week, the CLBC also threw its support behind another woman of African descent who is also familiar with that body, Mia Bonta of Oakland. She...
Richardson hit the ground running responding to the COVID-19 pandemic four days after being sworn into office by Newsom. She is responsible for 11 state departments...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Collectively, they argue that too often, insurance companies refuse to cover emergency services, and either patients are forced to pay bills they cannot...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — We must not forget the many ways that Black bodies were used for medical experiments, from the use of Black women's genitalia to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Minority and low-income Americans suffer from a significant lack of access to quality health care. They are also more likely not to have...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — We are in the biggest crisis this country has seen in a long time. Alabama is in its biggest crisis in a long...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Forty-five’s hostility to poor people is reflected in reductions in Medicaid, food stamps, and the CHIP program, which provides health care for poor...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Democrats turned out in record numbers for Super Tuesday as many are citing their desire to remove President Trump from office as a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The annual report, based on U.S. Census Bureau data adjusted by Gross Domestic Product data, found that women-owned businesses continue to trend above...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This Saturday marks the 55th anniversary of one of the most significant moments in the history of our democracy. On the morning of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The movement in the 1960s won a Civil Rights Act and a Voting Rights Act, but the Poor People’s Campaign was about building...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — A statement released by Kaiser Permanente said Bernard J. Tyson passed away in his sleep. “Bernard was an exceptional colleague, a passionate...
ORLANDO ADVOCATE — For every 1,000 people enrolled in Medicare in the Lakeland metro area, there are about 70 hospitalizations for conditions that could or should...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — An analysis by USA Today’s Aamer Madhani noted that, with 12 candidates vying for voters’ attention at the debate, “the White House contenders...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — While Black women get breast cancer at a lower rate than white women, we are 42 percent more likely to die from it....
OAKLAND POST — Excelling as Blue Shield of California’s Vice President, Chief Risk & Compliance Officer and having fun along the way, Hope Scott has recently been...
CHICAGO CRUSADER — Infant mortality is the death of an infant before the age of one. According to Statista, the state of Indiana ranked 9th in 2018 with...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Thomas Hofeller, who passed away in August 2018, concluded in a 2015 report that adding the census question regarding citizenship would produce data...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — During a campaign swing through Iowa this week, Joe Biden mentioned that his family recently dined with former President Barack Obama’s family. At...
SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES — When it comes to having access to quality health care, minorities still lag behind their white counterparts, research shows, and that can...
NASHVILLE PRIDE — Republicans and Democrats in the United States Senate have announced a proposal of nearly three-dozen specific provisions that will reduce the cost of what...
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration reversed course on his plan to divert public health dollars from several counties to help provide health coverage to young adults who...