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Be the Match, Find Your Marrow Match > By Dianne Anderson Anyone who thinks that finding that perfect love match is hard, try looking for the perfect bone marrow match. Come February 14, Gail Mathews will try to even out the odds of finding her cousin’s perfect match. For the squeamish, the good news is that no big needles ...

High Desert Resident Celebrates Ninety Years > By Eliz Dowdy High Desert resident Sadie Weems Patterson turned 90 on Friday, January 18, 2013. Patterson is the daughter of Bell Mountain homesteader Rufus Weems. They were part of a thriving Black community in the early mid-twentieth century. Her ...

Reaching WIC, Free and Low Cost Healthcare & Dental > By Dianne Anderson Giving away something for nothing isn’t as easy as it sounds. For a couple of years now, Emily Borth has been reaching out with the WIC program at Inland Behavioral Health Services in San Bernardino, and says that many local mothers have heard of the program, but are not accessing the help they need. ...

Men of Valor Awards > The Men of Valor Awards were held at Agape Family Life Center Church in Rancho Cucamonga by Love Is The Way Events last Saturday. Awardees included Stephen Cooper, Sherman Lair, Michael Townsend, Torrian Scott, David Pulido, and Roland Rogers. Photo: YMM Media ...

Editorial

Occupy the Vote, No Bullies at the Polls

Marc-Morial-Headshot By Marc Morial

Eligible Americans have a civic duty to vote, and government at the federal, state, and local level has a responsibility to protect voters from illegal interference and intimidation.

- Bullies at the Ballot Box report

Written by: Precinct Reporter Group

Companies Insult Black Consumers

By George E. Curry

When I was in the process of reading and writing about Nielsen and the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s report on African-American buying power for this week’s Black newspapers, I was reminded of how many top companies

Written by: Precinct Reporter Group

Stop Economic Segregation

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.

One of the most insidious forms of racial discrimination and injustice is the growing manifestation known as racially motivated “economic segregation.” Across the United States during the eight years of the Bush administration

Written by: Precinct Reporter Group

‘Ryanomics’ Assault Poor, Hungry Children

By Marian Wright Edelman

Hungry child,
I didn’t make this world for you.

You didn’t buy any stock in my railroad.

You didn’t invest in my corporation.

Where are your shares in standard oil?

I made the world for the rich,

And the will-be-rich,

And the have-always-been-rich.

Not for you,

Hungry child.

-Langston Hughes, “God to Hungry Child”

Written by: Precinct Reporter Group

Assault on the Middle Class

By Don Barlett and James Steele

Ed. Note:

U.S.

Census data released Wednesday revealed troubling poverty figures, with some 46 million Americans -- including one in every five children -- living below the poverty line. Donald Barlett and James Steele, award-winning journalists and authors of the new book, "Betrayal of the American Dream," warn

Written by: Precinct Reporter Group

Double Whammy: Poverty, Unemployment

By Julianne Malveaux

Last week, we learned that African American unemployment rates stayed level last month, with an absurdly high official unemployment rate of 14.1 percent. Unemployment rates for African American men fell, while those for African

Written by: Precinct Reporter Group

15 Quotes from Democratic Convention

By George E. Curry

#15 – Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (Mo.):

“Congress is unable to do the work of the American people because too many politicians believe that compromise means capitulation. This must change, because just as bees cannot sting and make honey at the same time, members

Written by: Precinct Reporter Group

Obama, Project More than ‘Hope’

By George E. Curry

The primary goal of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. this week is to highlight the sharp contrast between the policies of President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, his Republican opponent.

Written by: Precinct Reporter Group

Knock Down Unfair Voting Obstacles

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.

Millions of Black Americans and millions of other Americans who know the essential power and responsibility of voting are welcoming the decision just made by the United States District Court in Washington, D.C. A three-judge

Written by: Precinct Reporter Group

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Be the Match, Find Your Marrow Match

By Dianne Anderson Anyone who thinks that finding that perfect love match is hard, try looking for the perfect bone marrow match. Come February 14, Ga...
read full article

Men of Valor Awards

The Men of Valor Awards were held at Agape Family Life Center Church in Rancho Cucamonga by Love Is The Way Events last Saturday. Awardees included Stephen...
read full article

Reaching WIC, Free and Low Cost Healthcare & Dental

By Dianne Anderson Giving away something for nothing isn’t as easy as it sounds. For a couple of years now, Emily Borth has been reaching out with t...
read full article

High Desert Resident Celebrates Ninety Years

By Eliz Dowdy High Desert resident Sadie Weems Patterson turned 90 on Friday, January 18, 2013. Patterson is the daughter of Bell Mountain homestead...
read full article