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Black Health, Wellness and Struggle: Towards A Radical Racial Healing

Dr. Maulana Karenga, Professor and Chair of Africana StudiesFebruary 3, 2022

This year’s Black History Month theme, “Black Health and Wellness,” opens space for us to call into focus our self-determined and self-sustaining ways of knowing, working and struggling to achieve, protect, promote and sustain our health, health care and healing in a society which is the source of so much of our preventable sickness, needless suffering, and underserved deaths. And thus arises the undeniable need for righteous and relentless struggle, not only to achieve justice and end oppression, but also to achieve a comprehensive radical racial healing.

Book Releases Entertainment

Rare Toni Morrison Short Story to be Published as a Book

Hillel Talie AP National WriterJanuary 12, 2022

To much of the world the late Toni Morrison was a novelist, celebrated for such classics as “Beloved,” “Song of Solomon” and “The Bluest Eye.”

Religion

Words of the Week – A Reason To Be Thankful

Rev. Dr. Kelvin T. Calloway, Contributing WriterNovember 24, 2021

Believers can praise and worship the Lord because they know the Lord and they knew what the Lord had done. They knew of the goodness of the Lord.

Daily Briefs

Assemblymember Jones-Sawyer, Sr. Holds Press Event Celebrating the Signing of “At-Promise Youth” Bill

Sentinel News WireDecember 11, 2019

(Sacramento ) – Assemblymember Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, Sr., (D- South Los Angeles) announces press event to celebrate the signing of Assembly Bill (AB) 413 which changes the problematic label “at-risk youth” to “at-promise youth” in California’s penal and education laws. “I am proud we are finally moving away from the biased mentality ‘at-risk’ encourages,” said Assemblymember Jones Sawyer. “For too long, this term has been used by our education and justice systems to reduce students living in difficult situations to their likelihood of becoming another statistic. This is a perception issue that has disproportionately impacted the opportunities of poor

Daily Briefs

Jussie Smollett: Chicago Prosecution was Malicious

Sentinel News WireNovember 20, 2019

CHICAGO (AP) — Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett says his $10,000 payment after the close of a criminal case should prevent Chicago from seeking reimbursement for a police investigation of his claim that he was a victim of a racist and homophobic attack. Full Coverage: Jussie Smollett Smollett’s attorneys filed a response Tuesday to Chicago’s lawsuit in federal court. They also filed a counterclaim against the city, saying Smollett was the victim of a malicious prosecution that caused humiliation and extreme distress. Smollett told police that he was beaten in January by two men who looped a noose around his neck.

Daily Briefs

Rep. Karen Bass Announces Support For Formal Impeachment Inquiry

Sentinel News WireSeptember 24, 2019

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, issued the following statement: “For the last month, the House Judiciary Committee has been engaged in an impeachment investigation. Now, combined with the leadership of the Speaker and our committee chairs, this body is moving in lockstep towards a common goal. “Ever since Trump set foot in the Oval Office, he has been on a mission to rip apart decades of policies that protect civil rights, the environment, public lands and more. He has embarrassed our nation