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  • “Medi” What?

    As an estate planning attorney, I am sometimes asked to assist an elderly person meet his or her health care needs through public benefits. The rules and regulations regarding public benefits are very complicated and are forever changing.  Therefore,...
  • Economics is Local

    (NNPA) - The economic problems we face are right in our own backyards. Unfortunately, until our problems reach crisis level we are content to engage in spirited conversations and philosophical diatribes about the likes of Tiger Woods, a billionaire who c...
  • Wrong Place, Wrong Time

    (NNPA) - When young Black men are the victims of violent injuries in their urban neighborhoods, what happens next? This question haunted Dr. John Rich, who was educated at Dartmouth, Duke, and Harvard, was a primary care doctor at Boston Medical Center, a...
  • Tavis Goes into Battle of Wits with Sharpton Unarmed

    If Tavis Smiley were doing the commentary on the Tom Joyner Morning Show, he might begin by saying, "As Big Mama would say, he created a new behind in his opponent." But Tavis is not providing disinterested commentary on this feud, primarily because it wa...
  • Civil Rights Films Challenges Today’s Youth

    Writer/director Jeb Stuart's gripping independent film "Blood Done Sign My Name" dramatizes the outrage that shook the racially-divided town of Oxford, North Carolina in 1970 after a group of white men was acquitted of murdering a black Vietnam War vetera...
  • Barbara Lee Tells Senate Republicans to “Stop the Madness”

    Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), released the following statement today in response to Senate Republican efforts to block emergency legislation to extend a range of programs including unemployment and COBRA benefits:  "It is ins...
  • Portantino Introduces Legislation to Bring State Spending Under Control

    Assemblymember Anthony Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge), has introduced legislation to adopt a 'pay-as-you-go' (PAYGO) requirement for spending in California. The measure is similar to a policy adopted by the Federal Government in the 1990's which...
  • “Go, Tell Michelle” and “Miss Ruthie”

    March is Women's History Month. When I think of women in history, I think of the uncommon women who have had an impact on my life. Of course there is my mother, the first woman in my life, who started a retail business from the hand-me-downs she was given...
  • “A Time of Renewal” Spring Tea - a Wonderful Success

    Pasadena, CA – March 2, 2010 - Pasadena Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. (PNHS) held its "Time of Renewal" Spring Tea Fundraiser and Awards Presentation on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at the Langham ...
  • 2010 Census: Time to Act Now

    "African Americans in California will go undercounted based on the paid advertising program listed on a national 2010 Census Count web-site. The census has bought every language television station, radio station, newspaper, magazine, digital outlet, and ...
  • Sports Watching & Wondering

    DOES TIGER READ THE JOURNAL? Last week we urged Tiger Woods to return to public life. He had been in seclusion for about three months. Three days after the column was published, Tiger held a press conference. Coincidence? Maybe so, maybe not. Tiger made ...
  • San Gabriel Valley Black Business Association

    presents Mr. Abe Abdelhadi A legal services professionaldiscussing important legal services ...
  • Southern California Edison Honors African American Inventors at 8th Annual Black History Month Event

    IRWINDALE, Calif., Feb. 8, 2010 — Southern California Edison (SCE) recently celebrated its 8th Annual Black History Month Celebration, "Connecting The Evolution of Electricity to Black History", at its Customer Technology Application Center in Irwindale...
  • Altadena United Methodist Church

    Altadena United Methodist Church,349 West Altadena Drive, Altadena,announces the appointment of Paul T. Stephenson as their new Director of Music. ...
  • Tentmaking Until the Economic Stimulus

    After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. ...
  • Customer Loyalty Brings Sweet Success

    Finding new ways to keep customers happy can be challenging in any economy. In some ways, it reminds business owners what the priorities are – the customers, since they pay the rent, payroll and fulfill the needs of running a successful business. ...
  • “Probate - An Overview”

    As a general rule, the way title to property is held on the date of a person's death determines the procedure that must be used to change the title from the deceased person's name into that of his or her heirs. If the property has been placed in a living...
  • California Scored Eight Out of Ten Key Indicators for Emergency Health Preparedness

    The seventh annual Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism report, released today by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), found that the H1N1 flu outbreak has ...
  • On Their Shoulders, I Stand

    Even though I write, words can not express how I truly feel about Black History Month. When I think about the opportunities that I have had (opportunities that were not afforded to my parents, let alone my ancestors), and continue to have; it stirs up a f...
  • The Tipping Point: Getting African American Children Back in School Before Its Too Late

    Many of the landmark battles of our Civil Rights movement hinged upon the right to an education. We all remember the images. Nine Little Rock school children under the escort of federal troops. A deadly firefight between U.S. Marshalls, soldiers and ri...

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