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Health and economic issues have never been more important to Sub-Saharan Africa than the last fifteen years. There has been one president who stepped forward and made a positive difference. There is another president, in contrast, that has done virtually ...

"We wish to plead our own cause; too long others have spoken for us." – Freedom's Journal Often unobserved in contemporary American culture, the Black Press is an institution in the history and momentum of Black culture, economics and politics. For ove...

LL Cool J's show-opening prayer . . . Shout-outs from Rihanna, Bruno Mars, Alicia Keys . . . Jennifer Hudson's elegant rendering of "I Shall Always Love You." Sunday's Grammy Awards show was filled with beautiful tributes to the late Whitney Houston. But ...

You were a beautiful song who came into our lives. You inspired us with both your magnificent talent and your exquisite beauty. Then you shocked us by your sudden departure. Initially, we felt that you could not already be gone, but you are. We wanted mo...

Discovering Black America...My Journey R & B legend Whitney Houston was found dead in her bathroom at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles on Saturday, February 11. Houston was scheduled to attend her mentor and music producer Clive Davis's annual...

Negotiations Continue with Other Lenders The recent mortgage agreement reached with the nation's five largest mortgage services brings the first major consumer victory after a nearly year-long effort. State attorneys general, working with the Departments...

Even though my husband and I are not in the market for a new home, we like to follow the real estate market. It is interesting to see how location, size, renovations, timing and foreclosures affect home prices. We have seen houses that are literally next ...

Fundraising Related CEO Roles and Responsibilities It's an honor and a privilege to serve as a non-profit executive. And a lot of work! You are the CEO and the chief development officer. That means fundraising. Even if you have a vice president for advan...

Hosted by the City of Pasadena and the Housing Rights Center The City of Pasadena and the Housing Rights Center will be hosting a "Fair Housing Workshop" for landlords and managers to discuss basic legal rights and responsibilities in housing, the fair h...

More Than 9700 Retailers and Businesses Notified of SCOP Team Visits Retailers and businesses in California were sent more than 9700 letters by the Board of Equalization (BOE) notifying them of Statewide Compliance and Outreach Program (SCOP) Team visits...

Holman United Methodist Church will host its 53rd Annual Negro Spiritual Concert on February 25 and 26 at 3:00 p.m. Holman is one of the few churches in greater Los Angeles dedicated to commemorating this historically significant African American musical...

Pasadena Public Library plays host to an exhibit depicting the involvement of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., in bringing uplift to the community. "It's about recognizing Black History month and telling part of the story of 100 years of service to co...

Throughout history wars have erupted in societies great and small, and from Stone Age conflicts to the great battles of the 20th century, wars have been etched into the memory of mankind. It should come as no surprise, then, that many wars have been fough...

On Wednesday, February 22 from 2 to 7 p.m., the Office of California State Controller John Chiang in partnership with the City of Pasadena, District 1 Councilmember Jacque Robinson and Women at Work will provide free federal and state income tax preparati...

Olympic Gold Medalist and Local Businesswoman Inger Miller will kick off the YWCA's 2012 Honors Series! Mark your calendars for Wednesday, February 29th, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Ross Chapel at the Pasadena Neighborhood Unitarian Church, 301 N. ...

Municipal elections in Chad saw members of the opposition on the ballot in a first ever poll in the country's history for local office. Mayors in this central African country were previously appointed by the government of President Idriss Deby itno. Deb...

South African Model C primary schools have been quietly removing Zulu and Xhosa languages from their curriculum leaving English and Afrikaans, popularly known as "the oppressors' language" during the apartheid era as the medium of Instruction. The move w...

On Wednesday, February 29, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will host a dinner at the White House to honor our Armed Forces who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn and to honor their families. This dinner --- an expressi...

Forty-one years ago, I was a naïve 19-year-old just beginning life's journey. I do not like to brag but I was the poster child for naïveté. I had a few ideas about life but too few to make me a contributing member of the human society. What I knew abou...