Faith and Black Americans   The so called Back church has played a historic role in the lives of African Americans. A recent Pew Research report shows that the Black American religious life is diverse, with a wide range of religious affiliations, worship practices and beliefs.    Based on a survey of 8,660 Black and […]

Here in the US we have been fighting the Covid virus for a year with some progress over the last months. However our community was decimated by another scourge  the HIV epidemic. Although we have perfected the so called “cocktail” medicines that force the HIV to sequester in the body rendering a death sentence to be a chronic […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday morning, Feb. 22, touted Long Beach as a model for the rest of California as he urged health officials across the state to prioritize vaccinating educators against the coronavirus so they can quicken when schools can reopen for in-person learning. The governor visited the Long Beach Convention Center to applaud […]

We are basking in the sun of victory in the 2020 General Election, but there is still more to be done as a recent op-ed suggests. Stacey Abrams and Lauren Groh-Wargo met and became political partners a decade ago, uniting in a bid to stave off Democratic obsolescence and rebuild a party that would increase […]

Hello, This is Ken Baron and todays blog title derives from a Ted X talk by DonJohn in Southhampton, England, who has spent much of his working life identifying it addressing why he thinks Black history matters not just to him but also to us. As an expat myself, I can agree with and add […]

Welcome to the NABWMT presentation of Black History Month, and the issues of Black Voting over the Centuries. Let’s start with some calming and reassuring notes from the Poet Maya Angelou For most of the nation’s first century, the right to vote was almost entirely restricted to white property-owning men. This was based on racial, […]

The Equality Act Biden will provide moral leadership to champion equality for all LGBTQ Americans and fight to ensure our laws and institutions protect and enforce their rights. I have named the Equality Act as a top legislative priority. In the majority of states across the country, state law does not explicitly protect LGBTQ individuals […]

On the PandemicMr. Biden has signed an executive order appointing Jeffrey D. Zients as the official Covid-19 response coordinator who will report to the president, in an effort to “aggressively” gear up the nation’s response to the pandemic. The order also restores the directorate for global health security and biodefense at the National Security Council, […]

As an immigrant and a partner of an African American man, I was delighted when Joe Biden choice Kamala Harris to be the Vice President. When Kamala Harris is sworn in as vice president, she will represent many firsts: First female vice president. First Black woman. First woman of Indian descent. But there is another […]

Out-and-out racism and a longing to return to the days of white supremacy were high on the list of motivations of the pro-Trump mob that ransacked the Capitol on Jan. 6. They resent and mourn their loss of centrality and what they perceive as their growing invisibility. We seek to help us gain further insight […]