On his way to an Ultimate Fighting Championship event, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stopped by the home of podcaster Gary Brecka. The two spent time in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber and tried some intravenous nutrition drips that Brecka, a self-avowed longevity and wellness maven, sells and promotes on his show, “The Ultimate Human.”
Yaqub’s story began at just three years old, when he first held a golf club. Today, at age six, he’s heading to compete against the world’s best young junior golfers—but the financial demands are great and increasing daily. His GoFundMe campaign supports airfare, accommodations, meals, transportation, and tournament fees. Yaqub and his family were welcomed to center stage at the 5th Annual Legacy Ladies Golf Tournament, held at Porter Valley Country Club, June 30, 2025. Mrs. Jackie Castillo, Executive Director of Legacy Ladies, praised the young athlete’s extraordinary talent, perseverance, and humility. She said. “Yaqub is more than a young golfer—he’s a symbol of what happens when talent meets opportunity and is wrapped in love.”
It’s great seeing school kids out and about enjoying all that summer has to offer. Many local cities host engaging, interactive activities for kids of all ages in local parks and community centers. City and county libraries also host events. Eventually, parents are going to have to sit down with their kids to start one of the most important conversations—Back to School!!!
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) says it is “not” extending an invitation to President Donald Trump for its annual convention in Cleveland, just weeks away in August.
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Legislation introduced by Sen. Laura Richardson (D-Inglewood) that would require local governments to disaggregate demographic data for Black or African American populations is up for a key vote this week.
As thousands of Latinos and immigrant families pack Dodger Stadium night after night, the team’s billionaire owner has faced growing scrutiny over financial connections to companies profiting from the detention and surveillance of immigrants.
Donald Trump’s massive new spending measure, known by Democrats as the “One Big Ugly Bill,” is set to dismantle central pillars of the American social safety net and create the most expansive immigration enforcement system the country has ever seen.
In Connecticut, construction workers in the Local 478 union who complete addiction treatment are connected with a recovery coach who checks in daily, attends recovery meetings with them, and helps them navigate the return to work for a year.
Inside a bright new building in the heart of Skid Row, homeless people hung out in a canopy-covered courtyard — some waiting to take a shower, do laundry, or get medication for addiction treatment. Others relaxed on shaded grass and charged their phones as an intake line for housing grew more crowded.
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Drinking coffee may help you live longer—but only if it’s black. A new long-term study analyzing the coffee habits of more than 46,000 U.S. adults found that coffee drinkers had a lower risk of dying from any cause, but only when the coffee was consumed without significant amounts of added sugar or saturated fat.
Application process for 2026 event has begun for teens from across the United States; Mentorship program with all-expense-paid experience aimed at fostering the dreams of high school students from varying backgrounds and communities nationwide
California lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom have approved a $321.1 billion state budget for the 2025–26 fiscal year, closing a $46.8 billion shortfall through a combination of cuts, delays, and revenue shifts. Newsom signed the spending plan on June 27, following months of negotiations marked by divisions over environmental reforms, education funding, and health care access for undocumented Californians.
The California Black Freedom Fund (CBFF), previously a 5-year-$100-million initiative to ensure that Black power-building and movement-based organizations have the sustained investments and resources they need, announced its evolution into a permanent, independent institution on June 27.
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Stephanie Ivory counts on Medicaid to get treated for gastrointestinal conditions and a bulging disc that makes standing or sitting for long periods painful. Her disabilities keep her from working, she said.
In an era when the judiciary is often seen as a battleground for ideological warfare, the recent rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court deserve commendation for a principled defense of constitutional limits, individual rights, and the foundational tenets of American democracy. On the final day of this term, three pivotal cases emerged that, overwhelmingly, favored a conservative understanding of governance and personal freedom, particularly echoing the values once championed by President Trump.
As fired and retired scientists rallied outside in the Atlanta heat, an advisory panel that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. handpicked to replace experts he’d fired earlier met inside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s headquarters to plan a more skeptical vaccine future.
Nearly seven months after the fatal shooting of an insurance CEO in New York drew widespread attention to health insurers’ practice of denying or delaying doctor-ordered care, the largest U.S. insurers agreed Monday to streamline their often cumbersome preapproval system.
