Author: Carma Henry

  Congresswoman Maxine Waters delivered a powerful speech to a packed crowd at KJLH’s 25th Annual Women’s Health Expo. The KJLH Women’s Health Expo is one of the largest health events for women in the state. This year’s theme – The Silver Lining: 25 Years of Building Generational Health – honors the legacy and impact of the event, as well as the dedication to advancing the health and empowerment of women and families across Southern California. Under Stevie Wonder’s leadership, this annual event continues to grow and features hundreds of exhibitors showcasing health, wellness, beauty, fitness, and lifestyle resources, tailored to women and families.

Starr Shamp, a resilient African American mother from Omaha, Nebraska, has accomplished a remarkable milestone while battling stage 4 breast cancer—she earned her Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Bellevue University. Diagnosed just before her 28th birthday in 2018, Shamp has spent the last seven years balancing cancer treatments, marriage, motherhood, and academics. Her story is not just one of survival, but of determination, purpose, and the desire to support others facing chronic illness.

       For decades, vaccines have been seen as tools to prevent disease, protecting us from measles, flu, and even certain types of cancer like HPV. But what if a vaccine could treat cancer that already exists? IO Biotech is making significant strides under the leadership of Dr. Qasim Ahmad, Chief Medical Officer. At the 2025 ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) Annual Meeting, he highlighted the company’s groundbreaking work on a new class of therapeutic cancer vaccines. These innovative vaccines are designed to train the immune system to directly combat tumors.

Mental health awareness is essential for everyone, even if you’re considered the best shooter in NBA history, a millionaire, and a solid family man with Ayesha Curry by your side.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — “Today, the U.S. actively blocks vessels from delivering oil to Cuba. It pressures other countries to deny Cuba tourism access,” she asserted. “And then it blames us for the resulting blackouts and scarcities. This is not diplomacy. This is punishment.”

From Opportunity To Abandonment: The Cruelty Of Ending Job Corps

        A would-be king wants a coronation on June 14, a date already laden with meaning: Flag Day, the 250th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Army, and, yes, Donald J. Trump’s 79th birthday. But this year, Americans are refusing to let the day be coopted. Across all 50 states, from big cities to small towns, more than 1,000 events are planned to mark what organizers are calling the “No Kings Day of Defiance.”

 The Truth Makes Us Free

         Basically, everyone knows that “making America great again” means making America racist again – making racism the cultural norm again, unlocking the cage of political correctness and freeing, you know, regular Americans to strut again in a sense of superiority.

       My political awakening happened in California. I was 13 years old when I saw the Rodney King video. I couldn’t believe my eyes. I asked my father how it could be possible—how people with badges and nightsticks could commit such violence and walk away unpunished. The following year, the city exploded. The 1992 uprising etched itself into my memory—not as lawlessness, but as outrage born of injustice and mismanagement. I’ve spent years studying those events, learning what we could’ve done better. We should’ve de-escalated, we should’ve listened, we should’ve shown restraint.