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Vol. 65 No. 49 | Thursday, December 4, 2025
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Serving San Diego County’s African & African American Communities 65 Years
TRUMP’S BIG UGLY BILL STRIPS NURSING OF PROFESSIONAL STATUS Black Women across the nation brace for devastating consequences By Stacy M. Brown
BLACK PRESS USA SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT The Trump administration has declared that nursing is not a professional degree, striking directly
at the heart of America’s healthcare workforce and landing hardest on Black women, who make up nearly 13 percent of the national healthcare labor force and almost 10 percent of registered nurses. The administration frames the move as
a technical adjustment to loan classifications. For Black women and the communities that rely on them, the consequences are far more severe. See NURSING page 2
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ACA DEADLINE NEARS AS 20 MILLION BRACE FOR HIGHER HEALTH COSTS By Stacy M. Brown
BLACK PRESS USA SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT The Affordable Care Act subsidies that help more than 20 million people pay for health insurance are set to expire at the end of the month. Congress is running out of time to prevent steep premium hikes across the country, and families who rely on marketplace coverage face growing uncertainty while political leaders argue over what to do next. PHOTO: NNPA
See ACA page 2
2025 IN REVIEW: SEVEN QUESTIONS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY AREVA MARTIN
By Edward Henderson
CALIFORNIA BLACK MEDIA
Areva Martin is an award-winning civil rights attorney, talk show host, commentator, author, and keynote
speaker who offers commentary on politics, women’s rights, children’s rights, disability rights and civil rights.
She is President and CEO of the Special Needs Network, which she founded to advance disability rights and support individuals across the autism spectrum, inspired in part by her experience as the parent of a child with autism.
The Harvard Law School graduate also has her own firm in Beverly Hills, Martin & Martin LLP. In 2024, the firm secured a $27 million reparations settlement for Black and Brown residents in Palm Springs. That case now serves as a model and precedent for reparations efforts for descendants of slavery across California and around the United States. See MARTIN page 2
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A SALUTE TO OUR AFRICAN NATIONS
Tanzania’s Path to Independence: December 9, 1961 By Voice & Viewpoint Staff A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER:
STUDENTS LEAD FOURTH ANNUAL RUBY BRIDGES WALK TO SCHOOL DAY Gage Elementary, Pershing Middle, and Patrick Henry High joined forces to celebrate inclusion VOICE & VIEWPOINT NEWSWIRE Hundreds of students, families, and community members from Gage Elementary, Pershing Middle, and Patrick Henry High School came together on Friday, November 14, for
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the fourth annual Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day—a student-driven event celebrating courage, inclusion, and the ongoing pursuit of equity in education. See RUBY page 7
This article continues our salute to the independence anniversary of African nations. This acknowledges our respect and appreciation of our brothers and sisters among us as we work together to build better lives. Tanzania’s journey to nationhood began on the mainland with Tanganyika, a territory under British administration after World War I. By the mid-20th century, anti-colonial sentiment was rising across Africa, and Tanganyika emerged as a key site of organized nationalist activism. At the forefront was Julius Nyerere, a charismatic teacher and political thinker who founded the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) in 1954. TANU quickly became the leading force demanding majority rule and self-determination. Through sustained political organizing, diplomatic pressure, and mass mobilization, Tanganyika secured internal self-gov-
Tanzania Flag. PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons
ernment in 1960. On December 9, 1961, it achieved full independence from the United Kingdom, with Nyerere as its first prime minister. A year later, Tanganyika became a republic, and Nyerere was elected its first president. The new nation prioritized unity across its many ethnic groups, and Nyerere promoted Swahili as a unifying national language.
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