TekPerfect, an Information Technology (IT) consulting, design, and support firm serving Alameda and Contra Costa County businesses, has partnered with the Oakland Private Industry Council (PIC)...
West Oakland’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School is on the rise. A highly involved administration and staff, along with growing parent involvement and community support,...
The end of the Vietnam War is marked by the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. This year is the 40th anniversary of that day,...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., (NNPA) — It was bigger, taller and barely looked like a Fiat 500 from the side. But...
By Marquesa LaDawn NNPA Columnist Fireworks? Not really…if you are a newbie to the RHOA then yeah. If you know every character and story –...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. / It’s had tacks in it, /And splinters, / And boards torn...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Last week, I received an email from my friend, NNPA News Service Editor-in-Chief George E. Curry. It was a...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist By the time you read this article, millions of college students will have graduated and be looking for jobs, many...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist President Obama recently participated in a long overdue panel discussion on poverty at Georgetown University. As regular readers of...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Freddie Gray is neither the first, nor will he be the last person to die in police custody. According to...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist As a baby-boomer who grew up on war movies, I thought of veterans as various forms of heroes. I...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist It’s always very challenging for a parent when their child has a serious health condition. It’s even more challenging when...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist When it comes to consumer finance, traditional lenders usually review credit scores before reaching a decision. In general, the higher a...
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist I woke up this Tuesday morning to another bomb of sports news dropped on the NFL: “Four-time Super Bowl winning...
Griff Witte, THE WASHINGTON POST LONDON (The Washington Post) — The European Union on Monday approved plans to use military force to take on migrant...
The Hannah Gallery in Marin City honored the mothers and grandmothers in Marin City at the gallery’s third annual Mother’s Day Brunch Saturday, May 9. ...
Jane Stancill, THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER (Charlotte Observer) — A Duke University professor faced sharp criticism for online comments he made on The New York Times...
Jeff Reeves, USA TODAY (USA Today) — Most Americans are aware that their credit score is an important figure that determines how much it will...
Jeff Reeves, USA TODAY (USA Today) — Most Americans are aware that their credit score is an important figure that determines how much it will...
Eileen NG and Jocelyn Gecker, ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — For hundreds of migrants stranded at sea in sinking boats, the first helping...
Eileen NG and Jocelyn Gecker, ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — For hundreds of migrants stranded at sea in sinking boats, the first helping...
Skyler Henry, NBC-WGMT MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — After more than a decade of budget worries and two funding campaigns, the Tubman Museum in downtown Macon...
The Black American Political Action Committee (BAPAC) honored five outstanding community members at the Eighth Annual “Judge George D. Carroll Community Service Awards Reception and Fundraiser”...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist More than any other first lady of the United States of America, Michelle Obama continues to stand above...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist The Republican Party doesn’t have a lunatic fringe. It has a lunatic center: a core bloc of White voters and...