By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Who would have thought that the very close relationship between the United States and Israel would have deteriorated so...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Who would have thought that the very close relationship between the United States and Israel would have deteriorated so...
Oakland’s Very Own Tavern (OVO) is hosting private events leading up to its grand opening in March. Located at 5319 Martin Luther King Jr. Way (across...
By Dr. Ro NNPA Columnist Valentine’s Day has passed but if you want to keep the romantic fires burning, don’t fret. In the words of...
By Marquesa LaDawn NNPA Columnist The Housewives did not disappoint; it’s all about facing your issues head on. Can we talk my friends? Over in...
Shardae Jobson Special to the NNPA from The New Pittsburgh Courier (NNPA)—Jessica Williams was added to the cast of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart...
Edwin Kindzeka Moki and Krista Larson, ASSOCIATED PRESS YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The Nigeria-based terror group Boko Haram on Monday threatened neighboring countries Niger and...
Sandy Cohen, ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three black women released movies in 2014, more than ever before in a single year. And one...
Jim Corbett, USA TODAY (USA Today)—Former Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston is mulling whether to participate in throwing drills Saturday in Indianapolis at the NFL...
Bill Keveney, USA TODAY (USA Today)—Despite all the star wattage – Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Pharrell Williams & Co. – at the post-Grammy tribute to Stevie Wonder,...
We live in a climate of continued racial oppression and pervasive homophobia and stigma, and it is time to embrace the history and journey of all...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist It’s entirely appropriate that the bigoted antics of Alabama’s conservative, publicity-hound Chief Justice Roy S. Moore in unsuccessfully...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Olivia Juliet Hooker celebrated her 100th birthday on February 12. In 1944, she was among the first five African...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Wife’s Spending Out of Control Dear Alma, I love my wife and we have a great marriage. She’s beautiful, funny,...
Sean Sullivan, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post)—Capitol Hill adage: Freshman senators should be seen and not heard. That idea has been in decline...
Jenny Barchfield, ASSOCIATED PRESS RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Neuza Maria Terreira loves Carnival so much that neither the pouring rain nor the stench of...
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The official sign-up season for President Barack Obama’s health care law may be over, but leading congressional Democrats...
Marc Schneider, BILLBOARD LOS ANGELES (Billboard.com)—Rufftown Entertainment is suing two original members of En Vogue for over $300 million, claiming the R&B group violated an...
Marc Schneider, BILLBOARD LOS ANGELES (Billboard.com)—Rufftown Entertainment is suing two original members of En Vogue for over $300 million, claiming the R&B group violated an...
Tyler Conway, BLEACHER REPORT (BleacherReport.com)—Floyd Mayweather has not agreed to fight Manny Pacquiao in May. Yet. Speaking on the TNT broadcast of Sunday night’s NBA All-Star...
Tyler Conway, BLEACHER REPORT (BleacherReport.com)—Floyd Mayweather has not agreed to fight Manny Pacquiao in May. Yet. Speaking on the TNT broadcast of Sunday night’s NBA All-Star...
Zach Stafford, HUFFINGTON POST KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Huffington Post)—Early November 2014, I received an email from a colleague, Randall Jenson, who works for the Kansas...
Samantha Masunaga, L.A. TIMES PASCO, Wash. (The Los Angeles Times)—Several hundred people marched through the streets of Pasco, Wash., on Saturday to protest the fatal...
San Leandro will welcome the Year of the Sheep at a Lunar New Year celebration on Saturday, Feb. 21 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at...
In-home care workers, union members, and seniors rallied outside the State building in downtown Oakland on Wednesday chanting, “Overtime is overdue,” demanding that Gov. Jerry Brown...