Dr. Sheila Brooks, the founder, president and CEO of SRB Communications, a full service Washington, D.C.-based advertising and marketing agency, has earned an Image Award nomination...
BART directors have approved a resolution to name a small street next to the Fruitvale BART Station after Oscar Grant, the young man killed by a...
Parents at targeted schools are beginning to come together to demand the school district and the state halt the proposed closing of as many as 24...
At 1 p.m. on Sat. Feb. 16, the Oakland Police Commission (OPC) hosted a three-hour public hearing on policing in the homeless community at Taylor Memorial...
2020 Toyota Corolla and Hybrid Media Drive Quick Look. Toyota introduced the 2020 Corolla and first Corolla Hybrid to invited journalists
Teachers say: ‘Get up, get down. Oakland is a union town!” “Bargaining with the district has not — in two years — produced an agreement that...
Oakland Principals went to Sacramento this week to lobby state legislators to help solve the Oakland Unified School District’s financial crisis. The principals spoke to the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Wearing a purple suit and hat and seated in the front row at the Dolby Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, Lee...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Blackballed NFL QB Colin Kaepernick Settles Major Grievance Claim against NFL
NASHVILLE PRIDE — The Washington Post has reported that a coalition of 16 states have filed a federal lawsuit to block Trump’s plan for a border wall.
THE AFRO — Last week the fight for fair wages once again made it to the Hill,
THE AFRO — It doesn’t take more than a brief visit to East End Cemetery to see that racial inequality impacts not only the living; it extends...
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — In 1802, George Bonga’s birth marked the beginning of Minnesota’s freed Black experience.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — African American women are twice as likely as Caucasian women to be diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer and 2-3 times more likely to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Dems plan is what it has always been – the Robin Hood strategy. That is, they want to steal from the rich...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — A unique partnership that serves at-risk new and expectant mothers is improving outcomes through home-delivered specialized meals.
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants (TSFR), and its Southgate MOD Pizza restaurant are seeking 150 volunteers to help pack 12,000 meals for hungry kids.
CINCINNATI HERALD — The students in teacher Julie Dellecave’s fourth-grade class at Winton Hills Academy in the Cincinnati Public School system had a recent opportunity to meet...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Some Maryland gun owners who purchased their weapons after 2013 might have to turn them back in.
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — More than half a million Black African soldiers who fought in the British army were paid up to three times less than...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Rising visual artist, Chase Metoyer, 17, has dreams of a career in fine arts and plans to inspire and educate future artists.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The 2019 Academy Awards have come to an end and #BlackGirlMagic and #BlackBoyJoy were in full effect as some of our favorites walked...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — David Casey, the vice president of Workforce Strategies and Chief Diversity Officer at CVS Health, joined other CVS Health representatives at Jesse Jackson’s...
THE BURTON WIRE — We’ll be looking to see if seminal filmmaker Spike Lee will finally take home an Oscar in a competitive category. Spike Lee’s...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In terms of nominations, there is quite a bit at stake. While Black Panther has done what many other Marvel films have failed...