In partnership with former California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. and China’s top climate change official, Xie Zhenhua, UC Berkeley announced the launch of a...
The Marin City Fatherhood Council held their regular breakfast meeting at the First Missionary Baptist Church in Marin City on Sept. 21. About 20 men and...
San Francisco’s renowned Glide Memorial Methodist Church celebrated the 90th birthday of its longtime leader Rev. Cecil Williams on Sun. Sept. 22, 2019. The festivities...
Coliseum Lexus of Oakland is a very unique dealership. Its team regularly gives back to the community, employs a diverse staff of employees reflective of the...
On Sunday, September 22, 2019, well over 200 people gathered at Williams Chapel Baptist Church in Oakland, to celebrate their young, gifted Pastor on his eight...
During the era of slavery, African Americans were denied education by law. More than 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation and subsequent statutes, laws and Booker...
Sacramento Observer publisher emeritus Dr. William H. Lee passed away on Sept. 22, 2019. He was 83 years old. He was tireless in the fight for...
On her most recent visit to Oakland, “Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome” author Joy De Gruy expounded on two areas of American history that impact the way Black...
In a show of support for PACE, the transformative model of senior care, the California Assembly passed a resolution on Sept. 20, 2019, that designates...
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA) is bringing its fight against breast cancer to underserved communities in San Francisco. Demonstrating its commitment to women’s healthcare, the...
Terrifying news had reached Boston: the infectious, debilitating disease Smallpox had reached the colonial town and was spreading rapidly. Its first victims, passengers on a ship...
The Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center in Oakland is hosting author, journalist, political pundit and expert in voter registration and suppression Ari Berman on Sat.,...
GREENE COUNTY DEMOCRAT — The Greene County Board of Education held its annual public budget hearings September 5-6, 2019 as well as a called school board meeting...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — National Preparedness Month is recognized each September as a way to promote family and community disaster and emergency planning. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The inaugural cohort of Hennessy Fellows is comprised of 10 MBA students from HBCUs, who were recently invited to New York City to...
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Taylor Player, a graduate at Oak Mountain High School, earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest achievement in Girl Scouting. Player earned...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Pro Football Hall of Famer Lynn Swann resigned as the University of Southern California’s athletic director after three years atop the program, USC...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The Harvard Business Review (HBR) conducted a study that found even seemingly “inclusive” workplaces still leave women of color in interdependent work environments feeling...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) has been awarded a $3.7 million grant aimed at giving job training and...
INDIANAPOLIS RECOREDER — As the quest for wellness continues to influence how we conduct decisions surrounding our health, it’s no surprise that Indianapolis' wellness scene is...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — As part of its ongoing efforts to promote customer courtesy, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) today announced that it is offering, for the first...
NEW ORLEANS DATA NEWS WEEKLY — New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) riders this month began experiencing more frequent service in New Orleans East and Algiers, and...
THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE — During the recent Labor Day Holiday Weekend, hundreds of Black men, from around the country and abroad, descended upon Miami, Florida with a...
Senator Harris will also be joined by Representative Barbara Lee On Sunday, September 29, Kamala Harris’ campaign will officially open its first California office in Oakland,...
Raiders players this week joined Roosevelt Elementary School students who are part a Bay Area after-school program in celebrating Raider Rusher’s 6th birthday as a Raider....