NNPA NEWSWIRE — Medical experts have also sounded the alarm that the virus could well be transmitted through the air. “Currently available research supports the possibility...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to the Census Bureau post-enumeration survey, 800,000 African Americans went uncounted. What does this mean? It means once again, the voice of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Let’s just be as direct as possible and stop beating around the bushes. The Administration made a move while the entire country has...
It is often stated in the Black community: “when the country gets a cold, we get pneumonia.” The genesis of this saying is unclear, but the...
Responding to the economic devastation that is hitting working-class communities in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the Oakland City Council has passed what may be...
As the COVID-19 pandemic forces mass unemployment and work hour reductions causing over a million Californians to file unemployment insurance claims, Bay Area Tenants and Neighborhood...
The ravaging and rapid surge of the coronavirus, known as COVID-19, has altered the lives of nearly everyone globally. From mandated sheltering-in-place orders to the thorough,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Mail service continues and now advocates are doing what they can to encourage people to fill out CENSUS forms knowing so many Americans...
After holding a teleconference Tuesday, Sen. Nancy Skinner released a wealth of information on how local community members and small business owners can access financial relief...
Rev. Joseph Lowery was a civil rights giant. He was a Methodist preacher, a leader of the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, an organizer of the...
The San Francisco Foundation announced Monday that it has begun awarding grants from its SFF COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund. Less than two weeks after announcing the...
The development of the $2.2 trillion stimulus package was extremely flawed. The Republican bullies in the Senate, led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, wrote the bill...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We should always stop and reflect on the life and legacy of Dr. King on April 4, but this year it is needed...
America faces two existential dangers today. One of them infects the human body. The other infects the body politic. The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound...
For people who have not yet filed their tax returns, the United States Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced March 21 that they...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Michigan has been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 virus. A Flint, Mich. Bishop and pastor in the area both died after recently...
Oakland, CA – March 31, 2020, the City of Oakland announced the availability of emergency grants to help vulnerable small businesses weather the impacts of COVID-19....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Jeffrey L. Boney, a multi-award-winning writer for the Houston Forward Times and the National Newspaper Publishers Association, is in the intensive care unit...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I want to use this as a teachable moment. All of that stuff with Flav and Bernie Sanders and the lawyers was all...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Wells Fargo is working on a daily basis to put measures in place to support the needs of customers impacted by COVID-19 in...
Ventec and GM are working around the clock to meet the urgent need for more ventilators. Efforts to set up tooling and manufacturing capacity at the...
Experts at this week’s live Q&A event will address your questions related to managing your income, credit and retirement accounts, accessing Social Security services, the extension...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. Green's technology uses an FDA-approved drug containing nanoparticles and injects it into a cancer patient, which then causes the patient's tumor to...
STREAMING LIVE! On Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 8PM PST / 11PM EST — International icon Chuck D of Public Enemy joins Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis,...
NNAP NEWSWIRE —Another $10 million has been designated for the Minority Business Development Agency within the Department of Commerce to provide grants to Minority Business Centers...