By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist When word recently broke about the extreme financial disaster facing Puerto Rico. I was amazed by the surprise of...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Like so many, I have been deeply disturbed by the senseless loss of Black male lives at the hands...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist In everyday life, birthdays and anniversaries of many sorts are observed and celebrated. When it comes to consumer finance, there...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “You can holler, protest, march, picket and demonstrate, but somebody must be able to sit in on the strategy conferences...
By Terri Schlichenmeyer Music almost always does it for you. After a long day, nothing makes you feel better – especially when...
The City of Oakland this week voted unanimously to enter into a one-year exclusive negotiating agreement (ENA) with Orton Development to renovate the historic Henry...
By Jerri Lange When a young white man entered a Black church in South Carolina and massacred nine people who were worshipping God,...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Donald Trump, the blowhard mogul masquerading as presidential candidate, has once again discovered the problem with trying to be...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist A Niece with Sticky Fingers Dear Alma, About six months ago, my sister moved back to our hometown with her...
By Jonathan Morales, SFSU News LGBT children and adolescents may have a variety of supports, including friends or community groups, but the support of...
Brandon Bailey, ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jody Kearns doesn’t like to spend time obsessing about her Parkinson’s disease. The 56-year-old dietitian from...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Joe Jackson, the father of the late Michael Jackson and patriarch of the musical family, suffered a stroke while visiting...
Courtesy of Richmond Standard A once neglected former play lot on South 2nd Street in the Sante Fe neighborhood in Richmond is transitioning...
Sneha Shankar, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES ATLANTA (International Business Times) — After Bobbi Kristina Brown’s death, friends and family members of her boyfriend Nick Gordon, are...
Rev. Dr. Valerie Miles Tribble, Assistant Professor of Ministerial Leadership and Practical Theology at American Baptist Seminary of the West (ABSW) Graduate Theological Union...
John Wagner, THE WASHINGTON POST NEW ORLEANS (The Washington Post) — Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders made his first major outreach to the African American community this...
Sam Roberts, THE NEW YORK TIMES ARCADIA, Calif. (The New York Times) — Claudia Alexander, who played a pioneering role in NASA’s Galileo mission to Jupiter...
Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY ATLANTA (USA Today) — Bill Cosby’s influence has ended at Spelman College in Atlanta. The historically black college, which has had...
Willie C. Archie, a longtime employee of UC Office of the President and UC Systemwide, died on July 9, 72. His going services were...
The presidency is a bit like a baseball season. Players go through streaks and slumps, good days and bad days. Teams rack up wins and...
Nicole Hensley, THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS CLEVELAND (The New York Daily News) — About a dozen people leaving the first-ever Black Lives Matter conference...
The Youth Empowerment Services (YES) afterschool program fundraising event was presented this past Sunday at Humanist Hall in Oakland. Speakers and community...
It’s not difficult to surmise the obvious thinking of presidential hopeful Donald Trump, especially the fact that he has been so outspoken on his dislike...
A program that works to mentor formerly incarcerated individuals in West Contra Costa County celebrated three years of its work helping to rebuild communities on...
Ashley Southall, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — As I stood barefoot at the entrance to the Chottanikkara Bhagavathy Temple, a labyrinthine Hindu...
