By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Trying to Help Mom Dear Alma, My dad left my mom for another woman. My mother is so sad and I...
Matthew Lee and Peter Orsi, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Cuba restored full diplomatic relations Monday after more than five decades...
By Robert Sanders, UC Berkley Media Relations UC Berkeley physicists have used super-thin sheets of graphene to build lightweight ultrasonic loudspeakers and microphones, enabling...
Niraj Chokshi, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — The state pension shortfall is closing in on $1 trillion, according to new Pew Charitable Trusts...
By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Bookworm Sez Never underestimate yourself. You can carry the weight of 10 worlds on your shoulders and still have time...
By Katherine Tam, UC Office of the President Beginning this fall, the University of California will provide students with the option to voluntarily self-identify their...
By Kathleen Maclay, UC Berkeley News Drawn to news of protests across the country over the deaths of Black men and boys pursued or...
A team of driven young people from the Bay Area took home medals in the recent AAU Regional Championship held in Oakdale after competing against...
Mike Vulpo, PEOPLE MAGAZINE (People) — Congratulations are in order for Fantasia Barrino! The American Idol winner and her fiancé Kendall Taylor appeared to have...
David Ng, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (The L.A. Times) — Before he became the director of such grim and punishing movies as “Hunger,” “Shame” and...
D.L. Chandler, HIP HOP WIRED PHOENIX, Ariz. (HipHopWired.com) — Bernie Sanders is emerging as a rising star in the growing race for the Democratic Party’s...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (CBS News) — Hundreds of people taunted each other on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse during separate rallies staged by two groups...
HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) — The family of a Chicago-area woman found dead in a Texas jail cell last week is ordering an independent autopsy,...
The University of California this week introduced a new plan to help California community college students who want to transfer to UC campuses, an effort...
All Americans who are descendants of slaves will now have an opportunity to experience and share in the Alex Haley “Roots” dream by helping index...
Nancy Bernac, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — It’s inevitable: At some point, teenage kids just aren’t that into their parents anymore. President Barack Obama,...
Associated Press via USA TODAY LONDON (USA Today) — Buckingham Palace expressed its disappointment Saturday with a tabloid newspaper for publishing images of a young...
Tim Kenneally, THE WRAP (TheWrap.com) — The Los Angeles Times has just learned a valuable lesson: Don’t mess with Black Twitter. While other major newspapers...
President Barack Obama visited the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution in El Reno, Oklahoma on Thursday, July 16, becoming the first sitting president to visit a...
Romain Dillet, TECHCRUNCH (TechCrunch.com) — Streaming services like Netflix are great, but you often end up watching the same blockbuster movies showing how a white...
David Bauder, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — One of the challenges for makers of the MTV documentary “White People” was getting folks to talk...
Genaro C. Armas, Associated Press via THE DETROIT FREE PRESS (The Detroit Free Press) — The great thaw is nearly complete. The big weekend in...
Tre’vell Anderson, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (The Los Angeles Times) — The year of diversity in television is in full swing. Cemented by history-making Emmy...
Niall Stanage, THE HILL WASHINGTON (The Hill) — Bernie Sanders is making a push for support from black and Hispanic voters as he seeks to...
Greg Lacour, REUTERS COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) — A Ku Klux Klan chapter and an African-American group plan overlapping demonstrations on Saturday outside the South Carolina...
