Niraj Chokshi, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—Washington and Oregon on Friday joined Colorado in defending its recreational marijuana law against a suit brought by...
Diane Depra, TECH TIMES (TechTimes.com)—A lot of people know John Urschel as an offensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens. What they don’t know is that...
Elizabeth Wagmeister, VARIETY MAGAZINE NEW YORK (VARIETY)—NBC will ease on down the road for its next live musical television event. “The Wiz” will take center stage...
Jennifer Mann, THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH ST. LOUIS (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)—At a pro-police rally Saturday, a St. Louis police union representative called Department of Justice investigators “a...
Nora G. Hertel, THE WAUSAU DAILY HERALD WAUSAU, Wisc. (The Wausau Daily Herald)—A group of downtown Wausau church leaders is planning a Black Lives Matter...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist This winter the media’s been ablaze with stories about racist, homophobic and sexist slurs being hurled...
John Wagner, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—Former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley took a swipe at likely 2016 contenders Hillary Rodham Clinton and Jeb Bush...
Michael Corkery, THE NEW YORK TIMES MIAMI (The New York Times)—In September, Susan Rodolfi celebrated an unusual anniversary: five years of missed mortgage payments. She is...
Nekesa Mumbi Moody, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — First Lady Michelle Obama celebrated the beauty, power and tenacity of black women while spreading her...
Margot Sanger-Katz, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times)—We know that living in a poor community makes you less likely to live a long life....
George Wright Society’s 18th biennial conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites—“Engagement, Education, and Expectations: The Future of Parks and Protected Areas” — is taking...
By Jorge Lerma Latinos make up 41 percent of Oakland’s student population and are still overlooked and poorly represented in the policy and decision-making apparatus...
Bay Area artist Mildred Howard and students from the West Contra Costa school district will showcase their work in the Richmond Art Center’s spring exhibitions, which...
Whether wailing with her multi-octave pipes and rhythmically pumping piano in nightclubs and at blues festivals, or every Sunday morning at Oakland’s Taylor Memorial United Methodist...
Senator Mark Leno recently introduced new legislation that would help mitigate the negative impacts of Ellis Act evictions in San Francisco. Senate Bill 364 closes a...
Felicia Fonseca and David A. Lieb, ASSOCIATED PRESS FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — When vandals sliced a fiber-optic cable in the Arizona desert last month,...
Sabrina Tavernise and Michael D. Shear, THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON (The New York Times)—President Obama on Friday urged Congress to double the funding to confront...
Tara Siegel Bernard, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times)—Christine Salerno is like many other single working mothers with small children, but her days are...
Steve Keen, FORBES (Forbes)—The Financial Crisis of 2007 was the nearest thing to a “Near Death Experience” that the Federal Reserve could have had. One...
Adam Wells, BLEACHER REPORT (BleacherReport.com)—As the Oklahoma City Thunder try to make their move up the Western Conference standings prior to the postseason, they will have...
Shardae Jobson, HELLOBEAUTIFUL.COM (HelloBeautiful.com)—Hey DreamWorks, we got a little question for ya…why isn’t Rihanna, or actually her character Tip, featured in the posters for the...
Brett Malec, E! ONLINE (E! Online)—Taraji P. Henson is taking the high road and apologizing for comments she made about cops racially profiling her 20-year-old...
Maria Puente, USA TODAY (USA Today)—Crusading women’s-rights attorney Gloria Allred on Friday introduced two more women who say Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them. And Allred promised...
The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) has awarded a $2,000 scholarship to Richmond high school senior Maria Bernal, who is one of five students statewide recognized...
Michelle Faul and Jerome Delay, ASSOCIATED PRESS ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Millions of Nigerians turned out Saturday to vote in a presidential election that analysts...
