The East Bay Small Business Council recently honored several local leaders for their dedication to business and the community. Featured speakers at the Small Business Council’s...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel just got spanked. Despite a campaign war chest of more than $15 million and the support of...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Mother Moved in but Won’t Move Out Dear Alma, My mother and I have a decent relationship. She was on...
Tim Cocks, REUTERS OTUOKE, Nigeria (Reuters)—The most impressive building in Otuoke, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s home town in the oil producing Niger Delta, is the...
Mark W. Sanchez, NEW YORK POST (New York Post)—Marshawn Lynch’s coldness to the media apparently does not extend worldwide. The reticent superstar finally opened up...
Oretha Winston Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Defender (NNPA)—Bill Duke brings his years of talent and experience to direct and executive produce The Mahalia...
Bruce Smith, ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A tranquil spot on the Cooper River in Charleston is a place of memory, much like New...
By Dan Siegel The debate over charter schools is waged on misleading and superficial grounds. According to the dominant narrative, the charter school discussion pits incompetent...
Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today)— Six months after the fatal shooting of a black teenager by police in Ferguson, Mo., the Justice Department...
By doubling down on his vile slur on President Obama’s love for his country, ex New York Mayor Rudi Giuliani created the media frenzy that he...
Bay Area artists will bring their talents together on one stage for a charitable cause in the Motown Soul Revue on Friday, March 13 at 7:30...
San Leandro’s Human Resources Department recently received a national award of excellence from the International Public Management Association for its online benefits system. The online...
Edwin Kindzeka Moki, ASSOCIATED PRESS YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Thousands of Cameroonian youths marched through the capital Saturday to show support for the military’s battle...
Richard Goldstein, THE NEW YORK TIMES DETROIT (The New York Times)—Earl Lloyd, who became the first black player to appear in an N.B.A. game when he...
Philip Marcelo, ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON (AP) — Bill Cosby’s lawyers asked a federal judge on Friday to throw out a defamation lawsuit filed by three...
Cassie Spodak, CNN WASHINGTON (CNN)—The White House celebrated the upcoming departure of Eric Holder on Friday night in a ceremony that brought tears to President Barack...
Spencer Ackerman, THE GUARDIAN CHICAGO (The Guardian)—A Chicago man says he was confined for three days – shackled, interrogated and fed only twice, his whereabouts...
AT&T is seeking applicants for its scholarship program through its LGBT Employee Resource Group (LEAGUE at AT&T) that works to promote diversity in the workplace and...
St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church recently held a Crab Feed Fundraiser benefiting the Wilbur F. Crayton Memorial Scholarship Fund. More than 200 guests attended the event....
Sacramento, CA – DeMarcus Cousins sat out with a sprained left ankle and bruised left hip. Without him in the lineup the Kings were unable to...
Public Counsel and partner Disability Rights Advocates have filed a federal class action lawsuit seeking an end to solitary confinement and the denial of appropriate education...
By Beth Tagawa, SFSU News In 1968, Mwanza Furaha was a Bay Area dancer and singer just getting her feet wet as a performer. She auditioned...
The prison letters from Richard Johnson’s Soledad Prison cell are being reprinted, posted on Facebook and even cited in some sermons throughout the Bay Area. Ministers...
TOM COYNE, Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The Rev. Theodore Hesburgh transformed the University of Notre Dame into a school known almost as much...
ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Internet activists declared victory over the nation’s big cable companies Thursday, after the Federal Communications Commission voted to impose...
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