By Ken A. Epstein A proposed decision on how to divide up federal job money for youth for the next two years is stirring charges that...
Sacramento, CA – The season is almost coming to a close. But before that happens, this team has proven they are definitely contenders. Only thirteen more...
By: Malaika Bobino Sacramento, CA – It’s an amazing show! The entertainment is phenomenal except once in awhile the show stopping, acrobatic moves fail. And that’s...
Part II By Babatunde Harrison In the ancient African empires of West Africa, the Griot was the custodian of the histories and genealogies of the people...
Part II By Kayode Gbadebo According to historian John Ridpath, “Observers of traditional African culture, so inevitably influenced by Western style of thought and intellectual traditions,...
Authorities are offering a reward up to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of 31-year-old Isaac Don Burks, who has been accused of intentionally infecting...
Reba Williams, a 106-year-old woman from Columbus, Ohio, is finally receiving her high school diploma. She never graduated from Mount Vernon High School even though she...
Security officers who work at Kaiser rallied this week in Oakland and Los Angeles calling on the state’s largest health care provider to provide more sick...
The Nubian Academy for Girls, which is opening on April 6, will host a Saturday school every weekend until the summer. The Saturday school will serve...
Wells Fargo Bank has announced it will lend a total of $55 billion to women-owned businesses by the year 2020. The announcement was made recently by...
By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press A baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of...
By Jesse Brooks National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is a time to share knowledge and shed light on the often-overlooked impact of the disease...
The Africana and African American Studies and Friends of the Library group at Contra Costa College presented a book signing this week with Rufus Battle, author...
Contra Costa College and Community Engagement Initiatives (CEI) are presenting a “State of Emergency” conference Saturday, April 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to “discuss...
By Godfrey Lee Rev. Dr. James Noel spoke in Marin City recently at the opening reception of his exhibit, “The Rhythm Of My People – Blackness...
By Lee Hubbard The Ernest Ingold Boys and Girls Club at 1950 Page St. in San Francisco is holding its annual crab feast, Saturday, March 30...
By Danielle Savage About 80,000 American prisoners spend 23 hours a day in closed isolation units for 10, 20 or even more than 30 years. Now,...
By Kia Croom Richmond resident Myrtle Braxton’s life gives meaning to the word “service.” She is known and loved throughout the city and West Contra Costa...
By BAPAC Staff Jael Myrick knows a difficult job lies ahead. But if the recently appointed city councilman ever had a doubt about the size of...
Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. Surgeon General and former CDC director, and Dr. J. Michael McGinnis, a top health official who served under four U.S. presidential...
“The Albino,” a painting by Keli Walker, is now on display at Joyce Gordon Gallery, 406 14th St. in downtown Oakland. “This is one of the...
By Randie Ellington On Tuesday Jan. 12, 2010, a little over three years ago, at 4:53 p.m., a catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, 16 miles...
“There are not enough Griots to tell the stories of the brave men, women and children who lived through the pain and stench of the dungeon...
By Post Staff Police Chief Howard Jordan spoke last Sunday at Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church, seeking community support for his efforts to curb the high crime...
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