THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Latiaa Sneed seems uniquely qualified for one of her assignments at Fire Hall No. 1. Sneed majored in theater with a minor...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “No, I haven’t forgotten about 45. He’s appointed an Attorney General who thinks he can withhold the Special Counsel’s report from the American...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Community health centers provide high-quality primary medical, dental, mental health care, substance use disorder treatment, and low-cost prescription drugs to 28 million people...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — As Women’s History Month comes to a close, the Defender celebrates some visionary women to watch. They are making a difference in Houston...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Mayor Sylvester Turner today accelerated the progress of his Complete Communities initiative by announcing the establishment of a fund to receive private donations and pledges for neighborhood...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “DMC’s focus on serving as a leading academic medical institution remains as strong as ever with training and education core to our mission,”...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…refusing to expand Medicaid is also the wrong thing to do. It’s just not who we are as people. To me, this is...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Disproportionately, young African male college students and others are being summarily expelled from college based solely on mere allegations of sexual misconduct violations...
The Rev. James Matthews was the first African American to be ordained in Northern California, in 1974. He passed away suddenly of an apparent heart attack...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The black community in America has not lashed out with retribution, violence or hate. We remain the most abused, but have maintained a...
This week, Jessica Allen headed off on a vacation, her first in many years. It is, in fact, a joint Spring Break trip with her daughter;...
Supporters of veteran Mr. Leonard Powell are invited to join Friends of Adeline in court, Tuesday, April 2 at 9 a.m., Dept. 511 in Alameda County...
In a packed chamber in Oakland on Tuesday morning, March 26, 2019, Alameda County Supervisors Scott Haggerty, Richard Valle, Nate Miley, Keith Carson, Wilma Chan, in...
Community Support Awareness to Value Energy (SAVE), a faith-based organization in Oakland, has been selected by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to participate in a...
As Oakland’s School Board and Supt. Kyla Johnson-Trammell attempt to implement their Community of Schools Plan, which calls for closing up to 24 schools, many Kaiser...
Students from across Oakland came together recently for an event that celebrates the city’s well-known diversity. It was OUSD’s Fifth Annual Gender & Sexuality Alliance (GSA)...
The life of Victor McElhaney was celebrated in a homegoing on March 23, 2019, at Oakland’s Temple Hill auditorium where hundreds gathered in his name....
In November 2018, along with Post photographer George Livingston, Nick Harper was inducted into the Bay Area R&B Music Hall of Fame. Harper, a Bay Area...
OUSD and State overseers focus on budget cuts, $72 Mil goes unspent The Oakland Unified School District’s overseers—the Fiscal Crisis Management and Assistance Team (FCMAT) and...
MILWAUKEE COURIER — The reform-minded space we are in today around Youth Justice Reform is exciting, and is what our community knows must happen. We can finally...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — … you have to seize the moment, every moment! If you want to tell someone you love them, you need to do it....
THE AFRO — Like every major American city, the City of Baltimore has significant challenges. We continue to combat the issue of aging and vacant homes, a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The poverty line for a family of three (a working mom and two children) is $16,910. A woman working full time at the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — LOC CDC president Michael Minor praised the “spirit of cooperation and pure joy” from young people at the school who were on hand...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The Poor Man’s Store was built in 1947,” said Matthews. “I kept the original name of the store, and it became ‘Matthews Poor...