Community says Schaaf’s budget hides $45 million ‘slush fund’ Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf could have responded to City Council President Rebecca Kaplan’s amendments to her administration’s...
As the 30-year-old dictatorial regime crumbled in Sudan and protesters clamored for a civilian government, the University of San Francisco School of Law held a panel...
Jay-Z is making money moves. Forbes announced Monday that Jay-Z has become the first hip-hop artist to rack up a billion-dollar fortune, thanks to lucrative investments...
We can now celebrate that Mr. Leonard Powell, a longtime resident of Harmon Street in Berkeley, has been able to return to his home of over...
Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren drew over 6,500 enthusiastic supporters to Laney College in Oakland last Friday evening, her largest campaign event in the country so far....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The 2019 DTU Journalism Fellows are Tedarius Abrams (Bethune-Cookman), Tyla Barnes (Hampton University), Elae Hill (North Carolina A&T), Miana Massey (Howard University), Emani...
Community Foods Market has opened its doors, making it West Oakland’s first full-service grocery store in over 40 years. A diverse crowd of about 1,500 people...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — To kick off the season, CarInsurance.com surveyed 1,000 drivers to find out how they feel when behind the wheel, what their family road...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Video of Noel Carter’s arrest, which was captured by a resident in an Orange Avenue apartment and by security cameras outside the Orlando...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The House Oversight subcommittee on civil rights and civil liberties hearing, titled “Confronting White Supremacy: Adequacy of the Federal Response,” reportedly is the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…I couldn't stop thinking about what happens to the young man or women who's not a lawyer or a county councilmember, hasn't honed...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to Stockton Williams, executive director of the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA), in 2017 alone, state HFAs provided $28 billion...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “During my recent trip to Haiti, I was shocked and appalled to learn of the massacre and the burning of homes in La...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The vehicle seems to have had just about every creature comfort: stop/start, automatic lock and unlock, eyesight driver-assist technology, torque vectoring, Bluetooth, a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — One of the biggest barriers our research has identified is lack of awareness about the opportunities in our industry. We’re partnering with a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “There are so many people in silos doing this work, but there hasn’t been a space where people can all come together and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — …but his work will live on. Filmmaker John Hubbell’s documentary, which includes new music from John Gary Williams, is expected to be released...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This report should serve as a wakeup call to the world. We won’t meet the [Sustainable Development Goals] SDGs with 40% of girls...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Since special counsel Robert Mueller spoke publicly for the first time about his finding that he could not exonerate the president, the number...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — By erasing Tubman, the Trump forces again deploy their most effective weapon in the quest to maintain power— the unholy alliance of racism and...
ATLANTA VOICE — After Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp postponed a trip to Hollywood amid fallout over the abortion ban he signed into law, his Democratic rival...
Ten-year-old Jayla Davis is being heralded a hero for her quick-thinking actions that saved her 3-year-old sister from drowning.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to the history of Juneteenth, on June 19th, 1865 and more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children – or NCMEC – said the number of reports of missing children made to law...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Nissan’s flagship was quite a figure with its 19-inch diamond cut wheels, large boomerang shaped LED headlights and an oversized V-motion grille. The...