BART directors have approved a resolution to name a small street next to the Fruitvale BART Station after Oscar Grant, the young man killed by a...
Parents at targeted schools are beginning to come together to demand the school district and the state halt the proposed closing of as many as 24...
At 1 p.m. on Sat. Feb. 16, the Oakland Police Commission (OPC) hosted a three-hour public hearing on policing in the homeless community at Taylor Memorial...
Teachers say: ‘Get up, get down. Oakland is a union town!” “Bargaining with the district has not — in two years — produced an agreement that...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Wearing a purple suit and hat and seated in the front row at the Dolby Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, Lee...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — African American women are twice as likely as Caucasian women to be diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer and 2-3 times more likely to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The 2019 Academy Awards have come to an end and #BlackGirlMagic and #BlackBoyJoy were in full effect as some of our favorites walked...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — David Casey, the vice president of Workforce Strategies and Chief Diversity Officer at CVS Health, joined other CVS Health representatives at Jesse Jackson’s...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In terms of nominations, there is quite a bit at stake. While Black Panther has done what many other Marvel films have failed...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “One thing I think for sure about the missing teens is that human trafficking is a hotbed in my city [and around the...
MILWAUKEE COURIER — Earlier this week, Milwaukee Governor Tony Evers announced that his budget contains proposals which include the legalization of medical marijuana and the decriminalization...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Because love is always in season, it’s a great time to take a trip and start or rekindle a romance. All kinds of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “If we could get the Klan to go up there and clean out D.C., we'd all been better off," Sutton told the Montgomery...
SAN FRANCISCO BAY VIEW — Jeff Adachi, a defense attorney of the highest magnitude, legendary for his sharp mind and soft, yet brave, heart, spoke to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — One of the biggest thrills is the fact that we Afro Americans in the United States have so much in common with the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — If we want to improve education outcomes and strengthen our state, we need to improve our schools and assure that every child has...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Today, the chairs of six committees in the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to Attorney General William Barr to inform him of their...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…there is this misguided group of Afrodescendants, who are throwing shade at those who are not ‘American descendants of slaves’ ADOS. Their shade...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A nationally-recognized criminal defense attorney, Jackson has gained notoriety as perhaps the most respected legal analyst on television where he provides insight on...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Trump is willing to manipulate the Office of the Presidency to engage in unconstitutional theater performed to convince his audience that he is...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — With each masterful stroke of her pen, typewriter or (later) her computer keyboard, Legendary author, Toni Morrison keeps readers of her works and...
Oakland, CA – Former President Barack Obama hosted a powerful town hall with special guest Stephen Curry. One of Oakland’s most recognized Warriors player sat along...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Because of her relentless pursuit, Norton was able to obtain a new Government Accountability Office report that concluded that, of the $5 billion...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Defendants charged with certain non-violent crimes should be presumptively released. But there are a small number of crimes which we believe prosecutors should...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I appreciate DeAndre because he broke a cycle in his life,” said Pastor Henry Lavender. “Now, he has his own son to raise....