NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Anthony Graves Smart Justice Speakers Bureau is the only program of its kind in the nation. The program works with qualified persons...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Interested homebuyers may register beginning Feb. 4 at www.wellsfargo.com/lift to attend the free event on Friday, Feb. 22, from 10 a.m. to 7...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a televised interview, Moore revealed her cancer diagnosis and where she believes she’d be if it weren’t for former President Barack Obama’s...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — CBS News reported that it conducted further research, uncovering another page in Northam’s yearbook at the Virginia Military Institute that displays nicknames listed...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I believe that we can build a country where no one is forgotten, no one is left behind, where parents can put food...
Kamala Harris returned to her birth place to kick off her campaign for the US presidency with some hometown flair. The Clouds cleared for a rally...
As the formal search for a permanent Pastor continues, retiring Senior Pastor, Rev. Dr. J. Alfred Smith, Jr., announced Jan. 27, that Assistant Pastor Rev. Dr....
The Oakland Board of Education voted this week despite the opposition of hundreds of Roots students and families and their supporters. Parent leaders pledged to continue...
While special education support staff in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) broadly back the Oakland Education Association’s (OEA) proposed strike and its demands to increase...
Hightowers Petroleum is one of the top 15 black-owned businesses in the nation, according to Black Enterprise and provides fuel to a number of Fortune 500 companies....
An Alabama civil rights museum reversed course after a public outcry and reinstated a human rights award to activist Angela Davis that it had previously rescinded,...
When photojournalist Wesaam Al-Badry, a first-year student at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, went to rural North Dakota to photograph a Native American family struggling...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Though beloved in Memphis, Conley and Gasol have played in relative obscurity for a decade now. Playing alongside Lebron would certainly put a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Included among NNPA partners and sponsors are GM; RAI Reynolds America; the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Ford; Pfizer Rare Disease; Macy’s; Juul;...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Boomerang’ is dynamic, solid good content. The stories we are illustrating are universal,” said Brittany Inge, who is also the creator of The...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Jimi Hendrix is one of the most important figures in American pop culture, not just American music,” said Dr. Steven Lewis, curator at...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — I will never forget the colorful characters of Beale Street: Men wearing coordinated suits, shoes and hats, with processed hair; curvaceous women walking...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A graduate of Howard University and a member of the AKA sorority, Harris’ rollout has been the most methodically of anyone who has...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Beginning in about two weeks I will be teaching a fellowship at Harvard University,” Gillum said in an exclusive tidbit from a fireside...
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday is a day off for many—but in Oakland, it’s a day on for service and activism. A Day of Activism By...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Today [January 26th] is Angela Davis’ birthday and we salute our freedom-fighting sister leader for her genius, wisdom and courage in America and...
Pressure is mounting as Oakland teachers and their supporters push for decreased class sizes, a 12 percent pay increase for educators, the hiring of more counselors,...
A group of community leaders and activists came together Thursday to call on the state to increase funding for Oakland public schools and to end the...
By Ken Epstein Families and teachers from Roots International Academy, supported by hundreds of teachers and community members, shut down the Board of Education meeting...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “[T]he census must be conducted in a way that will not thwart the goal of equal representation,” wrote U.S. District Judge Paul Grimm,...
